2014-2015 Pirates Offseason Thread

[MWB]

My take on this is that Huntington said here's the offer we are comfortable making, it's a reasonable offer, let's see if it works. A couple other teams decided that they were comfortable giving more. It wasn't a lowball offer. It wouldn't have been completely absurd to think that no other team would offer a 31 year old a 4-5 year offer.

[Lt. Dish]

I'll miss Russell Martin. He helped give me back my team. Godspeed, Russ. Don't spend it all in one place.

[Crankshaft]

Pirates re-sign Brad Lincoln

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[Troy Loney]

if he still has that curveball he'll be a nice upgrade over Jeanmar in the bullpen.

[the errey i breathe]

Pirates re-sign Brad Lincoln

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Guessing we won that trade. Not a bad flier at this point, if he recaptures his form he can be a really useful bullpen piece, if not it's always nice to have AAA depth.

[Rocco]

"Hey Dan, it's Bob. You got a minute?"

"Sure. I just got done talking to Obama. Look, Seven Springs is great but I've told you I'm not int-"

"No, it's not that. The Pirates have a lot of holes to fill this year and it is tough for us to land free agents. Any suggestions?"

"Bob, let me introduce you to the Yinzer Appeasement Protocol. Just find former players who at least ten fans think shouldn't have left in the first place. Then find someone who grew up in the area."

"Sounds brilliant."

"It is genius. Just make sure to only give them one-year deals. I forgot to mention that to Mario and he gave Scuderi a four-year deal. Silly Canadians need everything spelled out."

"Important safety tip. Thanks for the help, Dan."

"No problem. Say, how is your health insurance? Have you considered-"

"Sorry, gotta run."

[Mr. Colby]

They're setting the table for the returns of Big Worthless and Vogelsong. I just puked twice

[Mr. Colby]

And that was before I got to Vogelsong

[Troy Loney]

So your saying they'll trade for Martin in the 2016 offseason?

[Mr. Colby]

Martins contract breakdown is 7-15-20-20-20... yikes they won't even be able to unload him at the end of that when hes all worshed up

Also Travis sawchik reported that the pirates did offer 4 years. No numbers but it was "a competitive offer"

[Factorial]

"Hey Dan, it's Bob. You got a minute?"

"Sure. I just got done talking to Obama. Look, Seven Springs is great but I've told you I'm not int-"

"No, it's not that. The Pirates have a lot of holes to fill this year and it is tough for us to land free agents. Any suggestions?"

"Bob, let me introduce you to the Yinzer Appeasement Protocol. Just find former players who at least ten fans think shouldn't have left in the first place. Then find someone who grew up in the area."

"Sounds brilliant."

"It is genius. Just make sure to only give them one-year deals. I forgot to mention that to Mario and he gave Scuderi a four-year deal. Silly Canadians need everything spelled out."

"Important safety tip. Thanks for the help, Dan."

"No problem. Say, how is your health insurance? Have you considered-"

"Sorry, gotta run."

Comedy gold.

[Troy Loney]

zach duke got a three year contract. that's some impressive front office idiocy.

[Mr. Colby]

And fifteen million dollars. Good lord I hope my kid is lefty

[the errey i breathe]

zach duke got a three year contract. that's some impressive front office idiocy.

I would not want any parts of that for my team BUT he is coming off of a pretty good year and isn't the worst option as a LOOGY. He probably only needs to be worth 3 wins over the next 3 years to make this deal worthwhile.

[Tim Thomasen]

"Hey Dan, it's Bob. You got a minute?"

"Sure. I just got done talking to Obama. Look, Seven Springs is great but I've told you I'm not int-"

"No, it's not that. The Pirates have a lot of holes to fill this year and it is tough for us to land free agents. Any suggestions?"

"Bob, let me introduce you to the Yinzer Appeasement Protocol. Just find former players who at least ten fans think shouldn't have left in the first place. Then find someone who grew up in the area."

"Sounds brilliant."

"It is genius. Just make sure to only give them one-year deals. I forgot to mention that to Mario and he gave Scuderi a four-year deal. Silly Canadians need everything spelled out."

"Important safety tip. Thanks for the help, Dan."

"No problem. Say, how is your health insurance? Have you considered-"

"Sorry, gotta run."

