That was Anderson. If Anderson's "mediocre," what we kept is
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So what is your point?
Do you have a problem with me calling Anderson mediocre? Here are his career stats. If you have a better word for it, please enlighten us.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... ty01.shtml
He signed as a FA with arguably the worst team in MLB in mid February late in the free agency season. Not exactly a hot commodity. But it worked out for both. He at least found a team that would give him steady work despite his limitations and the Pirates had a rotation that was so awful that he was their most consistent starter. And getting steady work put him on the radar of other teams who had declined to show interest when he was a free agent over the winter. He was on a 1 year contract and was likely to find a better team than the Pirates in 2022. So instead of keeping him for 2 more months in a meaningless season, BC flipped him for a couple of modest prospects. If he hadn't, it would just give you something else to complain about when Anderson walked as a FA and BC hadn't gotten anything for him.
The Pirates have a lot of players who suck. Players not even as good as Anderson. A lot of them will be gone next year. And most of them aren't even worth 2 modest prospects. So they're still here for the time being. Evans and Gonzalez were purged yesterday. So again, what is your point?
I consider him average.
If he's medicore/average/anything else someone wants to describe him, the guys we have left are something less than that. "Suck" could be one of those words, but I'd rather not use it.
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It is better to "Suck". Then Cherington Apologists can blubber on about how he has improved the overall talent in the organization and the farm system. Every GM is baseball can say that he has improved the overall talent in their organization and has improved their farm system. Then kick the can down the road to a future thats never arrives in Pittsburgh. One sportswriter has already kicked the can down the road to 2027.