Comments on: Evan Meek, Drew Sutton Elect Free Agency

By: John Lease

John Lease — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:41:00 +0000

Geeze, talk about reflexive. He was AWESOME. Best pitcher ever, the umpires robbed him. It’s amazing the Pirates got him, I’m sure he’ll win the Cy Young next year.

By: whiteAngus

whiteAngus — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:03:00 +0000

its not that he isnt a bum, its him being called a bum in the first place. i wouldnt even call Qualls that. if youre a Pirate, and not purpously tanking like Operation Shutdown, youre not a bum.

By: F Lang

F Lang — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 17:14:00 +0000

People call a guy a bum and he only threw a few innings and had a bad outing. This somehow erases 5 months of being the ace on a very good team at Indy. Locke and Owens were there but Van Den Hurk was a horse all year. He is a power arm when he comes out of the pen. Do we have better options? probably. But he is hardly a bum.

By: Ian Rothermund

Ian Rothermund — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 15:07:00 +0000

Yeah, I mean, why couldn’t he just change everything he was doing after an entire season in AAA and be a reliever? All I saw was that “bum” hitting 94/95 consistently with movement and a decent enough of a curveball. I just think there were a lot of different aspects of the team, and especially the bullpen, which were mismanaged down the stretch. My opinion.

By: Ian Rothermund

Ian Rothermund — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 15:07:00 +0000

Not to mention, it doesn’t matter, because he wasn’t part of the 25 man roster, so it’s not like he was taking anyone else’s spot.

By: whiteAngus

whiteAngus — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 11:44:00 +0000

bum? do we have to go there, after the season even??? dang!

By: John Lease

John Lease — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 09:49:00 +0000

I still would have preferred Meek over that bum van den Hurk.

By: John Lease

John Lease — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 09:48:00 +0000

Sutton played 24 games with the Pirates, not 42.

By: st1300b

st1300b — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 22:15:00 +0000

I liked both of these guys but Meek seemed to lose confidence to challenge hitters at the major league level, despite the loss in velocity you still have to do that. Sutton seemed to be a player that many wanted to criticize but I thought he was a good add and would have been a better play down the stretch than Mercer and maybe even Harrison. He seemed to have better strike zone awareness and was versatile, although we hardly got a chance to see that side of his game. Both good guys though and I wish them success at sticking somewhere next year that doesn’t come back to burn us (Steve Pearce).