Yawn. But keep telling yourself the Rooneys are terrible owners and Mario is a schmuck for canning a coach you despised since forever because he fired him in the manner that you didn't approve of when we all know none of that isn't true.

[Rocco]

"Hey Dan, it's Bob. You got a minute?"

"Sure. I just got done talking to Obama. Look, Seven Springs is great but I've told you I'm not int-"

"No, it's not that. The Pirates have a lot of holes to fill this year and it is tough for us to land free agents. Any suggestions?"

"Bob, let me introduce you to the Yinzer Appeasement Protocol. Just find former players who at least ten fans think shouldn't have left in the first place. Then find someone who grew up in the area."

"Sounds brilliant."

"It is genius. Just make sure to only give them one-year deals. I forgot to mention that to Mario and he gave Scuderi a four-year deal. Silly Canadians need everything spelled out."

"Important safety tip. Thanks for the help, Dan."

"No problem. Say, how is your health insurance? Have you considered-"

"Sorry, gotta run."

Yawn. But keep telling yourself the Rooneys are terrible owners and Mario is a schmuck for canning a coach you despised since forever because he fired him in the manner that you didn't approve of when we all know none of that isn't true.

Are you running a gimmick here that I'm missing or are you just completely oblivious to sarcasm? I've warned people before about taking everything I write seriously.

[Rocco]

Harrison won something called the "Heart and Hustle Award".

[Dickie Dunn]

Harrison won something called the "Heart and Hustle Award".

Scrappy White Guy Award

[ville5]

Listening to ESPN very early this morning. Guest was a Spanish guy that writes for USA today. He said Toronto knew they were overpaying Russ by quite a bit. But their top priority was solidifying their clubhouse. They wanted a leader. Their need for a C played a part but was secondary.
He was also plugging an upcoming article about the next wave of Cubans that will be signed. Should be an interesting read.

[Troy Loney]

Baseball Prospectus lists top 10 Pirate prospects today.

RHP Tyler Glasnow
RHP Jameson Taillon
OF/1B Josh Bell
C Reese McGuire
RHP Nick Kingham
RHP Mitch Keller
OF Austin Meadows
INF Alen Hanson
SS Cole Tucker
OF Harold Ramirez

Very high on Reese McGuire and Mitch Keller. I'm not sure if they're real low on Meadows, or if they just really high on the other guys. Probably just lower on him than other outlets, but recognize he's a stud prospect.

[Letang Is The Truth]

the lists are silly. josh bell was top 5 or whatever the he gets hurt and falls off every list and then hes health and ZOMG top 3. his injury status shouldnt have changed his rating

[Troy Loney]

the lists are silly. josh bell was top 5 or whatever the he gets hurt and falls off every list and then hes health and ZOMG top 3. his injury status shouldnt have changed his rating

Prospect lists are of the flavor of the month variety for sure. But I'd say Bell's reestablishment as a top prospect is based on what he did in Bradenton. Even when healthy in WV he wasn't producing like he did last year in High A.

[columbia]

Is Bell moving to 1B full time?

[Bioshock]

"Hey Dan, it's Bob. You got a minute?"

"Sure. I just got done talking to Obama. Look, Seven Springs is great but I've told you I'm not int-"

"No, it's not that. The Pirates have a lot of holes to fill this year and it is tough for us to land free agents. Any suggestions?"

"Bob, let me introduce you to the Yinzer Appeasement Protocol. Just find former players who at least ten fans think shouldn't have left in the first place. Then find someone who grew up in the area."

"Sounds brilliant."

"It is genius. Just make sure to only give them one-year deals. I forgot to mention that to Mario and he gave Scuderi a four-year deal. Silly Canadians need everything spelled out."

"Important safety tip. Thanks for the help, Dan."

"No problem. Say, how is your health insurance? Have you considered-"

"Sorry, gotta run."

Yawn. But keep telling yourself the Rooneys are terrible owners and Mario is a schmuck for canning a coach you despised since forever because he fired him in the manner that you didn't approve of when we all know none of that isn't true.

Are you running a gimmick here that I'm missing or are you just completely oblivious to sarcasm? I've warned people before about taking everything I write seriously.

How anyone took your post as anything but satire is beyond me.

[Dickie Dunn]

Is Bell moving to 1B full time?

I believe that's the plan. He's been playing there in the Arizona Fall League.