The Pirates are recalling infielder Nick Yorke and right-hander Cam Sanders from Triple-A Indianapolis, according to the MLB.com transaction log. Those will apparently be their September 1 roster moves. The Bucs are off today and may not officially announce the moves until tomorrow’s series opener against the Dodgers.
It’s the first promotion of the season for the 23-year-old Yorke. He first reached the majors as a September call-up late last season. He hit .216 with a pair of home runs in 11 games. Pittsburgh optioned him back to Triple-A at the end of Spring Training. Yorke has spent the entire season in Indianapolis, where he has been on the active roster aside from a week on the injured list with a sore shoulder in the middle of April.
Yorke is hitting .287/.348/.406 with seven home runs across 440 plate appearances. He has stolen 17 bases in 23 tries while turning in league average strikeout and walk rates. It’s a solid but hardly dominant showing for a player who also spent a good portion of the 2024 season at that level. To his credit, Yorke has picked things up as the season has progressed. He had a bad April around the injury but has hit fairly well since the beginning of May. Yorke is coming off his best month, as he slashed .337/.382/.446 in 24 games in August.
A first-round pick by the Red Sox in 2020, Yorke was acquired in a one-for-one swap for Quinn Priester at the ’24 deadline. Priester has had a breakout season this year (after being traded to the division rival Brewers). The trade doesn’t look particularly favorable for the Pirates at the moment, but Yorke still has time to emerge as a productive hitter. He’s primarily a second baseman but has a decent amount of corner outfield experience.
Nick Gonzales will get most of the second base playing time down the stretch. Yorke could take a few at-bats in left field from Tommy Pham, who has hit well in the second half but is an impending free agent on a non-contender. While Yorke has barely played any third base in his minor league career, Pittsburgh could also give him a few starts at the hot corner alongside fellow rookie Cam Devanney.
More arranging of the deck chairs
This is a typical routine of non contenders in September. So every non contender is re-arranging the chairs?
Yes non playoff teams are essentially all sinking ships
Yorke earned his promotion with his recent work.
Hopefully they give him some steady at bats.
Yep. Also, unless the Brewers win it all in 25, it’s way to early to discuss who won either trade involving the Red Sox.
Why would you assume Gonzales will get the majority of playing time at 2B? 0 WAR through 300 ABs. Why wouldn’t he take ABs from Pham? Stupid to bring him up and sit him.
He also has +1.1 fWAR through 73 games. I wouldn’t move him off 2B right now either.
Gonzalez was a #1 draft pick by Cherington, he will get the majority of time at second base
Much like Davis , also a #1 pick by Ben will get the majority of time behind the plate
Thank goodness they’ll still be eligible for postseason play…
They’ll win the next 25 straight!
The Pittsburgh Pirates have a 46-44 record since May 20, 2025
Add Bubba KG a trade or free agent and you got something here. Cherington finally got minor league player development where needed. Looks like 7 to 10 year stretch of above average team at least.
After they get some patchwork this offseason from the bargain basement, you’re right. 72 wins next season. But more pierogi races and Bring Your Dog to the Ballpark and Dress As Your Favorite Star Wars Character night.
If you enjoy being that guy and many pirates fans do.
But Pirates are in position to be above 500 for the next decade. Cherington didn’t build the organization fast but he got the job done. Everyone is thinking hoping he gets fired when actually they should keep him and eventually give him a raise and create a fancy new title because someone is going to steal Horowitz and make him their gm so pirates will need to make him their gm to keep him.
This is why Spencer only plays away games because he is in the front office during home games.
Is this Cherington’s burner? I admire the enthusiasm but Chergton hasn’t built anything. He’s terrible at getting anything back in trades and his draft picks have been relatively can’t miss. I may be a bit harsh in that regard but it’s kinda hard to mess up a top 10 draft pick (and I’d argue outside of skenes Keller and Gonzalez so far he kinda has). The only trade that comes to mind that has worked out is the Horowitz move and that’s only because Ortiz might have been gambling.
Farm system is fantastic. That’s how the MLB team improves and maintains. Drafted best player in draft 3 years in row even when picking 9th 6th. Pirates have bright future.
