OT: Pirates Talk: Lets Play Ball

[metalan2]

2 outs no one on, 3 run inning. Should have just kept Borucki in there.

 

[Smoke]

Different coach, same dumpster fire bullpen.

 

[Coastal Kev]

They signed Hayes and Keller to risky long contracts with the sole intent to save money. It's blown up with Hayes... Keller I guess still would have value.

Donnie is the same as Shelti

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

Let's assume they are pocketing all the shared revenue, Is there a requirement that owners who get revenue sharing have to spend it on the team?

Asking because I don't know.

I don't know the actual rule, but I think the teams that pay the luxury tax would raise a stink.

 

[WheresRamziAbid]

Let's assume they are pocketing all the shared revenue, Is there a requirement that owners who get revenue sharing have to spend it on the team?

Asking because I don't know.

There is, dont know the details but there is. Its been shown multiple times that owners arent taking out profits in either dividends nor salaries.

 

[Factorial]

There is, dont know the details but there is. Its been shown multiple times that owners arent taking out profits in either dividends nor salaries.

I found this:

CBA Requirement:
The CBA, which outlines the rules of baseball between the league and the players' union, explicitly states that clubs must use their revenue sharing receipts to improve on-field performance.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Playing like MVP, Mets' Pete Alonso locked in at the 'right place at the right time'

Pete Alonso's free agent journey brought him back to Queens. He's proving his worth all over again.

www.usatoday.com

"The Pittsburgh Pirates, according to information received by the players union and confirmed by several owners, are one of the most profitable teams in all of baseball, stashing a huge chunk of their revenue sharing monies instead of investing in their team year after year."

I'm shocked

I never read DK's article but does this say the opposite?

 

[plaidchuck]

There's been talk of the city and county forcing them to pay more on payroll with the next PNC Park lease renewal in 2030, but I doubt it will go anywhere.

 

[WheresRamziAbid]

I never read DK's article but does this say the opposite?

Tldr version: It does . It reports losses post covid and small amounts of debt taken on during that time period.

 

[BusinessGoose]

Easy win

 

[MrBrightside]

The fact they've gone 17 straight games without scoring more than 4 runs seems almost impossible.

Six in NY and Philly should be a good test for "Donnie Ball" or whatever Greg Brown called it yesterday. Just not getting wiped out on this trip would be progress, and Skenes should pitch twice on the trip.

 

[Beauner]

There's been talk of the city and county forcing them to pay more on payroll with the next PNC Park lease renewal in 2030, but I doubt it will go anywhere.

The city can't tell a private entity what to do. I mean, they can threaten to not renew the lease if on-field performance and/or spending doesn't improve, or maybe pass some kind of law requiring "effort to maintain civic institutions" that'll be shot down in court, but then Nutting will tell them to f*** off and move the team to Nashville or wherever.

Which, if I'm being honest, is something I think is the city's only hope in terms of having a non-Nutting owed team. Ideally, an agreement will be worked out between Pittsburgh, Nutting and MLB similar to when the Browns left Cleveland.

Nutting will be allowed to move the Pirates to wherever, but retain only the players and staff (and none of the Pirates history, branding, etc). MLB will then grant an expansion franchise to the city with some TBD owner. That last part will be the real hurdle though. However, I actually don't think Nutting wants to leave Pittsburgh. He's from here(ish) and makes money hand over fist.

The city's only leverage might be to not renew the lease, but then you'd have to be certain MLB values Pittsburgh as a market enough to make that type of agreement

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Inexcusable for Triolo to not score on a grounder off a glove rolling 20 feet into the outfield and then Reynolds gets up 2-1 and chases 2 offspeed pitches out of the zone in a row to strikeout.

Bad baseball.

 

[wheelz87]

1 run thru 6, par for the course

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

Why not just let Skenes bat during his starts?

 

[wheelz87]

Man am I tired of being told how elite kebryan is defensively.

 

[WickedWrister]

Can't even get Skenes a W...what's the point anymore

 

[Booker T]

Huge play

 

[ChaosAgent]

Reynolds has become the killer of this team. Dude is the definition of unclutch. Ground ball machine

 

[MrBrightside]

 

[Booker T]

This might be the worst Pirates team in my lifetime.

 

[cookthebooks]

i wish it werent bryan reynolds dragging the team farther down

 

[BusinessGoose]

Would calling up Indy be better than the MLB team? Probably. Hell, Altoona might able to accidentally get 4 damn runs.