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Pittsburgh Pirates
Sources close to the situation say the mood throughout the Pirates organization from coaches to front office members on Andrew McCutchen is this:
He’s going to be traded.
Inside Pittsburgh Sports has learned, Pirates GM Neal Huntington is motivated to move McCutchen this winter and has made it clear to interested clubs, To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
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Who knew all the Pirates fans could be found on this site.
I don’t have a big issue trading him for pitching if that pitching helps now and the future, though one pitcher would still not be enough. I have a huge issue with getting back players who will not be in the Majors this year. Hey Tim Williams was right, they are the next Rays: A team becoming content with mediocrity.
there was no doubt mccutchen was going as soon as his big salary kicked in. cervelli makes too much too for the sucko’s. prepare for 20 losing seasons in a row.
Well, if you yell about how this is the off-season he gets traded for four straight seasons now you’ll eventually get it right.
Same strategy used with Fleury. Yoda at his most yoda.
So you really think that 1M difference between the 13M they paid him last year and the 14M they owe him next year is why they’re trading him. Yoda at his finest there folks.
Last time Huntington traded a big name for prospects, I had to listen to four years of pirate fans telling me how good Bryan Morris was going to be.
In all fairness, when was the last time the Pirates traded a true big name player? I know local fans get attached to their own players and tend to think they are bigger names than they actually are (Jason Bay) but in all honesty they haven’t had a true big name since the 90’s.
That guy, at the time of his trade, was a legit power bat. He was a big name player. That they have away for junk.
Huntingtons keen eye couldn’t tell that Andy LaRoche was rancid assshole.
That guy was awful.
I agree. Bay at the time was a big name player.
Other than getting Harrison for Grabow and Gorzelanny, there were some bad trades at that time. Granted no one other than Bautista did anything after leaving, but still.
I guess it all depends on your definition of a “big name player”, to me a big name player is an elite player that is considered global a top player at his position not just a good player. Bay was a bigger deal in Pittsburgh because he had a good 3 year run to start his career and he always got the pity all star nomination because every team had to be represented but Bay was nothing more than an above average player, I just consider that a big name player.