I have no idea how you say this. What’s is your basis? I know it’s not just Baseball America
Let’s do the givens: they have pitching on the farm. They have Griffin
But they have a beyond-anemic offense at the MLB level, and I’ll ask again, just where are the runs going to come from?
It’s great that they have potentially a stud starting pitching staff. These guys now go 5-6 innings not like the days of yore. So then what?
Unless you believe they’re going to win a great many 1-0, 2-1 variety games, I’m not sure how this adds up to above .500 for years to come
I just don’t think you look at Bradenton League, low A and A kids who have promise and say “The farm is fantastic”
Did you not see the 46-44? And that was with awful Heaney and weak bullpen. Don’t need runs to have winning record. They have a winning record. And this is in a hopeless lost season. A new season with hope will help. Make a trade. Maybe sign a free agent. I don’t know how much I trust this but keep hearing 2026 is all in as all in Nutting is willing to go. Trades free agents even the first multiple year free agent in a decade is all on the table. I know it sounds far fetched. Just telling you what I heard.
I believe it. I kinda trust the sources and it make sense. Only cause of doubt is pirates do things that don’t make sense. But attendance is low could be much greater so this would give boost. Allow for better tv deal. Make Skenes consider giving away 2 free agent years more likely. Whether or not Nutting keeps Cherington or fires him a winning 2026 season makes him look smart. If there is no baseball in 2027 fans will be more likely to come back to the ballpark if there is a winning team vs a loser. And they can at best only get the 10th pick in draft even if they are worst team in baseball so no incentive for losing unless they get super unlucky in the lottery this fall.
Winning is strong possibility. Cherington got the farm system loaded and they are already winning since may 20th or whatever. You guys wanted the rebuild fully completed and done well. You got it. Cherington did it. Now you are still complaining and wanting to fire Cherington. You aren’t fans of tbe pirates you are fans of complaining about the pirates.
Dream, all I can say to your well thought out response is that I hope you’re right
TBD I’ll let you know in March if they did enough. And they need to stay healthy. If Skenes Bubba Keller goes down….. Or they sign Grisham and he test positive ped. But it’s there for the taking. The offense is going to stink but as long as it isn’t awful it will be enough with the pitching they have. A full year with no Shelton Heaney. Full year of Pham being able to see or another good outfielder. Not saying 100 wins but above 500.
I’d rather take over the Pirates right now than the Cards Reds. Although they can spend more $ and with Cards a lot more $. I prefer Pirates farm though. Like it better than Cubs farm. Cubs only have the 2.5x payroll advantage.
I admire your enthusiasm and it may be justified but veteran Pirates fans know from experience not to hope nor expect too much.
They still have to add power and as you say it is not cheap.
And also as you say the medium level free agents have to be available and they are not.
I take exception to you saying that they have had a bad bullpen this year although losing Bednar is a problem.
But until they acquire hitting it may very well be a similar year to this albeit perhaps with a slight winning record.
But I would not bet on it.
I would love to know where Dream heard Nutting is all in, though. Hopefully not from the men’s room wall. I always felt he was persuaded to juice up the line up when Cutch was first here, saw that it didn’t get him the gold ring, and said “Never again”. All of his actions since then have said as much
And again, I’ll say that we’ll never know what parameters the GM has in place. I’m not excusing his decisions, but I have to think this is why Williams is here, to act as financial watchdog
That’s also not to say that a GM couldn’t do better under such restrictions. To me, the failings of the player development program negate any good he has done
But Baseball America and bright eyes disagree. And one guy says it’s all the fans’ fault
I thought the development especially the hitting development was awful when Cherington took over and I barely or didn’t even notice it improving the first few years. Then I noticed it getting better but by so lil and so slow. This minor league season it smacked me right in the face that it improved and greatly. He’s under contract for another year I believe so I am fine with seeing how he does 1 more year.
However. After reading my Priester trade comments it reminds me how bad 2024 was for him. He didn’t fire Shelton after the collapse. Cook trade I wasn’t a huge fan of. Falter Bednar I understand but didn’t get a A+ from me. They could end up winners but I prefer a no doubter from day 1.
