OT: Raise the Jolly Roger: Sell the Team

[TNT87]

One of the (many) things that pisses me off with the "best management team in baseball" is the way they continue to insult our intelligence with the BS they spew. They try to spin things and think we are stupid enough to buy it. They've done if for years now and will continue to do so.

 

[ResignCraigAdams]

Normally I'd be kind of excited for this... until I saw the stat about the value Pirates draft picks have given the team over the past decade. Which I'm assuming is propped up as high as it is because of Cutch's 4 season span of 27+ WAR.

Would not be surprised if the Bucs are picking 5th.

 

[TNT87]

Would not be surprised if the Bucs are picking 5th.

And take a catcher.

 

[T1K]

Glasnow sucks

 

[TNT87]

Frazier with the walk off HR.

 

[TNT87]

Juan Nicasio picks up the win and is 1-0 with two saves against the Pirates.

 

[Brandinho]

Juan Nicasio picks up the win and is 1-0 with two saves against the Pirates.

I still can't believe he wasn't traded at the deadline. It's a small thing in the grand scheme, but when you can't even get the basic, obvious moves right then that's a terrible sign.

 

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

I still can't believe he wasn't traded at the deadline. It's a small thing in the grand scheme, but when you can't even get the basic, obvious moves right then that's a terrible sign.

Not only that, but they had an offer for him in a waiver trade in August and didn't take it because it was "marginal value" and some ******** about finding a better situation for Nicasio. Well, marginal value is better than no value and Nicasio ended up on the worst team in baseball. So yeah, excellent decision-making on display there.

EDIT: It's actually even stupider than that. Philly claimed him and then traded him to the Cardinals a week later. So all NH did by placing him on unconditional waivers was to give Philly a free asset.

I wish I could get four-year contract extensions for making decisions like that.

 

[Brandinho]

Not only that, but they had an offer for him in a waiver trade in August and didn't take it because it was "marginal value" and some ******** about finding a better situation for Nicasio. Well, marginal value is better than no value and Nicasio ended up on the worst team in baseball. So yeah, excellent decision-making on display there.

EDIT: It's actually even stupider than that. Philly claimed him and then traded him to the Cardinals a week later. So all NH did by placing him on unconditional waivers was to give Philly a free asset.

I wish I could get four-year contract extensions for making decisions like that.

I wasn't aware of that, but that makes it even worse. It's not like Nicasio is some chump, he was worth 1.5 WAR with us this season. That's over a full win more than Joaquin Benoit has been worth.

 

[Asuna]

pirates won again. ruining their draft position. smh

 

[Winger for Hire]

I ran over my parent's house today to borrow my dad's truck to haul some scrap wood and such after starting to clean my basement (so much fun... and mold). So I haven't seen anything on anything in the world of sports. We were talking about the Steelers and the game and I casually asked my dad what the Pirates were doing. Keep in mind my father is a huge Pirates/baseball fan. He said, "Who cares".

That's when I knew we've pretty much hit the bottom.

 

[TNT87]

I wonder if there is some stupid team that will trade for Hudson in the offseason? Good thing NH signed him for two years.

 

[Asuna]

really didn't think hudson would be this bad. oh well

at least his twitter game is strong

 

[Winger for Hire]

It's almost over... but I'm dreading this offseason.

 

[Winger for Hire]

https://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/the-new-charlie-mortons-pitched-very-well/

Ground Chuck is looking to finish as a Top 30 pitcher this year.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

https://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/the-new-charlie-mortons-pitched-very-well/

Ground Chuck is looking to finish as a Top 30 pitcher this year.

And Jared Hughes had a serviceable year, leading me to believe that reality is directly trolling us all.

 

[DanielPlainview]

Chuck's ability was never in question; we've all seen him look very good. His problem is health, and I would be surprised if he managed to make it 2 full seasons without missing significant time.

 

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

Chuck's ability was never in question; we've all seen him look very good. His problem is health, and I would be surprised if he managed to make it 2 full seasons without missing significant time.

We've all seen him look absolutely terrible, too. I have always questioned Morton's ability.

 

[DanielPlainview]

I originally wrote potential instead of ability. Perhaps I should have stuck with it

 

[TNT87]

75-87.

 

[Winger for Hire]

I guess this is a decent start to the off-season

And kudos to Jaso for wanting to help out there. All my bashing was for player Jaso. Jaso as a person seems to be a pretty stand up guy.

 

[Brandinho]

Jim Benedict got fired by Miami. If he's interested in returning, we'd be fools to say no.

 

[Penguins23]

Quite the start to the Wildcard game. 3-3 after the first inning. Would be nice to see the Twins pull off the upset.

 

[DanielPlainview]

It's amazing how quickly the Indians became the best team in baseball

 

[TNT87]

I'm pulling for the Astros in the postseason.