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jdgoat
The defense article says that Adam Eaton is the best defensive right fielder in the AL lol
jdgoat
And now that I reread the opening I see it was for 2016.
ronnsnow
ARod a manager? Never gonna happen.
Kolukonu
Never say never. Great baseball mind. I could easily see it happening.
66TheNumberOfTheBest
“Here’s a recap from our December article regarding the Pirates interest in Jose Quintana about his characteristics:
He’s a high-end #2/low-end #1 pitcher
He’s left handed
He’s 28, in the prime of his career
He’s controllable for four years
He’s making just $7M this year
That whole article was a blueprint for Huntington to follow.”
Poor Kevin Creagh, he knows so much better, but stupid old Neil Huntingdon won’t read his blog and operate his Major League Baseball team based on Kevin’s OBVIOUS genius.
Clearly the right move for the Pirates is to empty their farm system to acquire a #2 pitcher who will take them from marginal contender status to….marginal contender status. GENIUS!
I assume that everyone who thinks the Pirates should make that trade think (to this day) that the A’s trade of Russell was great and the Shelby Miller deal was smart because, hey, they are just prospects and he’s a proven starter, right?
stryk3istrukuout
Personally, the only teams I see Quintana being the key to a championship for are the ones who already are that close to winning (Cubs, Red Sox, and Indians). You are mostly correct about the Pirates, but also don’t forget the difference that would be had from a fully healthy Cole and McCutchen. This is a team that won 98 games just before last year. Still, unless the White Sox value McCutchen enough to minimize the amount of prospects it would take, there are too many question marks to take a leap like that for Quintana.
Blue_Painted_Dreams_LA
Oh boy that was a terrible article.
therealryan
As a Rays fan, I get the idea behind his article. It’s hard to keep putting out successful teams and going for it isn’t a bad idea. If McCutchen doesn’t bounce back and you lose Cole in a couple of years you may already have seen the best of the Pirates.
66TheNumberOfTheBest
Maybe, but as it stands now the team figures to be much better in a few years when they still have Marte and Polanco and Taillon but have a more seasoned Bell plus Newman, Meadows, Glasnow, Keller and what they get for Cutch and Cole.
Those guys panning out might make the Pirates legit contenders. Adding Quintana does not.
The same people who want the Pirates to trade for Quintana wanted to trade Marte to rent Hunter Pence and trade Polanco for another rental whose name I can’t even remember.
davidcoonce74
Man, who ever knew that Mark Teahen was such an awesome dude? Total respect for that guy, although I can barely remember his playing career except I think he was part of the first Carlos Beltran trade.