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Pirates Business: Examining the Super Two “Deadline”

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For weeks, as starting catcher Austin Hedges has struggled and the team has flailed—especially on the offensive side—fans have bemoaned the Pittsburgh Pirates’ insistence on keeping Henry Davis in Double-A Altoona, while he has produced at...

Pirates Business: In-Season Payroll Update

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With the season a quarter of the way through, I thought it would be a good time to do a quick update on how the payroll has changed since opening day. Remember, the impact of every...

A Breakdown of the New Minor League Baseball Collective Bargaining Agreement

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It’s been a long time in the making, but it’s finally here—minor league baseball players are now represented by a union. The minor leagues have...

Pirates Business: What It Would Take to Gain an Extra Year of Service After 2023

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With the season underway, I wanted to revisit a topic that’s interesting for me and useful for you—breaking down service and what it would...

Pirates Business: Breaking Down the 2023 Opening Day Payroll

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It’s that time of year again—for the fourth season on this site I’ll be presenting my Opening Day payroll calculation. With pre-arbitration salaries now reported,...

Pirates Business: The Bryan Reynolds’ Extension Saga

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The recent negotiations that have come to light surrounding the Bryan Reynolds’ contract extension remind me of a popular anecdote from another famous negotiation: As...

Pirates Business: Minor League Splits

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The season is almost upon us and come this time next week, I’ll be breaking down the opening day payroll for the Pittsburgh Pirates....

Pirates Business: Options Remaining For the 2023 Pittsburgh Pirates

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This week, as players are starting to get sent down to minor league camp, we're breaking down how many options are remaining for members...

Pirates Business: Who Could Qualify for the Prospect Promotion Incentive?

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Coming into 2023 and we’re now in Year 2 with the new Prospect Promotion Incentive—PPI for the cool kids—in place from the new Collective...

Pirates Business: Major League Baseball’s Economic Reform Committee

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Looking back, it can probably be argued this all started in February 2019, when the San Diego Padres signed free agent Manny Machado to...

Pirates Business: Explaining the Uncertainty With the Regional Sports Networks

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When A.J. Burnett—the Batman—retired after the 2015 season, it would have been reasonable to think that it was the last time that the Pittsburgh...

Pirates Business: What is Service Time Manipulation?

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Baseball is full of roster rules and regulations that aren’t always the easiest to understand. Well, these are my favorite parts of baseball, so...

Pirates Business: Explaining Service Time

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Baseball is full of roster rules and regulations that aren’t always the easiest to understand. Well, these are my favorite parts of baseball, so...

Pirates Business: Designated for Assignment

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Baseball is full of roster rules and regulations that aren’t always the easiest to understand. Well, these are my favorite parts of baseball, so...
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