Comments on: Pirates will remain sellers as deadline approaches http://baseballreflections.com/2009/06/09/pirates-will-remain-sellers-as-deadline-approaches/ A blog where old school baseball meets Sabermetrics while covering every MLB team, bringing you breaking MLB news, fantasy baseball insight, product reviews (equipment, books, movies, etc.), & interviews. Tue, 22 May 2012 14:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jon Williams http://baseballreflections.com/2009/06/09/pirates-will-remain-sellers-as-deadline-approaches/comment-page-1/#comment-7934 Jon Williams Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:34:04 +0000 http://baseballreflections.com/?p=1492#comment-7934 I think you have it right, Cory. I think most of the serious Pirates fans understand what Huntington is trying to do. But it isn't fun to watch. No one wants to watch a team in a constant state of re-building. What is objectionable is the way McClouth did not seem to draw a A-level prospect back. Huntington is putting together a deep and quality farm system full of B and C Prospects. Pirates fans want something to be excited about. An A-level prospect would have done the trick. More depth is no fun, thus the complaining even out of the most loyal fans. The Pirates need to do something to get the fans back on the same page. It isn't letters explaining why they did what they did. They need to acquire a difference making player. Someone the fans can dream of leading a world series team. Maybe McCutchen can be that player but right now he is not enough. <abbr><em>Please check out Jon Williams’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdvancedFantasyBaseball/~3/GFkKyYf2_ug/is-ben-zobrist-for-real.html" rel="nofollow">Is Ben Zobrist For Real?</a>!</abbr></em> I think you have it right, Cory. I think most of the serious Pirates fans understand what Huntington is trying to do. But it isn’t fun to watch. No one wants to watch a team in a constant state of re-building. What is objectionable is the way McClouth did not seem to draw a A-level prospect back. Huntington is putting together a deep and quality farm system full of B and C Prospects. Pirates fans want something to be excited about. An A-level prospect would have done the trick. More depth is no fun, thus the complaining even out of the most loyal fans.

The Pirates need to do something to get the fans back on the same page. It isn’t letters explaining why they did what they did. They need to acquire a difference making player. Someone the fans can dream of leading a world series team. Maybe McCutchen can be that player but right now he is not enough.

Please check out Jon Williams’s last blog post..Is Ben Zobrist For Real?!

]]> By: threio http://baseballreflections.com/2009/06/09/pirates-will-remain-sellers-as-deadline-approaches/comment-page-1/#comment-7932 threio Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:27:39 +0000 http://baseballreflections.com/?p=1492#comment-7932 I would hope, they will not sell off their young talent. Secretly I have been following them, hoping for any signs of a re-emergence of the Buccos. I would hope, they will not sell off their young talent. Secretly I have been following them, hoping for any signs of a re-emergence of the Buccos.

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