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

[BusinessGoose]

I really wish I would have grown up a fan of literally any other team than this one

The only way you can even slightly justify it is if Nutting doesn't think this team is playoff ready and doesn't want to spend money until this team is actually a playoff team. But literally what reason is there to believe that? The reality is that he's just a cheap rat bastard that an entire city would cheer if he got whacked like that United CEO.

I'm just here cause appleheaded me liked the black and yellow (gold...)

 

[Ulf5]

I'm just here cause appleheaded me liked the black and yellow (gold...)

Damn geography. 20 some odd miles sw of the 15222, born and bred. Them kellers pulsate through these veins.

 

[Wattsburgh]

1-Paul Skenes
2-Bubba Chandler
3-Jared Jones

That pitching in a playoff series has me feeling good if this team ever got a great bat to get us in the playoffs.

 

[metalan2]

1-Paul Skenes
2-Bubba Chandler
3-Jared Jones

That pitching in a playoff series has me feeling good if this team ever got a great bat to get us in the playoffs.

They won't. They're likely going to slash payroll.

And if they do, the media shouldn't even cover the team at all, because it isn't a baseball team, it's a scam to make money or worse.

 

[Fogel]

If the Pirates had Trout and Ohtani, could they make the playoffs? I think the Pirates are better than the Angels, but I still think that they couldn't do it even with 2 elite bats although it is really 1.5 since Trout is always injured.

 

[BusinessGoose]

If the Pirates had Trout and Ohtani, could they make the playoffs? I think the Pirates are better than the Angels, but I still think that they couldn't do it even with 2 elite bats although it is really 1.5 since Trout is always injured.

100% they could have last year

NL Central was very weak, we could have challenged Brewers

Let a grand opportunity wither after all star break

 

[bigdaddyk88]

100% they could have last year

NL Central was very weak, we could have challenged Brewers

Let a grand opportunity wither after all star break

It’s going to be down again
The cards are rebuilding the cubs and Cincinnati lack pitching

 

[MrBrightside]

100% they could have last year

NL Central was very weak, we could have challenged Brewers

Let a grand opportunity wither after all star break

The division was and is very winnable. Given that Milwaukee was fairly over its head last year and lost Adames and given that no one else in the division really appears likely to take a step forward, you probably win the division with 88-90 wins. Alas, ownership and management don't really care and the odds on the Pirates being the team to take advantage are quite low - far more likely they finish last than first.

 

[BusinessGoose]

It’s going to be down again
The cards are rebuilding the cubs and Cincinnati lack pitching

The division was and is very winnable. Given that Milwaukee was fairly over its head last year and lost Adames and given that no one else in the division really appears likely to take a step forward, you probably win the division with 88-90 wins. Alas, ownership and management don't really care and the odds on the Pirates being the team to take advantage are quite low - far more likely they finish last than first.

Yup

So close, yet so far

You'd think, they'd string us along for money more than once a decade

 

[Empoleon8771]

The more I think about it, the more supportive I’m becoming for trading Keller for a bat and then replacing him in free agency with someone like Heany or Gibson. Issue though is that they’ll probably make a shitty trade with Keller and go as cheap as possible to replace him.

I think this team is better with Kjerstad in LF and Heaney as their #3 pitcher over Keller as their #3 pitcher, but we all know this GM isn’t shrewd enough to do that.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Seems like Walker is going to get a mega deal as well. I wonder whether Cohen giving Soto “f*** you” money is going to screw up the rest of the free agent market.