DK’s Daily Shot of Pirates: The right (field) fit
As all the right fielders sign elsewhere, what’s the wait here?
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19 comments
I have been a pirate fan for 65 years and the current gm gives our prospects away and is a poor judge of mlb talent.
It’s 4am so I’m probably missing something. But the Kepler/Judge prior 162 game comparison seems way off. Judge hit 58 homers in his last 158 games. Kepler has hit 60…in his last 471 games. What am I missing?
"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.” ~ Thomas Paine
■ Sell the team. ■
Phillies are good team
If not Kepler, I just dont know what player is out there that's upsidey enough to be worth it, and flawed enough to be "affordable". Kepler was the obvious one after ONeill and Conforto. I mean maybe profar. Idk. God knows they aren't ponying for Teoscar or Santander.
Jason Mackey has said payroll won't go up.
cherrington let andjuar walk and he was very good for the A's' now the pirates need a right fielder like andjuar ! same at first base he let Santana walk took telez who was awful , now he needed a first baseman ! cherrington must go he is a failure and take the other failure Shelton with him !
Nutting just won't spend the money and he's going to show his critics just how cheap he can get. You ain't see nothing yet.
If I were Kepler, I would go to the Phillies 100 out of a 100 times if given the option at the same amount of money. Free agents know this. The Pirates need to overpay to get FAs, that is why they stay out of that market mostly.
Harrison Bader, anyone?
When that PNC lease is up the city has to think out of the box and make it tough on Hillbilly Bob. Right now the Pirates are getting Nutting for XMAS. 😡
We know for sure that Cutch isn't the answer in right field. Suwinski might be, and so might Nick Yorke. Judge was hurt in '23.
Kepler has posted an OPS+ over 100 once since 2021. He’s not a good player. This is not a loss at all.
But DK has assured us that payroll will be at least $100 million this year. 💀
lets just start to be honest with ourselves. theyre going to plant Suwinski out there and that will be that.
If he chooses 😆
Here's a comparison for you DK- Rowdy Tellez. Tellez was signed as a bounce back candidate, with a bad 2023 to go with better prior years, so what would be the difference if the Pirates had signed Kepler?
I thought Ortiz pitched well versus playoff teams.
Ben is destroying the franchise before his departure.