I am going to let Yorke decide Cherington fate. My coin flip is Yorke 700 ops legit. Yorke will decide Cherington fate for me. Because as long as they can keep Horowitz and Cheringtons other good minions the new gm can’t do much worse than Cherington but could do better. And it’s Cherington team the next 5 years no matter what. But 2025 was a heck of a year for Cherington so I have no problem rewarding him with 1 more year to build upon it.
I first heard it from Greg Brown. I would tell you when and where but because it was from the state run media mouth piece of the Pirates I thought nothing of it. Then in one of my nerd chat groups I heard from someone who has been right before so I gave it credit.
Keep in mind all in for NUTTING. So if payroll was 80 million OK maybe 90 if 90 OK 100. Don’t expect Tucker Bregman but someone who actually takes a multi year deal is on the table. A trade for someone you heard of before. I wish I had better sources but I don’t have many and none of them are in position to know this. But it makes sense to me. Guy has been right before. And why would Greg Brown say that just so people could throw it back in his face. Then again maybe I am the only one who would remember it half a year later.
That is a heavy burden on Nick Yorke.
He may hit 699 if he is po’ed at Cherington for keeping him in AAA all year.
Brown will no doubt redirect focus to the exit velocity of a “Cruz missile”. That’ll dominate the conversation for a week
Adding power. Now you are talking about winning division playoffs. I’m talking winning record.
Bullpen lost Lawrence Mayza early. Bednar as you said and don’t forget Furg.
Bullpen had freaking Heaney in it. They let Boryucky face rhp. Have you looked at Nicolas Ramirez Holderman era? Even though it isn’t a Tanner Rainey day you better stay inside and play your Sega Genesis Cabrera. Chances of bullpen being good came and Wentz!
My Cherington brainwashing continues. Listened to press conference where he said Pittsburgh has to take risk if they are going to win. I agree 100 percent. I want to give him 1 more year. He knows what is needed to win. That’s a start. He has the farm to do it. And he is a loyal company guy see next paragraph.
Fans wanted college bats. College players should arrive at MLB sooner. Winning at MLB will keep you from being fired. He could have pleased Nutting the media and the fans. More importantly he could have tried to save his own as! But he went hs hs. He did what was best for the team instead of best for himself.
If Pittsburgh is going to win we have to take risk. I love it. A lot of fans wanted college bats instead of SH KG even Skenes. Pirates can sign good players and did Russell Martin. They could trade for great players. But the only way they will get elite players is to develop them.
First, Cruz has to have an ab where he doesn’t strike out on three pitches
I thought Cherington knew what was needed to win this year.
Didn’t he get the memo last offseason?
Wentz was pitching very well for the Braves as a STARTER!
I said that he should not have released him when they did.
Nicolas has been pitching well lately.
He could have kept Falter instead of Heaney like everyone but you said to do.
Ramirez pitched well at first but will go as he always has.Cherington took a shot with him but lost.
Holderman has been given a long leash because of 2023 but it may have to be cut soon for younger pitchers.
Stay with your young players and leave the existing MLers to older and wiser heads.
Not looking good for Cherington. Giddy up giddy up 409 fire his as!
I think that that time has come.
His trades have been bad.
He has developed absolutely no power.
He held on to Shelton far too long.
Time for a change.
Shelton by far his biggest blunder.
I gave D I believe on Cook Yorke Devanney trades and so far those grades are holding up. Like I said it’s all up to Yorke!
That giddy up 409 is just embarrassing. You have to have a analytics department in 2025. Been important at least this entire century.
Ben left farm system stacked. Drafting high and trading everything not nailed down it should be. Thanks Ben but you need to go.
BUT Can you imagine firing someone who set you up with Skenes Bubba KG SH? Has to be done though. Shelton Priester so so so terrible.
I must say. At deadline did he trade for MLB or prospects? Has he drafted college or hs? If I was on the hot seat I am drafting college bats instead of hs kids. If he knew he was getting fired and still drafted KG SH then what a guy. Build a Cherington statue.
