Comments on: Pittsburgh Pirates Projected Super Two Players

By: John Lease

John Lease — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:36:00 +0000

Why not? Is he going to beat out Garrett Jones next year? He hit .259 in semi-regular duty in August, he’s hit .292 in 6 starts and some pinch hitting in September. Very small sample sizes, to be sure, but he hit .205, .184 and .189 in April, May in June as a semi-regular. A guy who can only play first and pinch hit isn’t that valuable, especially if he only plays against lefties. The Pirates consistently don’t overpay for YOUNG bench guys, just old ones.

By: F Lang

F Lang — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 04:43:00 +0000

Yes….and I don’t know about the “showing very little” comment. He has played pretty good ball…especially recently. .788 OPS and solid defense. Better than any other 1B on the 40 man.

By: PiratesFan

PiratesFan — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:33:00 +0000

What could Walker get in arbitration?

By: Lee Young

Lee Young — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:14:00 +0000

Never mind…I found out….google is a wonderful thing…:)

By: Tim Williams

Tim Williams — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:04:00 +0000

Super Two players are the players who are eligible for an extra year of arbitration. Out of all of the players with between two and three years of service time, Super Two players are the top 22% of players based on service time. For next year, the projected 2.139 cutoff means that anyone with two years, 139 days or more will be eligible for an additional year of arbitration, which replaces what would have been their final league minimum year.

By: Lee Young

Lee Young — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:53:00 +0000

Tim…could you pls explain what it means to be ‘Super Two’.

I WISH it meant to be ‘Super, too’ just like Clark Kent…lol

By: Tim Williams

Tim Williams — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:35:00 +0000

They’re not going to trade a compensation pick for Sanchez, then non-tender him.

By: SweetNick

SweetNick — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:28:00 +0000

I guarantee you that Gaby Sanchez will be tendered.

By: john.alcorn

john.alcorn — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:45:00 +0000

Um, what are you watching? He’s OPS’ing .788, exactly in line with his two productive years in Florida. He’s producing right at a 20HR 75 RBI pace.

By: John Lease

John Lease — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:09:00 +0000

I’ll be surprised if Sanchez is offered arbitration, he’s shown very little so far. Snider seems to be very poorly conditioned, that’s fixable if he is willing.