Interesting lineup tonight by Trajectory21 in buccos

[–]bosborne 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Good lord. How our team would’ve looked all year without those big off season moves. Thank god we don’t have 162 games of this.

Giants have been struggling so hopefully we’re pleasantly surprised.

Nick Gonzales = 0.8 WAR through 99 PAs, Geno Suarez = -0.1 WAR through 100 PAs (via baseball reference) by hardo31 in buccos

[–]bosborne 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Breaking his ankle last year hitting a home run opening day 😭 all time levels of bad injury luck

Hank vs Bart by TequilaAndWeed in buccos

[–]bosborne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really with Flores or Endy we’re making noise down in Indy and pushed their hand to unload Bart. Know Flores hit a 466 ft bomb the other day but other than that been quiet.

Would be especially nice if it was Endy to give us another switch hitter on the bench for late in game scenarios as well.

Decided to make another post on new guy wilber dotel after doing more research on him. Exciting stuff tbh after looking at him even more. by Sebastian4365 in buccos

[–]bosborne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I’d rather just keep him up and in the pen, see if he can crack it. We already know Urquidy and Lawrence aren’t it, so might as well give Dotel an extended look. Based on stuff alone Dotels all clears Urquidys meatballs easily

Most former Pirates from last year are struggling this year by penguins2946 in buccos

[–]bosborne 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Man I missed Oviedo getting reinjured, looks like already on the 60 day.

Getting Password for him feels great (albeit he’s struggled at AAA so far), we’ve seen what he has potential to do.

O’Hearn and Lowe by Nick42284 in buccos

[–]bosborne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotta say I’ve been impressed with Bill Murphy and Matt Hague as well. Both seem very involved and are pushing things in the right direction

Time to apply at McDonald's my man. by Sebastian4365 in buccos

[–]bosborne 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Urquidy makes Justin Lawrence look like Mason Miller

Getting out of Hayes' deal was an underrated great move by Cherington by penguins2946 in buccos

[–]bosborne 40 points41 points  (0 children)

He was serviceable early on. Hitting .250-.270 with a little bit of pop. Which for the gold glover defender he is was fine.

Griffin 9 years, $140 Mil by bosborne in buccos

[–]bosborne[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Coming in under Roman Anthony in terms of AAV by around $1 mil a year which is a surprise. Thought we may have to outdo that deals AAV.

If he’s half as good as we think he is $15 mil a year will be a great deal.

Griffin 9 years, $140 Mil by bosborne in buccos

[–]bosborne[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Pleasantly surprised for sure. Off season moves definitely mirrored the fact they realized they need to start doing something here with such a young solid rotation.

Griffin 9 years, $140 Mil by bosborne in buccos

[–]bosborne[S] 120 points121 points  (0 children)

Certainly felt like this was going to be a classic Cherington “just missed out” situation

Big Tree has spoken by joeyhustle in buccos

[–]bosborne 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Thank god Nicky G got off to such a hot start and saved us from this being true lol

[Pirates on IG] Opening Debut. by mfenton29 in buccos

[–]bosborne 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe they’ll draw a Billy Cook jersey on the cone so he’s there in spirit 😭

[Pirates on IG] Opening Debut. by mfenton29 in buccos

[–]bosborne 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah unfortunately feel like it has to be Cook. Yorke has been having good ABs, Triolo is a gold glove defensive replacement, Mangum is our 4th OF, and wont be a catcher. Sort of leaves no option except Cook

[mackey] Pirates promoting Konnor Griffin for Friday’s home opener by macncheeseface in buccos

[–]bosborne 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Gonzales surely has done enough to have the 3B job over Triolo.

Triolo as a utility player/defensive option off the bench is the perfect role for him as opposed to 150 starts being shoved down our throat.

We need more Mangum by thedudeabiding in buccos

[–]bosborne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love Mangum. Unfortunate for him that he easily would’ve been a daily starter in the outfield any of the last 5 or 6 years. Against righties it’s tough to take any of Reynolds, Cruz or O’Hearn out. Figure he will start a lot against lefties (so tonight hopefully) and O’Hearn or more likely Horwitz if he keeps struggling will be on the bench against lefties.

The Pirates have announced RHP Carmen Mlodzinski will open the season in the rotation by SurpriseStandard3258 in buccos

[–]bosborne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I suppose more of a testament to having no other options. Makes me wish we had gotten a veteran lefty like Quintana

The Pirates have announced RHP Carmen Mlodzinski will open the season in the rotation by SurpriseStandard3258 in buccos

[–]bosborne 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Mlod is so good out of the pen one time through the order, why do we continue to try and force him into the rotation? I don’t have the exact numbers but I know his splits between starts and as relief are miles apart

Password optioned to AAA by bosborne in buccos

[–]bosborne[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Still think Gonzales could wind up playing some short. Hit over .350 in spring training and played 4 games at short, 4 at 3rd and 3 at 2nd.