Good Luck, Pirates

[Backtobanks]

Phil Rogers in today's Tribune wrote that the Pirates have inquired about Hamels, Greinke, Lester, Dempster, and Garza, but Cole, Taillon, and Heredia are not available. I would imagine they don't get many calls returned.

[davell]

Yes, because Starling Marte and Alan Hansen aren't top 100 prospects on their own. Research before posting.

[javy knows my name]

From the Upton thread:

 

Jayson Stark of ESPN.com reports that the Pirates are emerging as a "serious bidder" for the Diamondbacks' Justin Upton.

[Backtobanks]

Yes, because Starling Marte and Alan Hansen aren't top 100 prospects on their own. Research before posting.

 

I didn't post that they're expecting Marte to be an upgrade in RF, which I would assume means that he's unavailable too. The point of the original post is that nobody's giving up the top pitchers at the trade deadline without getting back at least one top pitching prospect.

[squally1313]

Nice topic.

[Schwarber Fan]

I think an impact starter would go a longer way than Justin Upton for the Pirates to make the playoffs this year.

[biittner77]

I think an impact starter would go a longer way than Justin Upton for the Pirates to make the playoffs this year.

 

I can't say I've paid close attention to the pirates this year but it seems like their offense consists of McCutchen and prayer.

 

How strange is it to see the Pirates on the buying side of a salary dump type trade?

[XZero771679666304]

I think an impact starter would go a longer way than Justin Upton for the Pirates to make the playoffs this year.

 

I can't say I've paid close attention to the pirates this year but it seems like their offense consists of McCutchen and prayer.

 

How strange is it to see the Pirates on the buying side of a salary dump type trade?

 

Yeah, pitching doesn't seem to be the Buc's problem.

[17 Seconds]

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[TruffleShuffle]

yeah i don't think they'll be able to work out a trade without including some of those players, unless of course they work a third and fourth team into the deal.

[Sosa21MVP]

can we create a sub-forum where only backtobanks and wsr are allowed to post and banish them to it forever? somewhere they can just run and play.

 

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[jumbo]

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[Theo]

can we create a sub-forum where only backtobanks and wsr are allowed to post and banish them to it forever? somewhere they can just run and play.

Or maybe you could just ignore them, and leave the moderating to the...moderators?

[17 Seconds]

ok, you're in.

[TruffleShuffle]

can we create a sub-forum where only backtobanks and wsr are allowed to post and banish them to it forever? somewhere they can just run and play.

Or maybe you could just ignore them, and leave the moderating to the...moderators?

 

your continued existence on this board suggests some failings in that regard.

[Backtobanks]

can we create a sub-forum where only backtobanks and wsr are allowed to post and banish them to it forever? somewhere they can just run and play.

Or maybe you could just ignore them, and leave the moderating to the...moderators?

 

your continued existence on this board suggests some failings in that regard.

 

AMEN!