59647A777872795B7364757372160 wrote: Pirates place 3 (Keller, Hayes, Cruz) in the BA top 100 and 5 (Keller, Hayes, Cruz, Swaggerty, Mitchell) in the BP top 101.
It looks like we are higher on Tucker than the national places.
I am surprised Tucker did not make either list. I think when he arrives in the Big Leagues he will hit about.280 and play a steady defense.
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BucsFaninGA
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I surely hope Tucker is the real deal, as we lack a SS. I just don't feel all that warm and fuzzy about Erik Gonzalez. He may pan out...Then again with what I have read, he sure is not a patient hitter. The front office continues to give we fans so little hope....If only Nutting would sell the team to a "baseball fan" owner...Nutting is not a baseball fan, I just see him all about shooting skeet and playing tennis at the country club. His absence at PirateFest spoke so loudly... 
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487F69794C6B6463644D4B0A0 wrote: I surely hope Tucker is the real deal, as we lack a SS. I just don't feel all that warm and fuzzy about Erik Gonzalez. He may pan out...Then again with what I have read, he sure is not a patient hitter. The front office continues to give we fans so little hope....If only Nutting would sell the team to a "baseball fan" owner...Nutting is not a baseball fan, I just see him all about shooting skeet and playing tennis at the country club. His absence at PirateFest spoke so loudly... .
one of the things that gives me pause about Gonzalez is that supposedly the pitcher is a good prospect. Unless Moroff and/or Luplow are a lot better than they appeared to be with Bucs, the team didn't give up a lot to get these guys.
.one of the things that gives me pause about Gonzalez is that supposedly the pitcher is a good prospect. Unless Moroff and/or Luplow are a lot better than they appeared to be with Bucs, the team didn't give up a lot to get these guys.
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Bobster21
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436564736575060 wrote: I surely hope Tucker is the real deal, as we lack a SS. I just don't feel all that warm and fuzzy about Erik Gonzalez. He may pan out...Then again with what I have read, he sure is not a patient hitter. The front office continues to give we fans so little hope....If only Nutting would sell the team to a "baseball fan" owner...Nutting is not a baseball fan, I just see him all about shooting skeet and playing tennis at the country club. His absence at PirateFest spoke so loudly... .
one of the things that gives me pause about Gonzalez is that supposedly the pitcher is a good prospect. Unless Moroff and/or Luplow are a lot better than they appeared to be with Bucs, the team didn't give up a lot to get these guys.
The pitcher is Tahnaj Thomas, a 19 year old whose pro experience thus far is basically the AZ Fall League where he struggled with ERA and walks. So it's difficult at that early stage to be considered a good prospect. Time will tell. Most teams would consider this a very minor deal involving 2 marginal players for a utility infielder and a raw teenage pitching prospect. But for the Pirates, it's a big deal in which they acquired their starting SS. The bar is pretty low for TBMTIB.
.one of the things that gives me pause about Gonzalez is that supposedly the pitcher is a good prospect. Unless Moroff and/or Luplow are a lot better than they appeared to be with Bucs, the team didn't give up a lot to get these guys.
The pitcher is Tahnaj Thomas, a 19 year old whose pro experience thus far is basically the AZ Fall League where he struggled with ERA and walks. So it's difficult at that early stage to be considered a good prospect. Time will tell. Most teams would consider this a very minor deal involving 2 marginal players for a utility infielder and a raw teenage pitching prospect. But for the Pirates, it's a big deal in which they acquired their starting SS. The bar is pretty low for TBMTIB.