Such a typical Pirates series
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 12:18 pm
475F5D5A5A4D5C5B464751340 wrote: One more thing ...
Another superb outing by Taillon today. Tremendous.
Pirates lead MLB in team ERA since July 8 ... just a shame the team hasn't been able to take advantage of incredibly good pitching because of rotten offense and so many late-game screw-ups.
A real missed opportunity ...
This is what gives me some hope for next year. At the beginning of the year, I maintained I saw a #2 and a bunch of 4s, 5s and 6s in this rotation. If JT, Williams can remain status quo for 2019; Musgrove improves a bit and Nova is somewhat consistent, then we might have something.
It's impossible to look to the future with Hurdle at the helm. The guy just doesn't put a premium on wins. It's like if you win 5 in a row that's pretty good so what if you lose a couple gosh we just won 5 in a row we're doing good 5 out of 7. He doesn't understand that the game Monday night was very winnable but it just wasn't that important to him. With a manager like that it doesn't matter what kind of players we have it's never going to produce a winning team for the Pirates. Sad but that's my opinion.
I agree with skinnyhorse. Of course the problem goes deeper than Hurdle. He and NH seem to work in concert. NH was the one who had to make the roster move to call up Holmes for that infamous decision. NH said that move had been planned for a long time. Hurdle has had very little success in his mgr career. Only 1 winning season in 8 yrs in Colorado and that team was barely at .500 in mid September before going on an unbelievable streak. But the Rockies ownership was not fooled by 1 amazing half month and fired him less than 2 years later when the losing continued. He's had 3 winning seasons in 8 years with the Pirates and often punts on games. So he's not trying all that hard to win. But after stumbling and bumbling thru the previous 2 years, he and NH received joint 4-year extensions. They are definitely working as a team. We can look at the projected roster for 2019 and speculate on how their talent will match up but they are so routinely mismanaged that whatever talent they have is subverted by their own management.
Another superb outing by Taillon today. Tremendous.
Pirates lead MLB in team ERA since July 8 ... just a shame the team hasn't been able to take advantage of incredibly good pitching because of rotten offense and so many late-game screw-ups.
A real missed opportunity ...
This is what gives me some hope for next year. At the beginning of the year, I maintained I saw a #2 and a bunch of 4s, 5s and 6s in this rotation. If JT, Williams can remain status quo for 2019; Musgrove improves a bit and Nova is somewhat consistent, then we might have something.
It's impossible to look to the future with Hurdle at the helm. The guy just doesn't put a premium on wins. It's like if you win 5 in a row that's pretty good so what if you lose a couple gosh we just won 5 in a row we're doing good 5 out of 7. He doesn't understand that the game Monday night was very winnable but it just wasn't that important to him. With a manager like that it doesn't matter what kind of players we have it's never going to produce a winning team for the Pirates. Sad but that's my opinion.
I agree with skinnyhorse. Of course the problem goes deeper than Hurdle. He and NH seem to work in concert. NH was the one who had to make the roster move to call up Holmes for that infamous decision. NH said that move had been planned for a long time. Hurdle has had very little success in his mgr career. Only 1 winning season in 8 yrs in Colorado and that team was barely at .500 in mid September before going on an unbelievable streak. But the Rockies ownership was not fooled by 1 amazing half month and fired him less than 2 years later when the losing continued. He's had 3 winning seasons in 8 years with the Pirates and often punts on games. So he's not trying all that hard to win. But after stumbling and bumbling thru the previous 2 years, he and NH received joint 4-year extensions. They are definitely working as a team. We can look at the projected roster for 2019 and speculate on how their talent will match up but they are so routinely mismanaged that whatever talent they have is subverted by their own management.