Having missed out on several higher-profile big bats, the Pirates are showing some interest in veteran designated hitter Marcell Ozuna, per Katie Woo and Will Sammon of The Athletic. There’s no indication anything is close to fruition at the moment, but it’s notable in that the Bucs are the first team prominently connected to Ozuna all winter.
Ozuna, who turned 35 in November, turned in a down showing by his standards in 2025 but was still a better-than-average offensive performer overall. He hit .232/.355/.400 with a career-high 15.9% walk rate, a 24.3% strikeout rate, 21 homers and 19 doubles in 592 turns at the plate with Atlanta in the final season of his six-year run there. Ozuna raced out to a scorching start in April and May, was one of the league’s worst hitters in June, and then settled in as a slightly above-average hitter for the season’s final three months.
While he’d be a clear upgrade to the team’s run-production capabilities, Ozuna isn’t exactly a clean fit in Pittsburgh. Beyond the fact that PNC Park is perhaps the worst environment in MLB for right-handed power, the Buccos’ roster isn’t well constructed to accommodate an everyday designated hitter. Spencer Horwitz and Ryan O’Hearn are lined up to share time at first base and designated hitter. Horwitz, after a slow start to his season in 2025, finished the year out on a blistering .314/.402/.539 tear in his final two-plus months of play. He’s locked into an everyday role. O’Hearn can play in the outfield corners, but Bryan Reynolds has one of those two spots locked down.
Signing Ozuna would push O’Hearn into a primary outfield role. He’s graded out as a quality first baseman in recent seasons with Baltimore but has below-average grades in the outfield corners. Slotting O’Hearn into left field with any sort of regularity could also cut into playing time for fleet-footed Jake Mangum and serve as a roadblock for top prospect Jhostynxon Garcia to push his way onto the big league roster; the Pirates acquired Garcia earlier this winter in the trade sending righty Johan Oviedo to Boston.
Of course, there’s an argument to be made that the perennially punchless Pirates ought to be willing to sacrifice some defense in the name of adding thump to the lineup. Pittsburgh’s pitching staff is the backbone of the roster, with Paul Skenes, Bubba Chandler and Braxton Ashcraft all boasting well above-average strikeout capabilities (and, in the case of Skenes and Ashcraft, plus ground-ball rates that slightly lessen concerns regarding a shakier outfield defense). The lineup, meanwhile, has been one of the weakest — if not the weakest — in Major League Baseball for more than a decade. The last time Pittsburgh fielded even an average offensive club by measure of wRC+ was back in 2014.
An outfield with O’Hearn in left, Oneil Cruz in center and Reynolds in right would be ugly from a defensive standpoint, but a lineup including Reynolds, O’Hearn, Horwitz, Ozuna, trade acquisition Brandon Lowe and, eventually, the top prospect in all of baseball (shortstop Konnor Griffin) would be more formidable than anything the Pirates have trotted out in recent seasons.
The elephant in the room is that it’d be difficult to fit both Ozuna and franchise icon Andrew McCutchen onto the same roster. Both are right-handed hitting outfielders who’ve moved primarily into DH status — Ozuna in particular. He didn’t play a single inning in the field in 2024 or 2025 and only logged 14 innings in 2023. McCutchen played only 16 games in the outfield last season. They’d hold similar roles on this version of the Pirates, but the Bucs would probably feel more confident in Ozuna’s abilities versus right-handed pitching after he hit .235/.347/.415 against righties to McCutchen’s .228/.326/.358.
When McCutchen returned to the Pirates three years ago, he signaled that his intent was to close out his career in Pittsburgh, where he still lives. The team clearly felt similarly, welcoming him back in each subsequent offseason. He’s signed a trio of one-year, $5MM contracts as he continues that full-circle final chapter of his career. But the 39-year-old McCutchen recently voiced some frustration with the manner in which talks have (or have not) progressed this winter. Ken Rosenthal and Stephen Nesbitt of The Athletic reported this week that McCutchen met personally with team owner Bob Nutting last Thursday.
