2K24: Pittsburgh Pirates

[bryanbutler]

any read on how much PT tony sanchez will get? i can activate him from my minors if he'll get enough (i have a hole i can slot him into), but it's not worth it if he's only going to play once a week...

[revo]

Gregory Polanco is hitting .433 through 8 games at AAA. How long until he's in Pittsburgh?

[Moonlight J]

Gregory Polanco is hitting .433 through 8 games at AAA. How long until he's in Pittsburgh?

2 months from now once Super 2 deadline passes

[Hornsby]

Kind of surprised that there wasn't a thread about this, but here's a fine place as well. Seems like the Pirates offered a 7 year deal to Gregory Polanco prior to the season starting. The deal was a whopping 25 million, with 3 club options. Not surprisingly, Polanco said no and now pays his penance in the minors until June...here's the ultimate insult, IMO. Pittsburgh called up Brent Morel, who's hitting .215 in AAA with a whopping ONE homer.

Obviously, if Polanco had accepted the deal he would have started in right from day one, and maybe the Pirates would have won another game or two along the way...sad to see that kind of cheapness still exists. At least Houston only waited until they had control of the player for another year, and didn't worry about starting Springer's arbitration clock.

[Hammer]

Two steps back for the Pirates organization, who clearly care more about controlling Polancos salary for an extra year than their place in the standings this year.

[Mithrandir]

Two steps back for the Pirates organization, who clearly care more about controlling Polancos salary for an extra year than their place in the standings this year.

So what should the Pirates do? What if the bring up Polanco and he stinks up the joint not helping in any way. They won't benefit from him helping the team and also lose control of his salary a year earlier. Given that, I guess it should always be about winning now, but it's not that cut and dried.

[Hornsby]

So what should the Pirates do? What if the bring up Polanco and he stinks up the joint not helping in any way. They won't benefit from him helping the team and also lose control of his salary a year earlier. Given that, I guess it should always be about winning now, but it's not that cut and dried.

I think that you don't insult your fanbase by lying to them about Polanco not being ready, when your contract offer to him clearly shows that you thought he was. Do you really think that if Polanco had been dumb enough to accept that offer, he wouldn't have been on the opening day roster?

So tell the truth to your fans by saying that controlling the player for an extra year is an important thing for a franchise like the Pirates...you may be surprised at the local response. Now, everyone knows that your lying, including the player, and the organization just looks cheap and stupid.

Or, crazy thought, do what's best for the ball club this year and bring him up after he's passed the date for control for another year, but not control over an extra year before arbitration, like Houston did. Then if he stinks, you can send him down like the Angels did with Trout, knowing that you did everything in your power to win THIS year.

[Mithrandir]

I think that you don't insult your fanbase by lying to them about Polanco not being ready, when your contract offer to him clearly shows that you thought he was. Do you really think that if Polanco had been dumb enough to accept that offer, he wouldn't have been on the opening day roster?

So tell the truth to your fans by saying that controlling the player for an extra year is an important thing for a franchise like the Pirates...you may be surprised at the local response. Now, everyone knows that your lying, including the player, and the organization just looks cheap and stupid.

Or, crazy thought, do what's best for the ball club this year and bring him up after he's passed the date for control for another year, but not control over an extra year before arbitration, like Houston did. Then if he stinks, you can send him down like the Angels did with Trout, knowing that you did everything in your power to win THIS year.

Nutting is a complete jackass. One of the worst owners in sports.

[Judge Jude]

Marte banged up tonight, this could get interesting...

[Hornsby]

Marte banged up tonight, this could get interesting...

So what do the Pirates do? They insult their fans even further by promoting Jaff Dacker from AAA ball to fill in for the injured guys. Of course, Dacker IS hitting an astounding .238 with ONE homer...beats the hell out of Polanco's .374 average with his crappy 1.014 OPS. Unbelievable.

[madducks]

So what do the Pirates do? They insult their fans even further by promoting Jaff Dacker from AAA ball to fill in for the injured guys. Of course, Dacker IS hitting an astounding .238 with ONE homer...beats the hell out of Polanco's .374 average with his crappy 1.014 OPS. Unbelievable.

Pirates fans have been insulted for 20+ years now. Unfortunately, we've developed an immunity to it. :shrug:

[Mithrandir]

Pirates fans have been insulted for 20+ years now. Unfortunately, we've developed an immunity to it. :shrug:

I havent. Fuck them. I have gone to two games in the last 10 years. Pirate fans are suckers.

[madducks]

I havent. Fuck them. I have gone to two games in the last 10 years. Pirate fans are suckers.

Try telling that to someone who attended the NL Wildcard playoff game at PNC Park last October.

[Mithrandir]

Try telling that to someone who attended the NL Wildcard playoff game at PNC Park last October.

Yeah..one game in 20 years. Keep telling yourself the fans aren't chumps.

[Pogues]

I've been to three Pirates playoff games in my life. Since I'm not even a Pirates fan, I find it funny I've been to more than nearly every Pirate fan under the age of 30.