Comments on: Pirates Take Gustavo Nunez in Rule 5, Lose Brett Lorin

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:42:00 +0000

shouldn’t the Pirates have known about JRod’s defense prior to selecting him last year?

He was a much bigger failure of a pick than I expected given track record of Meek and Veal (although outfielder Raynor was no great shakes he at least made the opening day roster)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:34:00 +0000

Much ado about nothing. Weak hitting shortstops are a dime a dozen or $10.5M for one.

By: Mike Adamson

Mike Adamson — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:49:00 +0000

I’m not going to pretend to know much about Nunez but it sounds alot like Ciraco. Is he a better fielder, hitter, or runner? Why this guy over a arm?

By: white angus

white angus — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:22:00 +0000

there were NO slam dunks in the last 2 rule5 drafts. why are you griping? JRod was considered one of the best available last year, he got selected, and he failed. Now its a year later, and still no overall top talent available.

you dont even know anything about the player, so let it go.

By: white angus

white angus — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:20:00 +0000

why not?

By: white angus

white angus — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:19:00 +0000

doh!!!

By: white angus

white angus — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:19:00 +0000

hahahaha

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:38:00 +0000

I think that in general, people were hoping that they’d spend the money on someone with a better chance of being a useful contributor to the team, either now or a few years from now.

By: Todd Smith

Todd Smith — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:13:00 +0000

LOL, Jack Wilson

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:58:00 +0000

LOL, Jeff Clement.