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Whether it’s Ozuna, McCutchen or another target entirely, it seems clear that the Bucs are still intent on adding to the lineup despite various high-profile misses. They had interest in Josh Naylor before he re-signed with the Mariners and were reportedly willing to offer him upwards of $80MM. They put forth a reported $120-125MM offer to Kyle Schwarber, which would’ve been the largest contract in franchise history. The Pirates had interest in both Kazuma Okamoto and Eugenio Suárez before the pair signed in Toronto and Cincinnati, respectively. Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Alex Stumpf of MLB.com both reported after the Suárez signing that the Pirates were willing to (or perhaps did) offer an extra year at the same annual value, but Suárez preferred to return to an organization he already knew — particularly given the Reds’ hitter-friendly park and last season’s playoff berth.
There’s still a week before pitchers and catchers report and about seven weeks until Opening Day. The Pirates’ $95MM projected payroll, per RosterResource, is up a bit from last year’s levels, but their pursuits of Suárez and especially Schwarber suggest a willingness to push things considerably higher. It’s likely they’ll add at least one more bat, but their options have dwindled considerably.
Bucs better get someone cuz that offense is the only thing holding them back from a .500+ season.
Konner can only help so much when he arrives ( even if hes Bobby witt jr)
Ozuna would help so much at DH
Also, it would make any split from Cutch look more justified by bringing in an upgraded hitter/DH like Ozuna.
Great fit for the Bucs. I would not be surprised if he has a bouce back season.
One would think at least. Going into age 35 season, it might be near his time to hang up the cleats
I think Horwitz could see some time at 3B given the Pirates didn’t add anyone for the position. He can be in the mix with Gonzales, Triolo, and Yorke, keeping O’Hearn at 1B.
I’d be shocked if they suddenly try him out there but I’m actually optimistic enough on his fielding to try it. If you watch him, he plays a good first base. It’s not a defensively demanding position ik, but if you watch him, he’s always in the right place, which is like 80% of that position.
1b O’Hearn Horwitz
2b Lowe Horwitz
OF O’Hearn Mangum
Someone likely gets hurt. Ozuna doesn’t need to dh every single game. Cutch would dh much much less. You got platoons. Rest days. Pinch hitters. And worst thing injuries. Maybe well rested players cuts down on injuries.
Plenty of playing time available.
Horwitz has never played third, and his arm was rated a 40 in his prospect days. So… Not likely to happen.
MARRRcell Ozuna. Good Pirate name.
DERRRRRICK SHELTON great twins name. Have fun cussing out you’re new moron manager this summer
Gosh, thank you so much. You sound about as pessimistic as we Twins fans are.
Hey we pirate fans suffered 5 years with this moron. Anyway Goodluck with this moron
Twins are not in a win now mode.
Shelton is OK and patient with young players.
He is just not a winning manager.
He will be OK with a rebuilding team but make sure that you cut the cord sooner rather than later.
We Twins fans are aware.
Our ownership insists that we will be competitive, but nobody’s buying it. They hired Shelton to be the fall guy when the team inevitably does poorly.
For a fan of a small market team you have to be content that the Twins have had a number of good years over the last half decade or so.
That is the plight of a small market team fan.
Miguel Andujar > Marcell Ozuna IMHO
You must be Miguel Andujar’s cousin…or do you just have no clue what Ozuna has done in his career or the last couple of seasons.?
Hola primo!
Andujar hit 0.359 for the Reds last year and Ozuna hit 0.231 for Atlanta. Andujar can play 3B and LF while Ozuna soaks up the DH spot. Ozuna is poorly suited to the Pirates’ home park dimensions. If you look at the past, Ozuna is better if you look to 2026 who is the better asset for Pirates: Miguel Andujar > Marcell Ozuna
If by ‘plays 3B’ you mean he can stand there with a glove, then sure, he can play 3B. He’s less horrific in LF if you really need a place to stick him.
To your overarching point about Andujar being preferable to Ozuna (at least from a hitting standpoint), I agree. Ozuna’s bat speed is likely not getting any better at age 35.
If Ozuna played in a minor league park and Cincinnati and was lucky his stats would be better. Ozuna also not a weak platoon only.
Play is a generous word. You can throw or place Andujar at 3b but can he play it? Might be same with outfield but Pirates have 4 starting outfielders already. Much better outfielders than Anudjar were had for 6m. Ones just as good might be available for under 5m.
He hit well while playing half of his games in a minor league park, and Great American Small-park. He had a sub-.300 xwOBA and made less quality contact than Ozuna.
@100 Andujar also had a .413 BABIP for the Reds vs. a career .308. If the money was equal, I would rather sign Ozuna who has a much higher ceiling even at his advanced age.
