The Pittsburgh Pirates have already secured their sixth consecutive shedding season and twenty eighth up to now 34 years courting again to the beginning of the 1990 season. There are a whole lot of points with the group which have produced that run of futility.Â
Dangerous participant improvement. Dangerous participant analysis. Dangerous managing. Dangerous basic managers. Simply a whole lot of dangerous stuff.Â
All of these areas fall beneath the identical umbrella that’s the true subject with the franchise — dangerous, penny-pinching possession. That was on show once more on Tuesday afternoon.
Simply earlier than the Pirates opened their remaining homestand of the season in opposition to the Milwaukee Brewers, the workforce introduced that first baseman Rowdy Tellez and outfielder Michael A. Taylor had been designated for project. The timing of the strikes was weird, primarily as a result of there are solely six video games remaining within the season and each gamers had been semi-regulars all yr.Â
Within the case of Tellez, it’s particularly suspicious as a result of he was reportedly simply 4 plate appearances away from a $200,000 bonus.
