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Polanco played again. And sucked again. Guy is a bust. Don't worry he'll have to go hitless in the next 10 games to get benched for for than 1. All this is doing is taking his already very average value and tanking it even further. IF you can trade him it will be for next to nothing because of the term on his contract. Double whammy for the Pirates. But that's what you get when you sign non proven guys to 7 year f***ing extensions.
I've been on repeat about his swing. It's pretty to the average fan, but anyone that has played baseball at a meaningful level (college or above) can see it's incredibly long and full of holes. The longer a swing the more room for error. It's not rocket science. And I've seen nothing to indicate the Pirates OR Polanco have tried to overhaul it. And of course we're now seeing, when the going gets tough, he is a lazy P.O.S.
Every time Taillon pitches i want him to do well. I just don't see it. He flashes it, yes. But he's simply not a top 2 pitcher in the league. He doesn't have the consistency for it. His stuff is the weakest of the big pitching prospects we've had up since Cole. I don't mean weak in the sense that it's not starting material. I mean pinning hopes on him to be your ace was a fool's errand. He lost A LOT of growing period due to injuries and then cancer. That mattered.
I saw Keller pitch live the other night btw. Got rocked pretty good by Harrisburg. Kid is experience the difficulties of the A+ to AA jump. Walks are way up and he's getting tagged more often. I'd say he's got Taillon type stuff (give or take a tad), which is great for a 2nd round pick. I still have hopes he can be a good 2-3. His control was always great. How he responds the 2nd half of the year in Altoona will be big. You can see the talent, you just hope he's got a good head on his shoulders.
Meadows is certainly surprising me and I think everyone to one degree or another. It's early but he looks like a f***ing stud. Crazy because you never saw a ton of that in his minor league career. Still far to early to say he's going to be a franchise player but he's certainly keeping me entertained. Sucks the moment he came up the wheels started to come off this team, but I've been saying it since spring training. It's not a good ball club, managed by a dolt. We're lucky we're not 5-10 games under already.
I want a full rebuild but I want somebody other than Huntington and Hurdle doing it. Huntington gave us his timeline to fix the club. He certainly helped get the team to the postseason a few times but his time is up now. I'm sorry but his decisions of late are really lacking and quite frankly it's time to evoke change.
I've never really cared for Hurdle. Far more so than Huntington. He's been given more rope than I would have given Neal.
We need to fire both and start over. There are still very valuable pieces to center around but I just think it has to be a new GM and manager/coaching staff. And frankly the entire mindset of the Pirates org. needs to change in terms of player development. We are probably the slowest org. in terms of moving high end prospects along. It's asinine.
I've been on repeat about his swing. It's pretty to the average fan, but anyone that has played baseball at a meaningful level (college or above) can see it's incredibly long and full of holes. The longer a swing the more room for error. It's not rocket science. And I've seen nothing to indicate the Pirates OR Polanco have tried to overhaul it. And of course we're now seeing, when the going gets tough, he is a lazy P.O.S.
Every time Taillon pitches i want him to do well. I just don't see it. He flashes it, yes. But he's simply not a top 2 pitcher in the league. He doesn't have the consistency for it. His stuff is the weakest of the big pitching prospects we've had up since Cole. I don't mean weak in the sense that it's not starting material. I mean pinning hopes on him to be your ace was a fool's errand. He lost A LOT of growing period due to injuries and then cancer. That mattered.
I saw Keller pitch live the other night btw. Got rocked pretty good by Harrisburg. Kid is experience the difficulties of the A+ to AA jump. Walks are way up and he's getting tagged more often. I'd say he's got Taillon type stuff (give or take a tad), which is great for a 2nd round pick. I still have hopes he can be a good 2-3. His control was always great. How he responds the 2nd half of the year in Altoona will be big. You can see the talent, you just hope he's got a good head on his shoulders.
Meadows is certainly surprising me and I think everyone to one degree or another. It's early but he looks like a f***ing stud. Crazy because you never saw a ton of that in his minor league career. Still far to early to say he's going to be a franchise player but he's certainly keeping me entertained. Sucks the moment he came up the wheels started to come off this team, but I've been saying it since spring training. It's not a good ball club, managed by a dolt. We're lucky we're not 5-10 games under already.
I want a full rebuild but I want somebody other than Huntington and Hurdle doing it. Huntington gave us his timeline to fix the club. He certainly helped get the team to the postseason a few times but his time is up now. I'm sorry but his decisions of late are really lacking and quite frankly it's time to evoke change.
I've never really cared for Hurdle. Far more so than Huntington. He's been given more rope than I would have given Neal.
We need to fire both and start over. There are still very valuable pieces to center around but I just think it has to be a new GM and manager/coaching staff. And frankly the entire mindset of the Pirates org. needs to change in terms of player development. We are probably the slowest org. in terms of moving high end prospects along. It's asinine.