If the Pirates were to sign Andujar and start him at third base for more than a half-dozen games, then something went horribly wrong. I’d rather Oneil Cruz move back to the infield and play third base rather than ever see Andujar there in any scenario outside of emergency duty.
MLB-You could be right but inasmuch as Cherington was stupid enough on Andujar for the likes of Oliveries and de la Cruz both of which he got for basically free do you really think that he would have brought him back?
It was a real mistake then.
But now they need power and Andujar is not a power hitter,especially in Pittsburgh.
Plus he is not a good fielder.
Ozuna is not a bad compromise candidate if they can get him at their price.
Their fallback in Nick Castellanos.
And Cutch should be off the board as they have to cut the cord sometime.
Castellanos is not on the Pirates’ radar, even if the Phillies eat part of his remaining contract. Ozuna is probably their fallback at this point.
He would be cheaper than Ozuna and would not have to play the field.
The Phillies are getting rid of him before ST.
The Pirates are running out of options.
He would replace Cutch.
He is most definitely on the Pirates radar.
He probably wouldn’t be cheaper considering we’d have to give up another player in return, even if it’s just a lottery ticket prospect, and the Phillies would have to eat a major part of his contract to make him cheaper. He’s also worse than Ozuna, in terms of production at the plate. His OPS+ in 2025 was only 2 points better than Jared Triolo’s last year, and there’s not much to suggest he’s better than Triolo at this point in their careers. I’ve also yet to see something that strongly connects the Pirates to Castellanos, aside from fan speculation.
Running out of options doesn’t mean you acquire a player that makes you worse. In my opinion, doing nothing is better than trading for Castellanos unless the Phillies eat 100% of his remaining contract and the Pirates are only giving up a depth piece.
Do you really think that the Phillies think that they will not have to pay almost all of his contract?
Do you really think that last year is 100% representative of his value?
Do you really think that the reason why Ozuna has not been signed is because he is undervalueing himself?
I noticed it in an article on here a few weeks back.They said the Pirates and one or two other teams.
I live near Philadelphia and it is basically known that he will be gone.
So what if the Pirates give up a lotto ticket?That is why they call them lottos.Are the Pirates going to develop a lotto ticket player?
Running out of options means that Cutch is your DH.Is that what you want?
Nick no longer plays third base.He has taken balls at first base.He needs to get away from Philadelphia as much as the Phillies want him gone.Your comparison to Triolo is irrelevant.
If the Pirates are paying him $3M it is low enough to get rid of him if necessary and if he hits reasonably well he could get back more than a lotto ticket at the trade deadline.
He’s 33, turns 34 in March, and his numbers have steadily declined since 2023. The only perpherials he wasn’t in the 40th percentile or lower in were launch angle sweet spot, and strikeout rate. He was below the 20th percentile of some very important metrics, like whiff rate, chase rate, exit velocity, hard hit rate, and walk rate. How much better do you think he’ll get in 2026? Castellanos might be willing to play 1B, but why would the Pirates play him over Horwitz or O’Hearn? I guess as an occasional platoon option against left-handed pitching, but that’s very limiting: a 1B/DH platoon bat that can only play well against left-handed pitching?
My comparrison to Triolo is simply that both did not hit well last year, and between the two, Triolo probably has a better chance of providing more with the bat next year, since he’s improving in many areas, and Castellanos is declining in many areas.
If the choice is Castellanos for $3-5 million+a lotto ticket prospect, or McCutchen for the same salary without giving up the lottery ticket prospect, I’d be very dissapointed if they opted to go after Castellanos and not Cutch. At least Cutch still draws plenty of walks and has some solid perpherials.
Cutch is 39 years old.He has averaged 15 hrs over the last three yearsCastellanos at 23.
The Pirates need power.
Cutch has gone from 1.4 to 0.8 to 0.1 WAR.
If that slide continues he will have -0.6 in 2027.
Do you think that any other team is interested in him for a DH?
Who is more prone to injury?
Do you think that any even average hitting team would have Cutch as DH?
Can Cutch really do anything other than DH?
Which hitter is more apt to fall off a cliff and not be of any value at all?
Which player are they apt to keep if that player falls off a cliff?
Time to cut the ties to Cutch.He is not going to retire gracefully like Mike Tomlin did.
