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chitown311
Tim Anderson signing first step into the White Sox being a very good team for a very long time
mackows2
pretty sure the trades that netted them moncada, kopech, giolitto, lopez, etc were the first steps for the Chi Sox being a good team for the foreseeable future.
You could put the 2016 draft before Tim Anderson too.
The process started way before yesterday’s extension of their young shortstop.
bluegorilla
I think you mean “a good team IN the foreseeable future.”
curl16
Do u remember a guy named sale good luck with that .
Polish Hammer
Cleveland do it! Lock up Linder as long term as you can as soon as you can. This kid is special!
L.Wrong Hubbard
What are the Bucs gonna do with Osuna I wonder. Guess they could get rid of Jaso if they really had to
jimmyz
Osuna may have a chance at making the opening day roster on the bench considering Kang will be in extended spring training for awhile once he gets into the country. Assuming everybody’s healthy and Kangs issues are resolved, I’d imagine Osuna is a quality depth piece in AAA this year and gets Jaso’s sport next season.
66TheNumberOfTheBest
I remember a certain Supergenius praising the A’s trade of Russel for the two pitchers. They “want to win”. How’s that working out? Also pushed to trade Marte for 18 months of Hunter Pence. And Malkin for Rick Nash if you want to compare his track record in other sports.
The Pirates track record with players who they identify as future big leaguers at the AA or AAA level has been pretty strong this decade. Jose Tabata the only true whiff as Pedro Alvarez was decent before he fell apart mentally.
Their best bet is to keep their blue chips and let them boom or bust on their own roster.
pplama
All while enjoying their 1 trip past the WC game in 25 years.
66TheNumberOfTheBest
8 more playoff games than Quintana has ever been a part of, right?
jdgoat
The difference between all of those though is that Q is a long term piece, and is probably worth a large package
Steven P.
Perhaps for a small market team like Pittsburgh who will forever be shut out of signing significant free agents
It’s fairly foolish for Huntington to think that the Sox would lower their asking price though for a talent like Quintana
I almost feel bad for Pirates fans, as the whole Quintana saga is just a massive tease. The Pirates do not have the stones to make a deal on this level.
canocorn
Acquiring JQ would improve the Bucs’ chances of rising to the top of the NL Central. To say they don’t have the stones to make a deal on this level is like saying a middle class man doesn’t have the stones to buy a Mercedes. Pirates fans are a resilient bunch, partly because we have to be. Their impressive core of players and prospects promises a bright future. They’re headed to the top of the NLC in the not-too-distant. With Quintana on board, they’d likely get there sooner. Without Q, they’d likely get there later but stay there longer. Pirates ownership prefers longer to sooner.
66TheNumberOfTheBest
The only people in Pittsburgh who care about “the whole Quintana saga” are the yinzers like RC21 below who HATE the team and like to use it to “prove” that the Pirates are “cheap” and “don’t care about winning.”
Nevermind that Quintana is cheap and if the Pirates didn’t care about winning, they wouldn’t care about unloading their prospects.
The Pirate fans who want them to win have no interest in Quintana at anything close to the reported asking price.
rc21pa
Overall the pirates are a joke and will always be. You have a GM that is scared to trade top prospects for something that helps but meanwhile trades the 5th and 6th best last year just to dump salary for a pitcher that isn’t even good enough to pitch the 5th rotation spot. A minor league system that is never ready and loaded with promises. A scouting program that is unable to pick major league talent from possers that hold high value that could be used for trade bait. A fan base that is happy never winning pennant. Owners that cut salary, yet no one calls them out about it. A organization as a whole that cares to stay just interesting enough to just compete for a wild card spot and fans buy it up. Overall nothing about the pirates says winners or trying to win, yet there are fools out there that think anyone in that organization wants to win a championship other then maybe the players on the field.
Honestly I wish baseball would get fixed enough to at least put a salary cap floor in place to make teams try. Or at least force poor ownership out of the sport. Honestly pirate fans have to be the biggest fools of them all when they lie to themselves that management cares about winning. And worst of all there are morons out there that truely believe that the pirates are better then the penguins or steelers. Truth is the pirates are a distant third rate team in Pittsburgh and losing more distance as every year. It’s a true shame for a team that HAD such rich history.
SimonJM1
Oh man. Typical Yinzer.
retire21
Double M, is that you?
lesterdnightfly
I can see Blazek’s point. I can also see him being DFA or released, and picked up by another team now.