After Pirates owner Bob Nutting made it clear in a statement during the firing of manager Clint Hurdle that General Manager Neal Huntington was safe for next season and in the weeks after it appeared quite clear Huntington was safe in the obvious that he as the front-man in leading the manager search, which included a second round of interviews last week.
Yet, Bob Nutting on the eve of hiring Travis Williams as the new Team President has shocked the industry in informing Huntington during a meeting on Sunday afternoon that Huntington was being let-go as General Manager with two years left on his contract.
Nutting has shocked the baseball world and Pirates fan base in the fact he will eat over $10 million dollars for Hurdle and Huntington not to the work for him over the next two seasons.
It was a strange 4 weeks in getting here but the fan base gets their wish as Nutting has officially cleaned house.
With the fresh start, all eyes now turn to Travis Williams, the President of Business Operations for the New York Islanders who has no experience running a baseball organization. Williams comes with a great reputation from his eight seasons in the Penguins organization as the Chief Operating Officer where he oversaw all aspects of the day-to-day business and arena operations for the club.
The payroll issue is never going to change under Nutting but for anything to change moving forward, Williams a hockey and business guy by trait, has to get lucky here and hit a home run with the GM hire in this becoming an organization that excels in drafting and developing talent on all levels. It was the biggest Achilles heel of the Frank Coonelly/Neal Huntington era and the primary reason the three year run (2013-2015) was not sustained.
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Christ, is letang a fucking disease.
MAF with a stellar performance. Magic number: 6.
Would be nice if Bjugstad started contributing
would be nicer if he was traded by Christmas
I think bujgstad will go and maybe rust. With all the players coming back and the surprise youngsters…those two seem destined to go..
we can use rust to get another top 4 defense man to play with Schultz
Bell….
Another stupid athlete making a dumb decision out of false pride 1 He should have stayed with the Steelers.!!! The Steelers are getting better (big win on Monday night) James Connor getting better 139 yards rushing.
And where is AB out of football
And where is Bell floundering in New York…should have stayed in the bug the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.
A win against the Dolphins isn’t a big win.
With this team a win is a win..and a big win down 14 points thats considered big….past years no…
Jets looking to trade Bell. Hilarious.
Not sure if that’s sarcasmmmmmm
there were reports out of new york…wouldn’t be surprising shit head person and running back playing for a shit head organization…
Zero, how old are you?
He is 40ish but being a liberal makes him have a brain of a 12 year old
I wonder how old that fat slob npl is
I DID HAVE ISSUES WITH HUNTINGTON BUT HE HAS MADE SOME GOOD MOVES AND THE FARM SYSTEM IS SOLID….UNDER HIS WATCH…… OBVIOUSLY THE ARCHER THING DIDNT WORK BUT ARCHER IS A GOOD PITCHER AND MEADOWS DID NOTHING HE WASNT GOING TO PLAY BEHIND DICKERSON MARTE AND POLANCO…..ANOTHER FUCKING SLUG THEY KEEP AND PAID..POLANCO .HE DONE NOTHING. GLASNOW ALSO DIDNT DO SHIT IN PITTSBURGH WAS WILD, COULDNT FIND THE PLATE, HAD HORRIBLE MECHANICS… SHOWS FLASHES OF BRILLANCE THEN DOES WHAT HE ALWAYS DOES GOES ON THE IL JUST LIKE HE DID IN TAMPS…PITCHED 6-O THEN GONE FOR THE SEASON… WE NEE… Read more »
AUSTIN MEADOWS IS AN ALL STAR AND MVP CANDIDATE FOR THE NEXT DECADE. TYLER GLASNOW, HEALTH WILLING, WILL BE AN ACE FOR THE NEXT DECADE PLUS. CHRIS ARCHER MIGHT HAVE A SOLID FEW YEARS LEFT IN HIM IF SOMEONE CAN FIX HIS ISSUES. THE PROBLEM WAS THE NOW FIRED FRONT OFFICE AND COACHING STAFF COULD NOT DEVELOP TALENT ANYMORE AND THATS WHY YOU SEE SOMEONE LIKE GERRIT COLE BLOSSOM INTO THE GAMES BEST PITCHER. THE PIRATES COULD HAVE A CHAMPIONSHIP CALIBER TEAM THE PAST FEW YEARS BUT TRADED AWAY THEIR MOST TALENTED PLAYERS AT A LOW LOW PRICE BECAUSE THEY… Read more »
can’t say i disagree with you about the front office….yes meadows may be great we will see he needed a change of scenery Glasnow had multiple call ups couldn’t get it down in Pittsburgh period….
GeRRIT cOLE WASNT STAYING WHETHER HE BLOSSOMED HERE OR NOT!
WITH SCOTT BORAS AS HIS AGENT HE WASN’T STAYING AND HE WONT BE STAYING IN HOUSTON EITHER
HES GOT A MONEY HUNGRY AGENT PIRATES DID RIGHT BY MOVING HIM…
AS LONG A NUTTING THAT CHEAP ASS OWNS THE TEAM THERE WILL BE NO REAL SUCCESS FOR THE PIRATES…
KEEPING COLE IS NOT THE POINT. IF COLE DEVELOPED INTO THE ACE HE IS NOW DURING HIS TIME IN PITTSBURGH THEY WOULD HAVE HAD THEIR PICK OF TOP PROSPECTS TO TRADE FOR AND NOT THE FOUR MEDIOCRE PLAYERS THEY GOT. THEY HAD A GREAT TALENT AND COULDNT DEVELOP HIM TO HIS FULL POTENTIAL.
Does this surprise you? hello ? this organization has sucked for years…..say something we all don’t know Stanley>>
I meant QUACK…..
The owners the problem if he could just fire himself then the Pirates could heal…… As long as that quck owns the team there will never be a world series for Pittsburgh again..
more false hope
Trump derangement syndrome is real
I think Npl has joined a new movement
https://www.walkawaycampaign.com/
I wonder what that Fat npl thinks of this guy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=182&v=4Pjs7uoOkag
Whaaaaaaaaaa….