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Interesting - Iwamura is the highest paid Pirate.
Pirates don't believe in rules.
- selling low on him
- not in any need of him, thus not feeling any pressure to get a big return.
I guess the Delwyn Young at 2B experiment was deemed unlikely to maximize their pitchers' chance of success.
Outrage, who has the energy anymore?
They're more what you'd call "guidelines."
If Iwamura to the Pirates upstages the World Series, something has gone terribly wrong with the World Series.
Is Iwamura about as good as Freddy Sanchez? If so, the Pirates traded Sanchez and Chavez for Iwamura and Alderson. Big win for Pittsburgh.
For the Rays it seems alright to get anything back for a guy that would probably be a pretty expensive secondary player for them, but I feel like they could have gotten something more in return.
And Iwamura is now the highest paid Pirate? How much do they get in revenue sharing anyway?
Maybe you have him conflated with Kip Wells and/or Josh Fogg.
Based on the Ibanez Principal, he should hit .315 next season.
Are you accusing Iwamura of doing steroids?
Not only that, but the Phillies are two games away from winning. This whole thing is a disaster. They should just call it off.
AG#1 - I think your Royals missed an opportunity here, assuming he is healthy this would have been a great upgrade over Callaspo. I think their net value is similar, but they Royals need defense so badly.
Iwamura never played for the Braves or Mariners though.
Otherwise, it would seem like he has some value, with two pre-arb years remaining.
That's an interesting deal for both teams. The Royals get a little depth (crappy depth, to be sure) but there's some upside there. And the Sox get a guy who can play multiple positions and has slugged over .500 at Cellular.
isn't the rumor that DeRosa is hoping to return to the Cubs?
I am expecting this thread to be wall-to-wall people expressing their outrage that a team with no chance of winning has for some mad reason acquired a player making more than minimum salary
I think this board has improved much over the past couple of years, to the point that people finally understand that to maintain any fan base you have to at least make the illusion you are trying to improve. Plus as mentioned, it's not a big contract, this isn't like they are spending a lot of money.
Relative to signing a long-term deal with the Pirates 5 years ago, it looks like a 2500% better idea now than before. The Pirates have (finally) some very young, very good pieces like McCutchen and Alvarez. I still think the McLouth trade was unnecessary and counterproductive, but other than that, it is very difficult to argue with what NH has been doing. The entire Pirate organization needed an overhaul that was pretty much 20 years in the making. It's about time that someone is actually doing it.
Morton looked pretty good in the rotation this year, and I don't think that's his best, either.
Well, we all know Nate's your boy, Russ :) I still think the deal for McLouth is going to work out to Pittsburgh's benefit in the long run.
-- MWE
Oh, no doubt. It's certainly not inconceivable that the Pirates will be contenders in the next few years and there's a lot to like about what NH has been doing (my favorite is the Indian pitchers). I just found it strange that Iwamura would get traded from a contending team to a crappy one (albeit a rebuilding one that's smarter than it was) and say he's interested in staying long-term.
Of course, I have no idea what goes on in ballplayers' heads. Coco Crisp won a ring in Boston but recently said that he loves it in KC and he hopes he stays.
I think that completely depends on Morton. Locke and/or Hernandez COULD work out, but this is all about whether Morton's WAR > McLouth's WAR in the long run. I like Morton's potential and his walk rate has improved substantially during his career, but I still think that his control could be a problem long-term.
It's too bad that Nate got hurt his year, as I think that it really affected his performance in ATL. I hope that doesn't decrease his playing time for next year.
It's possible, but the plan right now is to have Brignac and Rodriguez compete for the Zobrist role.
-- MWE
I think that the Pirates will get enough out of Morton and one of Locke or Hernandez to make up for McLouth, and if both Locke and Hernandez pan out they'll look REALLY smart.
-- MWE
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