Buccos with a few weird signings
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I read an interview not too long ago with an anonymous aging MLB player who was a left-handed pitcher. He admitted his stuff wasn't what it used to be and that he really had no business pitching at the major league level any longer. Still, he managed to hang around because he was being used as a spot reliever and rarely pitched to more than a couple batters. He said the fact he was a bullpen lefty who was a known (albeit past prime) quantity extended his career by a couple years. Some teams were more willing to take their chances with him than they were with an unproven young arm.
It goes to show some teams are willing to pay good money for a given player who fits a specific need for that team.
It goes to show some teams are willing to pay good money for a given player who fits a specific need for that team.
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Not "signings", per se
Cheap, controllable guys who are in their "Arb" years
Had to be either Tendered or DFA-ed (technically, Non-tendered).
They Tendered them both, and reached agreements before they headed into the Arb court.
For a couple million, it made no sense to cut them loose for nothing......though I thought Hughes might have been on the fence, but not unless and until the Pirates had a full roster of options as RH Relief Pitchers (which they don't)
When you don't have a "5" (let alone a 6 or 7) as options for the rotation at the MLB level, there is no way you toss out Hutchison for nothing, when the price to keep him is so low (even if you think his odds of reaching a competent level as a MLB starter are relatively low)
If both of those guys are throwing as "well"
as they did last year.....and are pitching meaningful innings in August and September - - - - - that will be "not good" Very "not good", as it will probably mean the Buccos are not in contention....and are just allowing those guys to play out the string.However, both of them HAVE - in the past - shown the ability to competently fill the role they will be competing for this spring - - - - - and maybe they will regain that level of performance.
If not, they will hopefully just be filling a seat for a short time - until someone else shows they are ready (Kingham, Williams, Brault, etc)
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There are 25+ guys currently on MLB rosters that fit the description you just gave
I'm sure you knew what I meant but thanks for theThere are 25+ guys currently on MLB rosters that fit the description you just gave
.But in the event my post confused you, I was referring of the one year deals teams use to plug holes in their rosters. No kidding, all 25 players fill a specific need but most are the everyday position players, starting pitchers and go-to relievers. They aren't playing on one year contracts.
Huh?I'm sure you knew what I meant but thanks for the
But in the event my post confused you, I was referring of the one year deals teams use to plug holes in their rosters. No kidding, all 25 players fill a specific need but most are the everyday position players, starting pitchers and go-to relievers. They aren't playing on one year contracts.
That is not at all what meant.
What I was doing was AGREEING with what you wrote.....and my point was that it seems that almost every team in the league covets at least one of "those guys" (most often that "specialty" lefty reliever).
Had NOTHING to do with trying to describe every guy on the roster as "filling a role" (though I guess that's true enough - - - - but not at all what I was referring to)
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