OT: Pirates Talk: That Skenes guy is okay at teh baseball

[ChaosAgent]

From a signalling perspective, doing this over $200k is terrible. It speaks to how penny pinching Bob is

 

[Pens1566]

I mean, it's a terrible look ... from an optics point of view. Not that the Pirates have ever given a shit about how they look ...

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

That list of incentives is hilarious.

 

[BusinessGoose]

Lol. Now we DFA these two bums?!?? Lol

It's gotta be to allow them to sign with a playoff team, right?

 

[Empoleon8771]

Lol. Now we DFA these two bums?!?? Lol

It's gotta be to allow them to sign with a playoff team, right?

No it's exclusively so they don't have to pay that $200k bonus to Tellez. They can't even be picked up and put on a playoff roster this late in the year.

 

[WickedWrister]

Lol. Now we DFA these two bums?!?? Lol

It's gotta be to allow them to sign with a playoff team, right?

 

[Empoleon8771]

That sounds like someone who was caught doing something shitty and is now lying about it.

 

[BusinessGoose]

Omfg. I dont even want to be a fan.

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

Is Rowdy able to sign with another team?

Yes, he just wouldn't qualify for said team's post season roster if said team is in the post season.

In terms of the plate appearance bonus, I think the signing team would have to pay it.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

That sounds like someone who was caught doing something shitty and is now lying about it.

Nutting really has zero benefits of the doubt when it comes to this. It is even a national story on ESPN despite being about chump change in baseball terms because of his rep. Tellez, 4 PA's shy of $200K bonus, cut by Pirates

Not that he cares. Honestly, at this point no one else cares much either. If you already are seen as the villian do you really think that this is the final straw that will blacken his reputation more?

And the scaring UFA signings away argument is silly. That cake was baked long ago as well.

It is what it is.

You have some exciting players to watch. Likely a generational pitcher for a while. Enjoy that.

Nutting is just going to Nutting. Getting upset about it is like yelling at a tornado.

 

[PanniniClaus]

If I am Tellez, I am having a grievance filed on my behalf. He might not get the full $200,000 but I bet he can get some sort of settlement.

I am not a union type guy but this is egregious, petty and unprofessional. It will not go unnoticed around the league.

 

[Empoleon8771]

If I am Tellez, I am having a grievance filed on my behalf. He might not get the full $200,000 but I bet he can get some sort of settlement.

I am not a union type guy but this is egregious, petty and unprofessional. It will not go unnoticed around the league.

He has no basis to file that grievance.

The Nutting owned Pirates are a trash franchise, but if Tellez didn't want this possibility to happen, he shouldn't have negotiated it in his deal.

 

[PanniniClaus]

He has no basis to file that grievance.

The Nutting owned Pirates are a trash franchise, but if Tellez didn't want this possibility to happen, he shouldn't have negotiated it in his deal.

Let's see how it plays out.

 

[Ryder71]

If I am Tellez, I am having a grievance filed on my behalf. He might not get the full $200,000 but I bet he can get some sort of settlement.

I am not a union type guy but this is egregious, petty and unprofessional. It will not go unnoticed around the league.

Not surprising, but pretty funny. Nutting has no shame. It's a bad look but Nutting don't care. Skenes and UFA's however might. Like I said it's a bad look.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

He has no basis to file that grievance.

The Nutting owned Pirates are a trash franchise, but if Tellez didn't want this possibility to happen, he shouldn't have negotiated it in his deal.

If you mess around with a married woman, then marry her, don't be shocked when she cheats on you.

He may not have expected Nutting to screw him over like that over what to Nutting was walking around money. But was he really all that surprised? If so, that is on him.

Not surprising, but pretty funny. Nutting has no shame. It's a bad look but Nutting don't care. Skenes and UFA's however might. Like I said it's a bad look.

Good call. They screwed over the chance of Skenes resigning with Pittsburgh when he hits free agency. Way to destroy my realistic dreams.

 

[BusinessGoose]

They legit might as well trade skenes now

He isn't going to will the team anywhere

And they aren't gonna get him a supporting cast

Disgrace

 

[Empoleon8771]

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/jason-mackey/2024/09/24/jason-mackey-pirates-rowdy-tellez-taylor-dfa-cheap-negative-attention/stories/202409240099

Mackey rightfully grilling the team for these DFA moves.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

They legit might as well trade skenes now

He isn't going to will the team anywhere

And they aren't gonna get him a supporting cast

Disgrace

Why would any fan, no matter how casual, want that?

Skenes makes me want to watch. I love watching anything done on an elite level. Enjoy him while they have control of him. I will.

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

They claim they wanted to see what Peguero and Palacios could show them before the season is over, which only had six games remaining.

Neither one started last night, so, that was obviously bullshit.

 

[Pens1566]

So is Skenes next team the Dodgers/Yankees/Astros/Angels???

 

[Scandale du Jour]

So is Skenes next team the Dodgers/Yankees/Astros/Angels???

Dodgers would have to pay him in 20 years

Yankees or Mets, I'd say.

 

[cookthebooks]

i hate nutting owning this team, but the leap to rip skenes after dfaing rowdy tellez is a bit much

 

[MrBrightside]

While I understand why people think this Tellez stunt would have a chilling effect on signing free agents, in order for that to matter, there would have to be a free agent the Pirates are interested in that doesn't have other better (or equivalent) offers around the league - we know they don't sign guys who do, so while a shitty look and a dick move, it's not going to matter.

 

[TooManyHumans]

They stuck with him for no reason other than they owed him money. The did not care that he was killing us partway through the year. They just cared about the money and not admitting that they f***ed up with yet another FA signing. Now we are supposed to believe they suddenly couldn't handle having Tellez on the team for the last 6 games and just had to get rid of him now, and it had nothing to do with money. What a total joke this organization is. The entire management team needs to be canned immediately.