Posts by WTM

This is a follow-up, or follow-on, to the recent discussions about the Pirates playing sub-replacement players.  It’s great to think that the team could improve substantially through addition by subtraction, but having and realizing opportunities are two different things.  The latter isn’t likely to happen if the Bucs don’t develop…

I think I’m suffering from anticipatory boredom, if there is such a thing.  It’s only been a few days since the owners locked out the players, and the Pirates normally sit out the off-season, anyway, once they’re done slashing the payroll.  But there isn’t going to be much baseball news…

The long-expected lockout has arrived.  No more Hot Stove League, unless you like to gather ’round to discuss labor law. There’s plenty that happens in the normal off-season that won’t now.  No free agent signings.  (FYI for Pirate fans:  Free agent signings are a thing that major league teams do…

I started off writing a comment on Tim’s article this morning, but got carried away, so now here’s a whole article. Anyway, I think the signings of Yoshi Tsutsugo and Jose Quintana were probably pretty good moves, but it’s hard to see them as triumphs or anything. That’s especially true…

Baseball America has posted their first look (sub. req’d) at the possibilities in the 2021 Rule 5 draft.  Of course, it may be premature or even moot, as all the rich guys haven’t decided yet whether to let us peons have baseball in 2022.  But it’s something. Specifically, BA has…