Comments on: First Pitch: Some Poor Roster Management by the Pirates http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/01/first-pitch-some-poor-roster-management-by-the-pirates.html Sat, 18 May 2013 03:57:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: jg941 http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/01/first-pitch-some-poor-roster-management-by-the-pirates.html#comment-24249 jg941 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:04:45 +0000 http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=46220#comment-24249 Following the bouncing ball……White Sox just officially outrighted Zach Stewart to AAA. Wonder if he’s starting to dread hearing his phone ring…….

]]> By: elgaupo http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/01/first-pitch-some-poor-roster-management-by-the-pirates.html#comment-24144 elgaupo Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:55:37 +0000 http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=46220#comment-24144 Round by round isn’t a good idea either. Since the the preponderance of all players come from the top 50 picks and there’s a dramatic drop off as you go. I’d go 1-5, 6-10, 11-15, etc. Send me a prospect guide and I’ll do it for you.

]]> By: NorCal Buc http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/01/first-pitch-some-poor-roster-management-by-the-pirates.html#comment-24143 NorCal Buc Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:03:55 +0000 http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=46220#comment-24143 elg ~ You may not see this, a full 24 hrs later, but THANKS for the depth chart

]]> By: Lee Young http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/01/first-pitch-some-poor-roster-management-by-the-pirates.html#comment-24142 Lee Young Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:03:47 +0000 http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=46220#comment-24142 Tim…I agree with the accolades of jgp41 and beatem….Your stuff is always top shelf.

On what Tempman89 said…..how much fallout is there on losing this pick as far as dollars go?

Since losing this pick appears to be polarizing, I’d love to read your take on it from both the pick itself AND the dollars.

]]> By: beatembuccos21 http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/01/first-pitch-some-poor-roster-management-by-the-pirates.html#comment-24138 beatembuccos21 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:09:14 +0000 http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=46220#comment-24138 I agree with jg941 – many thanks for the in depth look at this.

]]> By: battlingbucs http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/01/first-pitch-some-poor-roster-management-by-the-pirates.html#comment-24137 battlingbucs Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:07:05 +0000 http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=46220#comment-24137 Not a vendetta. Just something to do. Although the MLBTR transaction tracker makes it seem pretty moot at this point. Anyway a lot of noise with his trades.

The trades I see of significance fall into 4 categories:

Key Piece Traded Away: Bay, Nady, McLouth and Sanchez

Surprising Return: Burnett, McDonald

Disappointing Give Away: Bautista

Last Trade Deadline: Snider, Sanchez, Rodriguez

To me the other 50+ trades of his are just noise. There are no names that just pop out at you. We could quibble about the LaRoche return or about the Paulino/Jaramaillo swap or about quite a few others but at the end of the day, IMO the 10 trades above is what defines his trade record.

]]> By: jg941 http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/01/first-pitch-some-poor-roster-management-by-the-pirates.html#comment-24136 jg941 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:11:10 +0000 http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=46220#comment-24136 Good job on this issue, Tim – I know it seems like a small thing to some, but its worth this kind a deeper look at whether ALL of the details and deals are being managed effectively. That’s a very big deal with this team, no matter how small the actual deals are. Great stuff.

]]> By: tempman89 http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/01/first-pitch-some-poor-roster-management-by-the-pirates.html#comment-24135 tempman89 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:42:19 +0000 http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=46220#comment-24135 This is the problem with the trade….
The 33rd pick is worth over 1 million allocated draft dollars. Now our budget is smaller for signing people for over slot. That is the fallout from this

]]> By: Todd Smith http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/01/first-pitch-some-poor-roster-management-by-the-pirates.html#comment-24134 Todd Smith Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:06:57 +0000 http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=46220#comment-24134 MLB Trade Rumors has a transaction tracker that allows you to filter by GM…shows all of his transactions since 2007.

]]> By: leadoff http://www.piratesprospects.com/2013/01/first-pitch-some-poor-roster-management-by-the-pirates.html#comment-24133 leadoff Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:55:05 +0000 http://www.piratesprospects.com/?p=46220#comment-24133 I have to agree, also the Pirates must always look for high upside players and Sanchez is a high upside player.

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