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Aurorus Borealus's avatar

The system is going to have to produce players to fill some of these gaps: especially 2B and SP. The cannot cover all these positions with free agents, and IMO, it would be foolish to try. They will end up dispersing money to 4 or 5 washed up veterans who produce little or no tangible results... i.e. a repeat of last year.

That we are in year 5 of the Cherington administration and still have so many holes to fill and no prospects obviously ready to step up and fill these holes is an unhappy situation. How is it that after 5 years, we still do not have a competent firstbaseman? It really is not that hard to get a couple competent players. The Pirates just make it look like mission impossible every year.

Compare Cherington year 5 with that of Elias, hired exactly 1 year before. Can anyone see the Pirates winning 101 games next year? It is not as though Elias broke the bank to buy his way out of the cellar. The Orioles' payroll is unlikely to be that much higher than that of the Pirates next year.

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bmcferren's avatar

seems as though two of Ortiz, Falter, Jackson, Kranick, Contreras and/or Priester are locks to open the year in the rotation

i suppose I would rather see one of them knocked around than a discount veteran

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