OnlyBucs

6C594E4E457C4E4E45424E2B0 wrote: An exclamation point?  That's like Joe Block crowing about a ground ball.

No need to talk about the game no does in these threads. It's the initial batch about the lineup, how they aren't trying to win, and complaining about the announcers.

Contreras strikes out 5 of 9 outs. Looks like a keeper.

1E333E2F28392E6E6D5C0 wrote: Contreras strikes out 5 of 9 outs. Looks like a keeper.
Too bad they don't seem to want to make him a starter.

;)2F04162C041908020E2D0E030E610 wrote: Contreras strikes out 5 of 9 outs. Looks like a keeper.
Too bad they don't seem to want to make him a starter.


Because he's being developed at the major league level. For every stud that a team just threw to the wolves and succeeded there are probably 20 more who get eaten by the wolves

Regarding Brubaker and Keller being no good ... ALL OF OUR STARTERS are no good.



Pirates management is actually willing to enter a season with a plan to go 162 consecutive starts with pitchers who have no business being major league starters.



That business model is idiotic and not sustainable -- at all -- no matter how much the club may have improved in other areas.

People can't see the results. Our starters no good? You wouldn't be referring to Reynolds and Tucker last night or Newman tonight? Got a young staff. Reynolds Tucker and Newman have to catch and throw the ball.

A guy has a good game, so he's good.  HTG, how does one respond to that?



Since Day 1, our WP is maybe less than .370.  I can check that later today.  Let that sink in.  .370.  That's the result.



It's worse than Littlefield.  It's worse than the other guy.  It's old.



It's sports.  People are not patient.  That's not just Pittsburgh.  It's everywhere. 



"Being developed at the MLB level" is bullshit. That's what minor leagues are for. So, now, the Pirates are minor league.

 

By "starters," he may have meant SP, not "starting position players."

GM Year W L % Comments

Littlefield 2001 28 47 0.373 Hired 7/13/01

Littlefield 2002 72 89 0.447

Littlefield 2003 75 87 0.463

Littlefield 2004 72 89 0.447

Littlefield 2005 67 95 0.414

Littlefield 2006 67 95 0.414

Littlefield 2007 62 79 0.440 Terminated 9/7/07

Littlefield- Total 443 581 0.433



Huntington 2007 2 4 0.333 Hired 9/25/07

Huntington 2008 67 95 0.414

Huntington 2009 62 99 0.385

Huntington 2010 57 105 0.352

Huntington 2011 72 90 0.444

Huntington 2012 79 83 0.488

Huntington 2013 94 68 0.580

Huntington 2014 88 74 0.543

Huntington 2015 98 64 0.605

Huntington 2016 78 83 0.484

Huntington 2017 75 87 0.463

Huntington 2018 82 79 0.509

Huntington 2019 69 93 0.426 Terminated 10/28/19

Huntington- Total 923 1,024 0.474





Cherington 2020 19 40 0.322 Covid

Cherington 2021 61 101 0.377

Cherington YTD 2022 5 6 0.455

Cherington- To Date 85 147 0.366

Brubaker lowered his ERA to 7.30. So now they only have 2 SPs with ERAs of 9+.