The Pittsburgh Pirates have already secured their sixth consecutive dropping season and twenty eighth previously 34 years courting again to the beginning of the 1990 season. There are a variety of points with the group which have produced that run of futility.
Unhealthy participant improvement. Unhealthy participant analysis. Unhealthy managing. Unhealthy basic managers. Simply a variety of dangerous stuff.
All of these areas fall beneath the identical umbrella that’s the true challenge 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 crew announced 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 12 months.
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.