Paul and washed are finished. Only one who wants to talk ball is Kensington Ave Mendoza.
You have mentioned that KG and SH fell into his lap.No statue,but if these two guys were so great,which they both may be,what does that say about 2 or 3 or 4 other GM?
He was only doing his job but as I have said I think that he has drafted reasonably well.
You have said that it is his team.That can be said though for any GM with six years in.It is not enough for him to keep his job.
I think that Ben is good at certain things but in essence he is GM and President of Baseball Operations and he is spread too thin to do both.
If Nutting would keep Ben he should fire Williams and bring in a veteran good baseball man over Ben.Two heads are better than one.
Mendoza has not yet left the building.
I had to Google Kensington Avenue but it my understanding that that is where forlorn Pirates fans who live near Philadelphia
go if the Pirates ever lose 100 games in a season again.
I think Ben is gone. I hope so. Yorke hasn’t proven me wrong.
Shelton lost team in 2024 but Cherington didn’t fire him. Didn’t realize the super easy Priester fix. Then just gave him away for Yorke. 3 strikes you’re out. Nutting doesn’t like seeing former pirates do good elsewhere. Only doubt is he’s a loyal idiot.
Ben needs to be fired. Not good enough for the job. Fell in his lap is all. And scouting director seems to be brains behind it. Ben did as well as he could do. Let someone out take what he done and make a winner.
Nutting shows no immediacy to win.
Consequently,Cherington does not.
And Shelton would say all the time we need to do better.
It filters all the way down.
The players do not show any desire now other than to want to get this season over.
I like Kelly but I am not sure that he knows how to kick people in the butt.
I think that Nutting has to allow the new GM to pick his manager to start anew after what has been a clearly wasted six years.
Nutting provided all the necessary resources! That’s what he said. Then why is Cherington still here? He had everything he needed and failed. Washington fired gm before draft. Ok so let Cherington do that. Whatever. Nothing left to do now. Pirates could have gotten a head start on gm search and Cherington could have started his move to something else.
In defense of Kelly. This season has been over since April. Really since October. Maybe you like the disciplinary or rah rah guy but having to play a losing hopeless season for 5 months if Kelly tried to kick me in the butt it wouldn’t go over well. Shut up boomer!
If setting yourself up to get paid in arbitration free agency isn’t motivation what is a manager going to do? He probably told them get your stats. We obviously have opportunity here so earn a job. We can’t make playoffs but we can get ourselves ready for next year. Blah blah blah. What else can you do. Calling someone out. Benching them. Not doing anything. Throw a chair at them?
People in here complaining about the lineup. Who cares. Season is over. They are just trying to get it over with.
I am not knocking Kelly.You read into what I wrote too much Gen X.The new GM should be able to hire whoever he wants to hire.
Do you think that Nutting is smart enough to get a head start on replacing Cherington?If you had ever been promoted from Dream GM to Dream Owner instead of the lateral move to AI GM that is what you would have done.He is probably doing what Cherington was forced to do every year and wait until the good young high level execs are hired by others so he can get the least expensive ones.
I still think that this team should be administered by two baseball people as Director and GM.Get rid of three quarters of the analytics department when they fire Cherington to pay for the additional position.
And I know you want them to lose as many games as possible so that they can possibly move up one spot in the draft order.
But I am tired of being embarrassed of being a Pirates fan.
Get some new glasses boomer! “I like Kelly but I am not sure that he knows how to kick people in the butt.” I read you correctly. I was just saying that’s what players would say to Kelly if he tried to kick them in the butt on a 90 loss team. Gen Z calls anyone over 40 boomer. Wish my mother could have kept her legs together a bit longer so I could go around telling you Paul Tired that. Whatever boomer. Unfortunately gen Y here.
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Had to look up these gens. They seem pretty dead on in descriptions. Although you are the only boomer on here that doesn’t have TSD but I guess outside of mlbtr majority are conservative.
