[hide]On the heels of trading Andrew McCutchen today to the San Francisco Giants, the Pirates are signing star closer Felipe Rivero to a four year-$22 million contract with two club options worth $10 million per season, according to Ken Rosenthal.
The deal will cover all four arbitration years (2018-2021) and two free agent years (club options (2022-2023).
Including the team options, the total value of the deal would be $42 million.
2018: $2.5 million
2019: $4 million
2020: $5.25 million
2021: $9.25 million
2022: $10 million (club option)
2023: $10 million (Club option)[/hide]
He will likely be traded by the deadline this year!! No way management wants to pay anyone on this team!
Those two fungoe bats the Giants threw in should help the PBC outfield practice, plus the Astros bag of scuffed baseballs which came back for Cole.
Kind of reminds me of the four Cap stiffs the Pens got when they traded Jagr, when everyone tried to figure otu which of these yougn kdis fit on what line and which had the best pedigree?
Answer, none fo them did. Pens got four scratched pucks for Jaromir Jagr.
He must not have heard any Pirate news over the past day or so.
Ok so he gets traded by 2020