Today isn’t some official day when teams have to make major cuts, but today is the last day teams can option or reassign players when injuries occur without having to put them on MLB IL.
Author Archives: Gary Morgan
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five 3-15-21
Well it’s been one heck of a week in Pirates land with a ton of things going on with injuries, DFA, signings and the like.
Fundamental Improvement Directly Affects Perception
The fundamentals of baseball don’t change no matter what team you play for, no matter how good or bad the overall team is.
More Depth, Trevor Cahill is Added to the Mix
Late last evening news broke that the Pirates had inked Trevor Cahill to a one year deal worth 1 million dollars plus up to 1 million in performance bonuses.
Pirates Optimism and Realism Coexist
Excited about some of what you’ve seen in Spring so far? You’re not alone. Underwhelmed by all of it because it’s just Spring ball and you’re sticking to your original perception, you too aren’t alone.
What Have We Learned So Far?
I just wrote a piece a couple days back about exactly how hard it is to trust numbers or results from Spring games, but we also touched on some of the nuggets that are there outside the stats. Today I’d like to put a few of those observations down on, ha, screen I guess, I was totally gonna write paper.
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five 3-8-21
Five Pirates thoughts, ok maybe Six today, couldn’t help myself.
Taking Real Nuggets from Fake Games
Depending on your narrative you can take the paint that is Spring Training games and create just about whatever picture you want to. So how can you tell the difference between real player progress and taking advantage of players working on something?
The Road to Respectability
On the path from league worst to contender rarely does a franchise in baseball leap from worst to first, the Pirates will certainly be no different in that regard, but respectability is in sight.
Some Decisions Just Make too Much Sense
I’m all for the environment the club is creating, but we also need to keep our eyes on what makes sense beyond right now.
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