Cherington – Page 2 – Steel City Pirates

The Real Problem with Small Market Regime Change in Baseball

If you have nearly unlimited resources, identifying talent and turning a franchise around makes a lot more sense

Pirates Positively Have an Optimism Problem

The biggest problem with being positive about the Pirates is probably the simple fact that its always about the future.

Pirates Aren’t Tanking, but the Result Might Be the Same

Very rarely does a sure fire, step right into the majors prospect crop up in the Amateur draft for MLB. When it looks like one is potentially there like Kumar Rocker many in the fan base believe a team not on the upswing should actively try to acquire him. You know, tank.

Playing for Their Jobs?

With limited viable options and make no mistake that is very much on this regime, I believe the cuts will be pretty obvious.

Shouldn’t the Pirates be Answering Questions Instead of Creating New Ones? Maybe Not.

Heading into this restart the Pirates had a laundry list of questions to answer, that doesn’t make them unique, most teams face plenty of unknowns and position battles, but the Pirates list seems to be growing rather than coming to resolution.

Pirate’s Leadership Sounds Different

The Pirates went through a nearly complete upheaval of the management team after the 2019 season as everyone knows, and they continued that process last week as Ben Cherington cut ties with many front office employees that were extended prior to the ousting of Neal Huntington and Frank Coonelly.