- Jeff Todd of MLB Trade Rumors has his Pirates offseason outlook for the coming campaign. It begins with "The Bucs’ bid to compete in 2018 fell flat, but the team’s mid-season acquisitions were also designed to keep the window open for the two ensuing seasons. As ever, building out the roster will likely mean a search for cost-efficiency for the Pittsburgh front office...."
- If you expect much more than filling-in-around-the-edges this winter, well..."We went for it aggressively this summer," Neil Huntington told 93.7 The Fan, referring to the Chris Archer and Keone Kela deals. So outside of shortstop, it doesn't look like a lot on the front burner for the FO; NH has said often enough that the Pirates will "explore the options," meaning we'll see if anyone falls through the cracks.
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| Max is off to Cleveland (image Pittsburgh Pirates) |
- The Bucs sent Cleveland OF Jordan Luplow & INF Max Moroff in return for INF Erik Gonzalez, RHP Tahnaj Thomas & RHP Dante Mendoza. Gonzalez is a major league utility guy while the two pitchers are 19-year-old lotto tickets. Luplow has a shot at playing time for the Tribe, which is currently thin in the OF.
- The Pirates have to set their 40-man roster for the Rule 5 draft by Tuesday, November 20th; WTM at Bucs Dugout has a solid look at the options available. They have three open spaces and a couple of bubble guys to work with.
- Pittsburgh has just three arb-eligible players this year. They are, with MLB Trade Rumor's Matt Swartz estimated arb salaries: Corey Dickerson (5.101 years service time) - $8.4M; Keone Kela (4.000 YST) - $3.2M, and Michael Feliz (3.026 YST) - $900K. The first two are no-brainers to be tendered, and Feliz is also likely to be retained.
- 3B Wyatt Mathisen, 24, a second round draft pick in 2012 who received a $746,300 bonus, signed a minor league deal with the Arizona D-Backs per @JohnDreker. He was drafted out of high school as a catcher and converted to the corners, playing briefly at Altoona last year before moving to Indy, where he hit .248 with nine homers.
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| Wyatt Mathisen 2013 Bowman Chrome Prospects |
- As expected (and deserved), Milwaukee's Christian Yelich took home the 2018 NL-MVP Award. Jacob deGrom (10-9/1.70) of the Mets captured the NL Cy Young Award, despite a season of non-support by his NY batsmen. The Braves' Brian Snitker was picked as the NL Manager of the Year. 20-year-old Braves OF Ron Acuna won the NL Rookie of the Year award; the kid had himself a year.
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