The MLB off-season continues to get more depressing for Pirate fans.
As the rest of the NL Central gets stronger not just for the present but the future, the Pirates have entered tear-down mode with little path to competing as their prospect system has fallen to the middle of the pack and once regarded top prospects like Tyler Glasnow, Austin Meadows are no longer the significant trade chips they were a year and half ago to improve the roster dramatically.
While the Pirates stand on the sidelines, the Brewers have made major additions with the signing of Lorenzo Cain and trade for Christian Yelich……. The Cardinals significantly upgraded their roster with the trade for Marcell Ozuna who belted 37 homers and 124 RBIs, and now the Cubs have made their move in signing free-agent ace pitcher Yu Darvish to a six-year, $126 million deal on Saturday night.
The Cubs one of baseballs most prestige franchises landing a top free agent starter doesn’t surprise anyone, but what the Brewers are doing is a major gut punch to Pirate fans.
The Brewers not only signed Cain to a 5 year, $80 million contract, they built their farm system back up over the last couple years and then moved some of their top prospects for five years of control for Yelich. The type of trade the non-homer Pirate fans have been waiting years for the Pirates to do.
What is fascinating with the Brewers is how all-in they are for the next four to five years. They offered Darvish over $100 million and are among the front runners for Jake Arrieta, while reportedly still looking at a Chris Archer trade.
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The Pirate organization and that cheap ass owner are a joke to professional sports,,,,,end of story……i stopped rooting for them in the late 90″s …20 years of losing i went from my 30’s to my 50’s finally three decent seasons in a row and we are back to this crap..i’m out for PIrate baseball I will always root for my Penguins and Steelers born and raised in Pittsburgh. its a joke..really you couldn’t keep Cutch for the final year of his contract which is affordable for a player of his status….i get trading Cole his agent is Scott Boras but… Read more »
A statement needs to be made via attendance. That is the ONLY way he will notice. All the petitions and complaining do no good if he still makes $ at the gate.
There is no hope. Nuttings business is in the black every opening day due to revenue sharing. He is the welfare leech of mlb.
If people “reset” and picked their favorite baseball team based on how their owners ran it…..no one, and I mean no one would be a fan of the pirates. Nutting has fans because Pittsburghers are loyal to their city and teams to a fault.
That’s why his ownership style isn’t just wrong…. it’s predatory and abusive. And by style I mean hoarding our gate money, suing for our tax dollars, and blatantly lying about his intentions around the product he sells.
I think his lack of dedication to this team will cost him more this year than any other. I could see a drastic drop in attendance. The trading of Cutch and Cole has trumped the success of recent years and they are far removed from any other. I just hope no one goes. Only way anything gets done.
WELL SAID MAN REALLY WELL SAID…..100% ON POINT..