“I live near Philadelphia”
You and Castellanos both stay away from Pittsburgh. Who cares if he hit more hrs. If hrs was all that mattered Suarez would have a lot bigger longer contract.
I don’t want Cutch either but they let so many better options sign elsewhere for cheap there isn’t much left. Might as well take care of your own.
No, I don’t think Cutch is still a good hitter, and I don’t think an average hitting team would have Cutch as their primary DH. But Castellanos also isn’t a good hitter, and no average team would want him at DH either. Castellanos has already fallen off a cliff. He went from 1.5 WAR in 2023 to -.8 in 2025. He already is a well below-average htiter.
Also, keep in mind that Castellanos plays half of his games at a very hitter friendly ballpark. His slugging percentage at home over the last 3 years is .480, and on the road it’s .396. Not to mention Castellanos hit the fewest home runs he’s had in any season where he has appeared in 100+ games since 2015 and put up the second worst exit velocity and barrel rate of his career.
I’d rather stay away from both. Neither are good, and neither would move the needle in a positive way in 2026 for the Pirates. But, if you made me choose one, I’m going with Cutch. He’s 5 years older, but I’m going with the guy who had a 64th percentile xwOBA and 92 percentile chase rate, rather than the guy with a 24th percentile xwOBA and 3rd percentile chase rate.
Don’t get me wrong, Cutch isn’t the answer at DH, but neither is Castellanos. Over the last 3 years, his bWAR and OPS+ have gone from 1.8/114 to .8/104, and -.8/88. Career low OPS, OPS+, wOBA, xwOBA, second worst chase rate, exit velocity, barrel rate, -31 defensive runs saved and -25 outs above average the last 3 years.
I’d argue that McCutchen will retire gracefully. He’s declining at a rate you’d typically see from a once-elite player in their late-30s. Castellanos is also declining in a way you’d typically a a once-good player decline heading into his mid-30s.
A little chippy,no?
I am not saying that either is all that good either.Castellanos does chase a lot.But his very low WAR I think is mainly because he has no real coverage in the outfield as he has never been fast.My guess is that that really lowered his WAR into negative digits.
The bottom line for me is that Cutch is no longer viable and Nick would be close to a last resort.I just think that with him a new situation will bring out the competitiveness in him and return him to close to a 20 hr hitter with a decent 250 average.
He was a .250 hitter with 17 home runs this year. 3 more home runs is not the difference between a bad hitter and a good hitter. He needs to hit like .270 to put up a league average OBP if he has a walk rate below 6%. Once again, asking him to hit 20 home runs when his raw power is on severe decline and putting him in a much less home run friendly park for right-handed hitters, you’d be stacking the deck against an already declining batter in his mid-30s.
Ronald Reagan once said that if a bear is chasing you you do not need to outrun the bear.
You just need to outrun the person who you are with.
Even a year like Nick had last year will be clearly better than the one that Cutch will have this year.
And it will result in them finally cutting the cord in the best manner possible and which is inevitable but difficult for any long time player.
I don’t know if you can confidently say that Castellanos will ‘clearly’ be better than McCutchen this year, if he couldn’t even out-hit a late-30s Cutch in 2025. There’s nothing aside from “But he’s younger” that suggests that he’ll truly be better. Worse perpherials, worse 2025, faster decline than McCutchen.
We’ll see if either is picked up by any team.
If healthy Ozuna is far better. He was elite last year before getting hurt and tho he claimed it only effected him a month or so it was regardless the thing that led to his slump.
Make him a 5m offer. He’s not getting any offers with other teams. Than wait for injuries and trade him
Whatever on Ozuna. I don’t know why we need a fulltime DH with our current roster. We need a left-side infielder.
I don’t understand why Coby Mayo as a potential target cooled off over the offseason. He’s completely blocked in Baltimore. If anything the Orioles could stand restocking some of their minor league talent after getting Baz.
Orioles fans, please tell me what I’m missing. Why can’t we work out something with you all?
DH available. Infielder not so much. At least in free agency.
Because Coby is a 201 lifetime hitter with a 634 ops.
He would have been bad even on the 2025 Pirates.
sandlot- Are you his mother?
He’d have more interest if he wasn’t a wife beater.
That’s unfortunately been built into the DR culture for a long time. He is not an outlier, but they are cracking down on it legally in an effort to address no longer being “just the way it is” mentality.
