The Bad: 18 straight losing seasons, fan’s have jumped “ship” (pun not intended), rumors of potential re locations
The good: A bright future
For most people who know nothing about baseball, they say the pirates will never be good. These naysayers say that new management will just trade the good talent, and around and around we will go just like the past 18 years.
Well I want to take a few weeks and instill some baseball sense to these people. So far so good for the new management in Pittsburgh. If one looks around at low market teams who win (Marlins in ’03, Oakland, Rangers, and Tampa Bay, etc) they will find a winning formula. While these teams payroll have increased due to this formula, they do not have the same payrolls of teams such as The Yankees, RedSox, Mets, etc..
What is this formula?:They draft very well, they develop these players, they add low cost free agents and trade them for younger talent. After getting the core players in the majors, they continue to develop and then surround these players with veterans who know how to win.
This is just the ground work, a foundation per se, for future posts about what the Pirates as an organization are doing. Keep heart Pittsburgh, there is a light at the end of this long dismal tunnel.
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