I think these generations might need 1 more to help bridge some gaps. Like the gen x born in 1960s early 70s were playing with sticks outside for entertainment while the ones later sat in house all day playing mario bros and watching mtv. Late boomers couldn’t even remember civil rights jfk moon landing Woodstock. Like the late boomers early x could be it’s own generator. The no fun awful generation or I guess to be more positive the disco generation or something.
Tank for draft pick odds was incredibly important. Not so much now as pirates look to be lock for 2nd 3rd but a week or 2 ago they could have fallen all the way to 6 7 8. Hige difference. But even 2 to 3 is a difference and important. Like getting Crews instead of Skenes important.
Nutting got last gm and manager year Huntington was fired.
Yes,big difference in 3 or 4 picks because they are supposedly the cream of the crop in a good year.But it only improves the chances with the lottery in place now.
Is this going to be a good draft year?
What is TSD?
By the way,the Steelers won the coin flip with the Bears in the 1970 draft as they both had 1-13 records.The Steelers won the 1969 opening game against the Lions but the Bears beat the Steelers later.
That had even more real impact than the Pirates lucking out and getting Skenes two years ago.
The Steelers pick-Terry Bradshaw.
Skenes is Bradshaw even better much better just baseball takes more than 1 guy.
You want the best odds. Will it play out? Will it matter? But you still want the best odds. Supposed to be a good draft. Deep draft as well. And pirates get a extra pick so the higher the draft pick the more $. Odds aren’t as important as they are only competing with 1 team now vs the half dozen teams a week or 2 ago.
TSD TDS.
don’t forget dollar dog games and fireworks
Nutting and Williams are idiots. Why just 1 Cutch Skenes bobblehead. I would do Skenes #1 pick head. Roy head. Cy young head. Cutch gold glove head. Cutch all star head. Cutch mvp head.
You forgot multiple Mac Miller bobble heads and Wiz Khalifa Appreciation Night. Maybe bring your Hamster to the Ballpark Night
I brought my hamster to one but lost him.
I’m surprised that they haven’t had a Jim Leyland bobble head night or any star from the 1990-1993 era
Another failings of the franchise but it falls into line with my thinking that their target audience isn’t older fans. At least not more than once a season. Now it’s glitz to make younger fans and their families take part in the PNC Experience
Need to fire Williams too. I am sick of liars. Nutting biggest liar so other owners need to make him want to sell. Can’t wear a bag because according to Nutting Williams it’s a security risk. But a Darth Vader or wookie mask isn’t.
Will you settle for average? It would still be an improvement.
About time. But what’s going to happen is that pham,suwinsky and Canario and triolo will get the majority of bats. Play the kids. Disgraceful that Kelly will still use these scrubs.
Jack is on the IL and they will need a shortstop next year and rather than signing an over the hill free agent they want him to see if Triolo bats his weight for a rest of the season
Triolo has been worth 1.2 WAR since the all-star break and has a wRC+ of 149 over the same period. Pham’s numbers over the same period are 0.7 WAR and 129 wRC+. Not remotely scrubs.
Unique Nick Yorke Unique Nick Yorke
You know Nick Yorke, you need Nick Yorke, you know you need unique Nick Yorke.
Triolo will get continuous time to see if he is a starter probably at third base.
They need Pham as he is their only hitter.
Unfortunately Suwinski and Canerio have shown what they can do.
This should open up right field for Yorke and I would let him play some second base too because they know what Gonzalez can do.
Devanney should get at bats too.
I do not know why Kreidler is up.
Triolo, Reynolds and Horwitz have all been better hitters than Pham since the all-star break.
How’s Quinn Priester doing these days?
11-2 with a 3.28 ERA in 134.1 innings
Just as good as he was with Pirates.
Funny, I don’t remember Priester winning 11
games with the Bucs
Because Pirates stunk and don’t know anything about analytics.
Not at all. The Brewers pitching coaches refined his pitches and got rid of ones he thought he could throw. Then they worked on his head. Doesn’t look like he turns to jello if he walks a batter or two. Then again, he can pitch knowing he has a team behind him and doesn’t have to be near perfect on the hill
The Priester for Yorke trade might look bad for the Pirates, but the Priester for…someone…trade looks really bad.
