DanielPlainview
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July didn't make up for it, May/June put them behind where they otherwise should have been. July should have pushed them into the division lead.
Not that it means much at the MLB level, but the Pirates and the West Virginia Power have broken their affiliation and the Pirates have signed a 2-year Player Development Contract with the Greensboro Grasshoppers (also of the South Atlantic League) to be their Low-A affiliate. Any idea what happened to sour what seemed to be a match made in heaven between the Power and the Buccos?
Could be the same reason that the Pirates and State College Spikes ended their affiliation. The Spikes wanted to win, the Pirates rightly said "LOL, you're a NYPL team, **** off" and that was that. From any major league team's perspective, player development is all that matters. Of course, the minor league team doesn't agree so if both can't be satisfied, they move on.
Too bad Bell couldnt do this last month, giving us an extra few wins.
What a tease this year has been.
And Id bring back Nova next year(if we dont decide to uprade ).
Pablo looking great so far. Hopefully keeps this up and becomes a surprise super utility player for us next season.
This rain delay might just cost me my fantasy league (have both Chacin and Nova going and neither are going to qualify for the win). Stupid pitching wins. Stupid rain.
Could be the same reason that the Pirates and State College Spikes ended their affiliation. The Spikes wanted to win, the Pirates rightly said "LOL, you're a NYPL team, **** off" and that was that. From any major league team's perspective, player development is all that matters. Of course, the minor league team doesn't agree so if both can't be satisfied, they move on.
That's the thing though, West Virginia's had a winning record (albeit barely) as the Pirates affiliate. In the 10 years they've been affiliated with Pittsburgh, the Power have posted a winning record in 5 seasons with a total record of 696-680 (0.506). To use your State College example, those Spikes teams were truly putrid, never posting a winning season in the 6 years they were a Pirates affiliate and having a season-best record of .500 ball and an overall record of 191-260 (0.424).
I can understand from Greensboro's prospective why they'd want to ditch the Marlins (losing records in 11 out of the 16 years they were affiliated, a prospect pipeline that was getting dry despite once having guys like Yelich and Stanton suit up for them over the years) for the Pirates but didn't know if there was some deeper issue going on in West Virginia, particularly facility issues (which would be surprising since Appalachian Power Park and First National Bank Field are about the same age.