I look at that listing and think - the Pirates have 3 or 4 legit BP arms who can help an MLB team, and 2 or 3 much better than average SP's that could be MLB SP's for some team in 2025. Braxton Ashcraft and Mike Burrows come to mind immediately, and not sure whether they want to keep Johan Oviedo, or go with all Pirate draft picks in the Rotation - Skenes, Jones, Keller, Chandler Harrington, Barco, Solometo, & IFA Po Yu Chen. And more on their way.
I think you can break this down into potential upside arms (basically guys who could have some longer term value) and strictly fill-in arms. The first would be Rainey, Stratton and Borucki, the second pretty much everybody else.
Although he was a "roster" player, Elvis Alvarado likely had the best chance to be a quality potential upside arm than any of these guys. And that includes the other AAAA arms that BC added to the roster (each of whom is older and has demonstrated that they cannot pitch well in MLB). Why they let him go is unclear.
I look at that listing and think - the Pirates have 3 or 4 legit BP arms who can help an MLB team, and 2 or 3 much better than average SP's that could be MLB SP's for some team in 2025. Braxton Ashcraft and Mike Burrows come to mind immediately, and not sure whether they want to keep Johan Oviedo, or go with all Pirate draft picks in the Rotation - Skenes, Jones, Keller, Chandler Harrington, Barco, Solometo, & IFA Po Yu Chen. And more on their way.
I think you can break this down into potential upside arms (basically guys who could have some longer term value) and strictly fill-in arms. The first would be Rainey, Stratton and Borucki, the second pretty much everybody else.
Although he was a "roster" player, Elvis Alvarado likely had the best chance to be a quality potential upside arm than any of these guys. And that includes the other AAAA arms that BC added to the roster (each of whom is older and has demonstrated that they cannot pitch well in MLB). Why they let him go is unclear.