Marcus Phillips and John Holobetz. I would have made that trade as well and been happy. Probably wouldn’t have drafted Phillips but the 33 pick heck yeah. I knew how to fix Priester and still would have done it. Red Sox have $. They can sign Priesters any time they want. Can sign better. Trade for better. They should be going after upside. Either to keep or trade for the Crochets of the world. Got another player as well but he isn’t looking promising.
Also, at the time of that trade the Red Sox had a great deal of starting pitching depth. Priester was probably 8th or 9th on the depth chart. Their SP depth has greatly thinned out since that time, making the Priester trade seem worse for them at the moment.
Could be the red sox who gave up nick Yorke and Quinn priester for nothing
Not even upset about the fact we gave up Priester. I figured he’d get it together eventually. But I am more upset that the Pirates seem to hate Nick Yorke and don’t want to use him until now.
Pittsburgh has a NEW YORKE !!
It’s up to you, N. Yorke, N. Yorke
Several months overdue. I just want to see what the pirates have in some of these young guys in the last month. Not firing Shelton stunted them at the beginning of the season but I expect a competitive team next year. There are good pieces here that just need to be supplemented. The lack of offense is really the only major hurtle. Pitching is very good.
I was no fan of Uncle Sheltie, but that was the front office jamming things up. But alas, I don’t see the good pieces you speak of. At least, not yet
from what I’ve seen, most of the players who’ve had a taste in the majors and are back in the minors are there because they can’t hit major league pitching.
And that includes Jack who’s power potential has been missing for 2 years
The Brewers sent minor league outfielder Yophery Rodriguez, a Competitive Balance Round A draft pick (Kyson Witherspoon) and a player to be named later (John Holobetz) to the Red Sox. I’ll take that for Nick Yorke.
Brewers wouldn’t give Witherspoon for Priester and didn’t.
People complained that Yorke had not been brought up earlier, but he is a second baseman and that has not been an area of need, He doesn’t have the range for SS or the arm for third. Plus he just started playing the outfield this year. He would be an under power outfielder so I question his worth as an outfielder.
that didn’t stop the Bucs from playing Canario in the outfield since he was normally an infielder
Canario has never played an inning in the majors at any poition other than outfield
Pham deserves to go to a contender, like kiner-falefa. Do the right thing and release him so a contender can pick him up. Hes not going to make any difference playing with the pirates this year. Oh wait some say there is no one to replace him in the outfield. Play yorke out there or call up cook. Time for Kelly and cherrington to think about next year. A few more victories won’t amount to crap.
They tried to trade Pham at the deadline, no team showed interest
Otherwise he says he likes it here because he plays regularly
I understand what you say. But now is the time to DFA him. They did it to kiner-falefa. No sense in holding onto him. And to be honest with you buddy. I dont buy anything cherrington says about his trading inadequacy
He said the same tung about kiner-falefa
Too late. Would have needed to be dfa or waivers on Friday to make the deadline. Now he wouldn’t be eligible for post season.
1 most importantly he has been a positive influence on the younger players. Why they kept them.
2 teams wouldn’t pay for him at deadline so Cherington isn’t going to let someone get him for free. In the future they will know the Pirates aren’t just bluffing.
3 If Pham asked to go to contender they would probably gave him the chance to do so.
Just because a team claimed IKF doesn’t mean they would have given a worthwhile prospect for him. And what a team needed now doesn’t mean they thought they needed a month ago. A lot of playoff contenders passed on IKF for free before he made it to Toronto.
in tonight’s game, Pham already has a 2 run double and now has 47 rbi
If you take into consideration how bad he was until after the all star break, I am glad he didn’t go anywhere
Cook has been on the IL with Indianapolis since August 8.
The obsession with Yorke all year is basically Steelers’ fans taking their “the backup QB is always better” mentality and transferring it to baseball. Nick Yorke, at his ceiling, is a slightly better power guy with a lot less glove than Triolo. He will never be a needle mover for this lineup. He isn’t going to knock in runs at a high clip, and he doesn’t profile as a table-setter either.
