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Pirates To Increase Budget Slightly
According to Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via team president Frank Coonelly, the Pirates will slightly increase their payroll beyond $54MM next year.
Coonelly says the Bucs will not get involved with high-end free agents, but the money will be there if they see good baseball investments in the mid or lower tiers (free agent list here).
I did an Offseason Outlook for the Pirates on Friday. Even with arbitration raises to eight players, the Pirates should still come in around $40MM (less if Jack Wilson and/or Adam LaRoche are traded). That could mean $10-15MM to spend on free agents. I could see them signing a veteran shortstop as well as a starting pitcher.
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In other news the Pirates have decided they need a veteran pitcher to serve the role that Matt Morris did. Thus they have offered a 5yr/$75M contract to Kevin Brown.
Posted by: start_wearing_purple | September 15, 2008 at 10:44 AM
What the heck? I thought the pirates were rebuilding? They should be dropping the payroll. Getting rid of Wilson and Laroche seems to make more sense. I think fans will understand more if you do a total rebuild then sign more band-aids.
Posted by: joemorgan=#1 | September 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM
I have a friend who has a t-shirt that says "pitsburgh pirates rebuilding since 1994"
Posted by: prov1x41 | September 15, 2008 at 12:10 PM
The slogan should be "Build it and we'll eventually spend money" or "Front Offices, hopefully third time's a charm".
It doesn't make sense to go out and sign a veteran shortstop who will be no better than Jack Wilson. Keep Jack and spend money for a young front of the rotation type.
Posted by: melmann | September 15, 2008 at 01:33 PM
*cough*Tazawa*cough*
Posted by: LongSufferingBucsFan | September 15, 2008 at 07:07 PM