Orioles and pirates line up well we have O Neil mounty and Mayo all power bats could flip to the pirates for a bullpen arm
Give us Mayo. We’d love to have him.
If they get him it’s good.
So, Ozuna > Cutch?
Obviously baseball hitting wise
The elephant in the room?
McCutcheon can go fly a kite. He’s a below average player now and The Pie Rats are actually trying to win. I’m sure they were OK having him the last couple of years cause maybe he put a few butts in the seats.
Winning puts butts in the seats. It’s February! Clearly McCutcheon should be talking to other teams Instead of being butt-hurt that he’s not wanted by Pittsburgh. Does he really think the fans are gonna picket at PNC Park if he’s not brought back for another mediocre season at his advanced age?
Local Pirates blogs are pushing for Cutch’s return. The impression is that Cutch somehow “deserves” to play or not with the Pirates on his terms, regardless of his role or impact on the team.
Cutch was the regular DH last year and was one reason for the offensive futility – at this point he should be a platoon DH / OF as he still hits lefties well. Bringing him back in that reduced role would be fine, though he would take ABs away from Mangum and block Password to AAA. Ozuna would fit in that role also, probably better than Cutch. Bucs crapped on Andujar once before so he’s not in the picture. But Bucs should make that decision for baseball reasons and not be so concerned with somehow dissing Cutch – he’s “Mr. Pittsburgh” (or the Mayor, as Rowdy Tellez called him), but he’s part of the past, not the future.
Question for 1977-What MLB team is the only one to have never been to the World Series?
I’ll let you think on that one.
From a Pie Rats fan.
You are correct though about Cutch unfortunately.
Ozuna… from the Braves?
No Osuna from the astros like 5 years ago
Actually it is Pablo Ozuna from about 17 years ago but the guy did have a lifetime 282 batting average.Cherington tried to get him last year at age 50 but Pablo wanted to play in Cincinnati instead.
He would have helped the Pirates last year.
Ozuna the Puerto Rican singer would be nice. Pirates victory song is weak.
Buccos need to sign Ozuna so that when they play the Braves in the NLCS he can score the winning run and send the Braves into 20+ years of consecutive losing seasons.
Nothing would make me happier.
And honestly, I’ve been saying that our current crop of pitchers could be the second coming of the Braves pitching staff of the ’90s.
Skenes, Chandler, Ashcraft, Barco = Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz, Avery
They do have to prove it first though and for many years.
The ghost of Sid Breem is signing with the Bucs
2026- You are a naughty poster,bringing back bad memories from 33 seasons ago.
You and I could have thrown him out at home plate,but not BB.
Great memories of that play at the plate. I think I was 12 years old and up late watching it by myself in my Halloween costume lol
Even at 12 you could have thrown him out at the plate.
Ozuna could be a steal.
He was 4th in MVP voting in 2024, and had an amazing 2023.
Even last year his numbers are strong from OPS+.
I LOVE McCutcheon, and it’s clear the time has come to hang ’em up. 🙁
Ozuna is a vastly better player at this point, and could be a real bounce-back steal/difference maker.
Maybe learn to spell his name if you love him so much. That’s for Paul
Looking forward to see where he chooses to go when the Pirates won’t exceed the offer of whoever ends up winning the bidding. And yes, they were willing to go more years/guaranteed money with Suarez, but were they willing to go to one year, $18-20M? I’d bet if they were, Suarez would have picked them instead.
Might not have wanted him for that. Terrible fit for pnc park. 3b days seem to be done. Ozuna plus $ for pitching may be better value. I’d say so.
882 OPS in 65 games at PNC. Granted, that was against Pirates pitching, but they need a righty to balance the lineup and any righty can be seen as a “bad fit”.
Ozuna isn’t a bad fit. Many righties aren’t a bad fit.
Most those 65 games were not only against awful pirates teams but when he was in his 20s early 30s vs mid 30s late 30s he is headed for.
All I’m asking is that they don’t go into the season with Gonzales/Triolo as their left side of the infield. Maybe Griffin busts the door down. He’s probably the best defensive option available at SS. I don’t love Suarez either, but there’s nothing left in FA. Maybe the lack of urgency saves them from bad signings, but it also means they won’t be scoring runs.
Yeah left side currently awful. Triolo best as utility. Gonzales as back up. Could live with Triolo starting but not with Gonzales starting as well.