I have almost no faith in numbers, statistics and analytics, because they often don’t tell the whole story. If a guy hits 20 HRs in the minors and 15 of them are during blowouts one way or another where the other team has a scrub on the mound, does that player really have the skills to hit HRs in the majors? People clamor for him to get called up and he proves wildly inconsistent; he never had the skill in the first place. If you actually watched the player, you’d already know that about him, but since most don’t actually watch baseball with an eye toward seeing swing decisions, hitting pitcher’s pitches, etc. they think Nick Yorke is something special based on somewhat pedestrian numbers.
Yorke’s 59 runs batted in would be second only to Reynolds if those numbers were at the major league level
And Adam Hyzdu was a legend in Altoona. Minor league numbers are not a predictor of MLB success, you have to evaluate traits, instincts and skills. I’m not saying Yorke can’t or wouldn’t make any other MLB roster. He’s just not a 59 RBI guy at the MLB level. There simply aren’t enough roster spots or playing time for the Pirates to have a bunch of “sum of their parts” platoon guys, they need another real threat in their lineup. The need is a .280 hitter who can hit 25+ HRs in one roster spot, not 3 guys who add up to that.
Pundit, please know that after reading your post, I got out of my chair and gave you a standing ovation. The neighbors are whispering about me, but thanks
Well give me one too. Everything has gone exactly as I predicted. No A+ on this one. D for dog it.
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I really hope Yorke proves me wrong. There is 1 multiverse where he is a 20 hr + guy but if that isn’t the one we are living in this trade was a loser from day 1.
Dream, your posts get the standing ovation —or sometimes, standing 8 count—after every read. No worries
Yorke got a hit I seen. And he can hit. And I am rooting for him. Just he wasn’t enough return for Priester as Red Sox shown when they traded Priester.
Trade Priester. Trade Falter. Trade Oviedo. Trade Keller even. I’m fine with trades. Just don’t disappoint me with the returns.
See, this is how you contradict yourself when you say that the GM has restocked the shelves and happy days are here again
Not at all. Farm system is great. Player development has improved.
Could development been improved faster. Would’ve been nice. Would farm system been better sooner if he did better on some of his trades. Absolutely. Could he have done better on some trades. Seems so or at least waited to trade them later.
Question is how many gms is he better than and how much better can you do replacing him? And is he so awful you have to fire him and pay 2 gms? Or can you let him finish out his contract because he has made obvious improvements and earned 1 more year? It’s not a easy answer for me. Why I am letting Yorke decide! I am fine either way as long as they keep Horowitz. I liked his work but recently watched a interview of him and I thought if I owned a team I would steal this guy from Pirates.
Bad returns seem to be rooted in hubris by the acquiring teams, who chase pedigree and athleticism over the ability to acquire and improve skills. They feel they can fix, tinker and adjust to translate potential into skills. They keep doing it because occasionally they hit on something another team overlooked. The Pirates are no better or worse than other teams at this, they just have a lot less margin for mistakes than most teams.
I posted below what bright eyes said on the trade. Don’t read it though. Your neighbors will call the police or batman thinking the Joker is next door from all the laughter.
OMG so glad I went back to see what my genius self said about this trade because I also see what bright eyes said lol Have a good laugh at mlb1225 mr professional scout!
“Probably won’t be that hard to find someone. Jake Woodford has been dominating at Triple-A”
“Yorke has hit better than any of the Pirates’ other options this year at Triple-A, is much more highly touted than either Peguero or Williams, and has been trending in the right direction this year. We gave up a pitcher with an ERA of nearly 6.50. Pirates got better today.”
“A Major leaguer for Priester? I very highly doubt that Priester on his own gets a major leaguer aside from maybe a fringy low-leverage reliever or glove-first utility man, at the very best.
Would Henry Davis be a huge upgrade? Over Yasmani, absoutley. Is Yorke an upgrade over Alika Williams? I would put money on it. Don’t get me wrong, I would rather have a major leaguer, but for Priester on his own, that’s a good deal.”
Don’t worry guys. Priester stinks. We got Woodford to replace him!