Comments on: Pirates Make a Series of Roster Moves

By: John Lease

John Lease — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:29:00 +0000

Yes, but thank goodness he can’t blow anything in the meantime.

By: James Vargo

James Vargo — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:34:00 +0000

It’s sad to breath a sigh of relief when you learn he won’t be pitching a game…

By: James Vargo

James Vargo — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:32:00 +0000

He steals more bases than Tabata, and gets picked off less.

By: whiteAngus

whiteAngus — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:19:00 +0000

I agree with your comment. If Tabata can just be what he was pre-2011, he could be a valuable leadoff man, wether it be for the Bucs or some other team. Marte has some talent, but lets be real here: hes not a leadoff guy.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:29:00 +0000

Do you really need your leadoff guy (presumably what Tabata’s best suited for) to have consistent HR power? I mean, I know when he was 17 people were expecting his bat to have more pop by this point but isn’t it time we alter the expectations for him?

By: st1300b

st1300b — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:35:00 +0000

Tabata can stay in AAA until he starts to show power for my money. Power as in HR power, not 2b power. I like the outfield as it is with Marte, Cutch, and Snider / Jones / Sanchez.
The real question is who takes the full time 2b role with Neil out. I like the idea of Navarro getting the shot over Mercer and Harrison – I don’t think Mercer is ready quite yet and I like Harrison better as the full utility guy.
I tell you though, it might be that Brock Holt is the real answer – this kid is ripping the cover off the ball no matter where you play him. I’d have liked to have seen him for a short opportunity too.

By: John Lease

John Lease — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:15:00 +0000

I’m on the bereavement list as long as Qualls is on the active roster. Cut him loose, please.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:58:00 +0000

I agree, Locke did look good, unfortunately the role he was given didn’t allow us to capitalize on our players in the best way. With the six man rotation essentially removing a roster spot from our team we can’t really afford to waste a bullpen spot on a pitcher that we were seemingly only willing to use in long relief situations.

That said, I think Locke has shown promise and would’ve had no problem if they chose to put him in as the sixth man and DFA’d Correia. I’m glad Hughes is back though.

I also wouldn’t mind if we called up Tabata instead of repeatedly running Snider out there while he is injured.

By: nickmid13

nickmid13 — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:48:00 +0000

These moves don’t make sense to me. Why not just call up Navarro and place Qualls on bereavement? I understand it’s a very small sample, but Locke more than held his own in his two outings.