He may or may not have been worth it at $20M for one year,but Nutting is too frugal to overspend,even for one year and only one time.
It boggles my mind why they would not do that but they would give him a two year contract.
Perhaps Cherington was too stupid to give him the counter offer.
Don’t make him angry, you won’t like him when he is angry.
McCutcheon goes on Pirates coaching staff, he can coach em up and Ozuna and O’Hearn become better outfielders than they currently are.
Ozuna gets 1 yr 13.5M deal with mutual option for 2nd yr at 17.5M…let it be so!
He should have coached them up in 2023 24 25 if he is capable. He did coach Peguero for 2 hours in Colorado.
He wasn’t a coach in 23, 24, or 25 and probably didn’t want to step on anyone’s toes as they say being the gentleman that he is. His specific top assignment as newly minted Pirates coach this year will be to make Ozuna and O’Hearn into passable outfielders on their way to their 2026 WS Championship…go on, be a negative nellie! it’s your forte!
probably didn’t want to step on anyone’s toes as they say being the gentleman that he is.
His Twitter post make me believe that isn’t a problem. Many players are more open to other players than coaches. They talk all the time. GMs hope expect veterans to help young players. Cutch probably has made too much $ to want to coach. Manager maybe. But coaches don’t make $. Nothing negative about me. You have a negative problem claiming I am when I am not the slightest.
It wasn’t his responsibility…yes you can be negative frequently when you aren’t declaring stats to be false when they are true lol…”He should have coached them up in 2023 24 25 if he is capable. He did coach Peguero for 2 hours in Colorado.” that wasn’t positive, it was quite negative, snarky. hoping you will turn over a new leaf or two…
Never done that before and it’s not negative it’s the truth. If he could he should have already helped like many other veteran players have done.
Yup you sure did
AI GM
January 12, 2026
Fake stats. He was bad but nowhere close to historically. Just extremely unlucky.
About Noah Davis… you just said whatever you wanted to apparently
His stats didn’t correspond with his metrics so I was absolutely correct.
No you weren’t correct, you claimed another poster’s stats were fake and they were true…
delanoche | 3 weeks ago
Noah Davis has a couple of all-time stats. His career ERA is the worst by any MLB pitcher with at least 60 IP since 1890. He’s also never pitched in a game his team won. He’s gotten into 27 games, and his team is 0-27 in those games.
You wrote “Fake stats. He was bad but nowhere close to historically.” you didn’t write anything about metrics.
You are absolutely the “say anything” derisive poster…enjoy your shtick!
you claimed another poster’s stats were fake
Never did that
you didn’t write anything about metrics.
Didn’t have to. You are the only idiot who actually thought I was claiming the internet sites posted the wrong stats vs his stats were bad because of small sample size bad luck.
You wrote “Fake stats”
Yup, you’re not negative calling people idiot…Gee Wilber I can say anything I want and it’s not negative if I couch it in the by golly it’s true crutch
You wrote “Fake stats” and now are trying to twist your past comment to say you were talking about metrics when you never mentioned metrics and finish with the chef’s kiss of “You are the only idiot” lol
I did not think you were claiming the internet sites posted the wrong stats, you wrote that the stats in delanoche’s were fake stats but they weren’t fake stats they were real, true stats, what delanoche wrote was correct. what you wrote was incorrect, you didn’t check the stats at all, now you’re back tracking to say you **meant** something or other about metrics and small sample size when you did not mention that in your original haphazard derisive negative comment; write what you mean maybe?
and btw 60 IPs is not a small sample size
please, I await you next disparaging, name calling tirade – go!
All the lol and copy and paste. I really got inside your head.
you wrote that the stats in delanoche’s were fake stats but they weren’t fake stats they were real, true stats, what delanoche wrote was correct.
I did no such thing. Already explained what I did. I been using fake stats to describe lucky numbers that aren’t sustainable for 10 years. Since you are so obsessed with this feel free to go back and find the numerous times I have done so.
and btw 60 IPs is not a small sample size
Incredibly small sample in analytics.
