- If the Pirates payroll polka has u in a dither this year, wait until 2020 when Jamo, J-Bell, Fraze, Big Joe, Willy and Eli all hit their first year of arb, along w/Corey D becoming a free agent. We're sorta surprised that the FO hasn't tried to tie up at least Taillon through his arb years.
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| Should the Bucs corral JT thru arb? 2018 Topps Wide |
- 3B Ke'Bryan Hayes made Jonathan Mayo's MLB Pipeline All-Defense team.
- Wilbur Miller of Bucs Dugout has a look at MLB spending patterns; it's not pretty in regards to the Pirates. Branch Rickey believed that fans would come out if they felt their team had a chance to win, espousing competitiveness against championship. Looks like he has a disciple in Bob Nutting, who spends enough to keep the team interesting but not enough to put them over the top.
- Everyone's got a budget: Cole Train is going to arbitration as he asked for $13.5M and the 'Stros countered with $11.425M. Ditto for SS Carlos Correa.
- IF Gift Ngoepe signed a minor league deal with the Phils after spending last year in the Blue Jays organization; he was in the Buc system through the 2017 campaign. Gift has played 41 MLB games with golden glove and a .181 BA.
- With Russ Martin moving on to the Dodgers, C Reese McGuire, who was sent to Toronto with Frankie Liriano & Harold Ramirez in 2016, will be battling another youngster, Danny Jansen (both were drafted in 2013), for Russ' job behind the dish.
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| He's back... (photo ESPN Sports Center) |
- PiratesFest is around the corner on the 26th at PNC Park with a boatful of Bucs to launch the season: Corey Dickerson, Jameson Taillon, Jung Ho Kang, Josh Bell, Colin Moran, Starling Marte, Steven Brault, Kyle Crick, Jordan Lyles, Erik Gonzalez, Lonnie Chisenhall, Clay Holmes, Kevin Newman, Nick Kingham, J.T. Brubaker and Cole Tucker will attend. Former Pirates in the house will include Billy Maz, Dick Groat, Bob Robertson, Bill Madlock, Al Oliver, Richie Hebner,John Smiley and Sid Bream.
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