Comments on: Pirates Sign Daniel Cabrera

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:34:00 +0000

kind of funny, but I remember in the offseason before 2009 season the Pirates offered Cabrera a multi-year deal which he turned down for less money to go to the Nats(I think)… Every one was pissed that he took less money but aren’t you glad he did now????? hahaha

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:49:00 +0000

I think they use it as a service time thing. And I think they try to hold player values by keeping them down(especially pitchers). If they were to bring up a guy that was throwing hard and striking guys out for some spot bullpen work and he gets slammed in his 3 innings he goes from potential closer to 6 inning matchup guy. Kind of like Chase DArnaud who probably had better value precallup than post.
Locke only had a few starts in AAA before his callup. I also dont think anyone has shown they were ready to make the jump from AA in recent memory. Maybe Pedro. There is no real reason to rush any of their guys. I’d much rather have a guy for his 24-31 years than his 21-28 years, I’ll take more prime years and experience over rushing for need alone.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:33:00 +0000

Dubee is no prospect at this point. I have seen too much of him at AA.

By: john.alcorn

john.alcorn — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:14:00 +0000

True for SP, not true for RP. Also not really true at all for NH’s regime that believes in getting guys a lot of time at AAA before coming up. Some teams do the promote from AA thing, we are not one of them.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:06:00 +0000

AAA is like an extension for the 25 man roster I dont have a problem with having a ton of veteran depth down there. AA is where real prospects get playing time. Especially with pitching. I dont wanna have to bring up a young guy for a couple days for an injury and start his clock when you can have a vet you could care less about losing do it.

By: white angus

white angus — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:25:00 +0000

why not?

By: john.alcorn

john.alcorn — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:19:00 +0000

Why let Welker, Moreno, and Dubee et al. pitch at AAA when we can go with Cabrera, Reyes, and Igarashi!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:13:00 +0000

Daniel should be paying the Pirates to play.

By: Lee Young

Lee Young — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:48:00 +0000

I’m psyched. Oh wait DANIEL Cabrera…..never mind.