I have to ask. So you thought I was claiming someone was a liar and posting incorrect fake stats. OK. If I just said that I can understand. But how do you explain the “Just extremely unlucky.” Understand what I am saying? It doesn’t add up. I was clearly saying his stats were bad but luck made them even worse. Wasn’t crystal clear though I will admit. But weird you are bringing it up now almost a month later. I’m honored I posted something that memorable to you. But yeah one more time “Just extremely unlucky.” Wasn’t disagreeing with delanoche numbers provided at all. Why they didn’t reply to me. They seen the “Just extremely unlucky.”
I brought it up because your posts are frequently dismissive, derogatory, and negative, like the your post in reply to mine about McCutchen becoming a coach. It’s a pattern.
When you lead with “Fake stats” it’s hard to decipher what you really meant, “wasn’t crystal clear” is quite the understatement…and then you spent 100s of words trying to defend and/or explain what you actually meant.
Glad you got a chuckle out of the copy and paste, what else is someone to do when you denying calling actual stats fake stats? Here’ another copy and paste from the Noah Davis comments:
Steinbrenner2728 | 3 weeks ago
AI GM is an unfunny troll anyway. Either ignore or mute him.
Have a happy life…you can have the last word in this convo, please dedicate another few 100 words about how cool you are to have “gotten into my head” and what an honor it is to have posted something so memorable, etc. Pat yourself on the back you deserve it lol
You’re not healthy. Maybe go talk to someone
Ozuna may want that amount but you don’t always get what you want.
Ozuna tears the cover off of baseball’s when he’s hot. With that being said, I think the money would be better spent elsewhere.
This is not a good fit. An OF of O’Hearn, Cruz and Reynolds would be a disaster
Sounds good to me
Mangum would be brought in in the late innings for one of them if they are winning.
Shelton would have been too dumb to do that but I think that Kelly would.
Sacrifice,defence, thump, punches?
It’s Ozuna time in Steel Town!
Pirates are a funny team.
All the Yinzers who want Cutch back are the problem. He is old and stale. The same people who complain that the pirates do nothing to make the team better want the pirates to sign Cutch so they can feel some nostalgia. Prime Cutch was great but what did he actually do to get the pirates over the hump? They won 99 games and still got beat in the playoffs. He would just be a bench guy and not worth the roster spot at almost 40.
It doesn’t matter what the Yinzers want.
It doesn’t matter what Cutch wants.If he was really any good he would have signed elsewhere by now.
It just matters what Cherington and Nutting want.
Similar comment to mine about Framber: The Pirates are chasing veterans who don’t really fit because the price has come down. Doesn’t work, but creates buzz in the off season.
If they are really “in” on Framber go for it then you can trade from the rotation for a 3B ! Paredes, Jung, Vientos would be nice RH bats for 3B. Trade Keller & a few pieces for a bat. They would be off the hook for his 16 million
As much as I want the Pirates to upgrade, and this would be an upgrade over Cutch, I don’t want this clown in Pittsburgh.
Ozuna gonna be an OBP king with ABS in play, has a great eye
“Meanwhile” should START the sentence, not interrupt the syntax by coming in the middle between commas.
Then you have this mouthful of a sentence: “An outfield with O’Hearn in left, Oneil Cruz in center and Reynolds in right would be ugly from a defensive standpoint, but a lineup including Reynolds, O’Hearn, Horwitz, Ozuna, trade acquisition Brandon Lowe and, eventually, the top prospect in all of baseball (shortstop Konnor Griffin) would be more formidable than anything the Pirates have trotted out in recent seasons.”
Split it into two. And “eventually” should not have a comma before it. If there is a comma in that list, it should be before “and.”
Now THIS is the bargain basement that I actually believe the Pirates are shopping in. All these reports of the Bucs being “in” on players who end up signing 9-figure deals are nonsense. They might throw in a bid they know will fail, but that’s it. They’re only spending the paltry summons they have this offseason because they’re threatened with an MLBPA complaint that could threaten their access to that yummy, yummy revenue sharing money that ownership loves to pocket (just like the A’s, last offseason). These “bids” are a dog & pony show to go along with the modest (and temporary) spending increases to feign a change.
Pjm-I bet that you are fun at parties.
Naylor-who knows?He was going back to Seattle anyway.
Schwarber-Probably bona fide but they had better watch what they wish for.He was going back to the Phillies anyway.
Okomoto-probably a low ball because he is MLB unproven,and rightly so
E Suarez-concrete offer in some regards better than what he got
F Suarez if real probably a low ball offer because he had been unsigned for so long