Monday, October 9, 2023

Notes: Quiet Week

Boldly into the offseason:

Notes:

  • Nick Deeds of MLB Trade Rumors elaborates on a Jason Mackey report that contract extension talks between Mitch Keller and the front office will resume in the offseason.
  • Ben Cherington plans to sit down shortly with Cutch to discuss a 2024 contract.
  • RHPs Chase De Jong and Duane Underwood Jr. declared for free agency.
  • Bench coach Don Kelly may be included in consideration to a couple of manager candidate lists, per Kevin Gorman of the Trib, although none are past the speculation stage yet.
Don Kelly - 2023 photo/Pirates
  • The Bucs used 58 players to get through the season. That's an improvement over 2022 when 68 guys donned a Bucco jersey.
  • OF Joe Christopher, 87, who was a Pirate from 1959-61 and part of  the '60 World Series team,  passed away at 87 years old. He was the first player from the Virgin Islands to play in the NL.
  • First reported by Jason Mackey of the Post Gazette, the Pirates have dismissed at least two hitting coaches in their minor league system: Altoona's Jon Nunnally, who was credited with tweaking Ke'Bryan Hayes' swing, and Greensboro's Ruben Gotay.
  • RHP Quinn Priester was named to the International League All Star team. He was 9-4/4.00 at Indy, averaging nearly 10 K per nine innings. 
  • The Arizona D-Backs swept the Milwaukee Brewers, the sole NL Central playoff rep, in the Wild Card Series by 6-3 & 5-2 scores. The NLC is 2-20 is the postseason since 2019.
  • Baseball America selected the Angels Shohei Ohtani as the 2023 Player of the Year.


3 comments:

  1. Doubt Neal Huntington will be discussing contract with Cutch.

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  2. Thanks, wrong contract, lol. Appreciate the heads up & fixed it up.

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  3. Very good. Happens to all of us.

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