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« on: July 14, 2014, 06:06:33 PM »
The Pirates have found a suitor for AGon. The Giants who are third in the NL West and fourth in the NL Wildcard just picked up one of the game's best hitters. We're also sending a couple veteran relievers who weren't expected to stay with the Pirates next year due to their contracts. In return, we believe we are bringing two starters for next year (Amarista and Dyson) along with a few prospects who are trying to find their way up to the bigs. sends to CI Gonzalez, Adrian, $19m (2015) + $17.5m in 2014 and $8m in 2015 RP Ottavino, Adam, $0.5m (2014) RP Manship, Jeff, $0.5m (2014) sends to MI-OF Amarista, Alexi, $1m (2016) OF Dyson, Jarrod, $1m (2015) CI Cowart, Kaleb, $0.5m (P-n/a) CI Villanueva, Christian, $0.5m (P-n/a) OF Almonte, Abraham, $0.5m (P-n/a)
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« on: July 13, 2014, 03:06:22 AM »
It was a perfect disaster for the Pirates this year. Underperforming role players and injuries to the pitching staff as well as a couple steps back for a pair of developing middle infielders led to the Pirates now having the worst record in the NL (2nd overall to ). GM CRS245 was somewhat prepared for this possibility, saying, "In the winter meetings, I told Orange Country to watch out and prepare for domination [after Gonzalez and Pujols joined team]. I knew there was very little to work with outside of those two players, so in the event that everything didn't click, there was an escape plan..." An escape plan there was... in the past week, the Pirates got busy and traded away Pujols to the Yankees for a booster shot to the young Pirates pitching core as well as Eric Campbell. Pujols was tradeable and has high value despite the contract. The fit came at the right time. The Pirates now have a rotation of four starters for next year led by Kyle Lohse. They could also get Humber or McDonald back for 2015. Beyond that, the Pirates have above average SP prospects at the AAA level that would fill three franchises. The rotation is solid as ever. Where the Pirates struggle is on offense. Years ago, when the likes of Nick Swisher and Andre Ethier ran the show, and veteran bats came in and out of Pittsburgh, that was the strong part of the team. Now, the Pirates have an arms machine oiled and ready, and they just need to figure out who can hit the ball out of the park. It's not as bad as it seems for the Pirates offense. Campbell just joined the team and Adrian Gonzalez is still on the books. The Pirates, who are rumored to trade AGon, could keep him and still have $25m in cap space next year. They are weak at MI and OF but have Wieters at backstop and they just extneded Revere. The $25m could buy them five $5m/year players, which if spent right, could be a lot of production. The options open themselves further if management wants to go younger. That may be the best plan as everywhere else, the team is young and contracts are kept low. Trading AGon would not only open the team up to nearly $45m in cap space next year, but there would certainly be a haul of young bats that the Pirates could acquire. The situation gets even brighter. The cap space gives the team a lot of flexibility and the power to retain young prospects. The pitching goes deeper than AAA with players like Aaron Blair who was one of the most dominant pitchers in the California League during the month of June. In the upcoming entry draft, the Pirates have the 6th overall pick plus a supplemental first that is slotted at 51st. With the team's performance this year, they are looking at a top three pick in next year's draft. The Pirates never made the playoffs with their veteran, offense-first, team that had improved 20 games from 2010 to 2011, broke the franchise losing record, and had back-to-back winning seasons. That's because the team peaked quickly and started to regress in 2012 before a change was needed last year. The 2013 campaign was rough and this off-season brought promises, but it also provided flexibility and the development of a sustainable franchise. Nothing is guaranteed to be sustainable of course. While the young pitchers are promising and a few hitters will stick around until next season, nearly all of them still need to develop. That, and the Pirates have a window in free agency once again, but will they have a backup plan in case everything heads south? Time will tell.
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« on: July 13, 2014, 02:47:33 AM »
The Pirates are quietly extending two young players into next year. Worley, only 26 years old, has proven to be very valuable over the past month and has won over GM CRS245. It's a long way away from Worley making the 2015 rotation but this is a step in the right direction. Meanwhile, the Pirates have also extended Ben Revere. Revere has been the Pirates most productive OF this season (which doesn't say much) batting .295 and being successful in 26 out of 29 stolen base attempts. Revere is slated to be a starting OF as the Pirates have no one in sight from the minors and would have to bring in three above average veterans to push Ben out of the limelight.
OF Revere, Ben, $0.5m (P-2014), 75th OF in 2014, give him a $2.5m (2016) deal SP Worley, Vance, $0.5m (P-2014), not even top 190 in 2013-14, give him a $0.5m (2015) deal
Also update the prospect clock on the following players.
SP Matzek, Tyler, $0.5m (P-2017) OF Gindl, Caleb, $0.5m (P-2016) MI Gyorko, Jedd, $0.5m (P-2016) MI Kozma, Pete, $0.5m (P-2016) RP Morris, Brian, $0.5m (P-2016)
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« on: July 11, 2014, 04:48:12 PM »
Pirates release the following players...
CI Laporta, Matt, $1m (2014) CI Candelario, Jeimer, $0.5m (P-n/a) SP-RP Mortensen, Clayton, $0.5m (2014) MI Alberto, Hanser, $0.5m (P-n/a) OF Walker, Keenyn, $0.5m (P-n/a) RP Miller, Quinton, $0.5m (P-n/a)
And we call up...
SP Treinen, Blake, $0.5m (P-n/a)
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« on: April 22, 2014, 10:34:04 PM »
Prospect contract
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« on: April 06, 2014, 11:30:06 PM »
$1m
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« on: April 06, 2014, 11:28:06 PM »
Prospect contract
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« on: March 12, 2014, 12:04:01 PM »
$500k
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« on: March 12, 2014, 12:02:41 PM »
$1m
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« on: March 02, 2014, 02:22:37 PM »
Prospect contract
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