Pirates - Demoted Ty
Pittsburgh Pirates - Optioned 3B Ty Wigginton to Indianapolis; recalled C Ryan Doumit.
Very odd timing and this is in no doubt due to Wigginton’s very public (and reportedly, also in the clubhouse) ######## about his reduced role over the last few weeks. It can’t be for his play; he got to keep his job when he played poorly after the Pirates acquired him, poorly this April, and only started to play well last month. Wigginton did not take well to becoming Ward’s platoon partner at 1st, but how you can not play Freddy Sanchez, a better player who’s playing better than Ty, at 3rd?
The Pirates will likely use Doumit in the outfield. Doumit’s another one of the 28 B- Pirate catching prospects and like the other 27, the Pirates really don’t care about his existence.
2005 ZiPS Projection - Ty Wigginton
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Period AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG
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Actual ‘05 103 14 21 5 0 5 11 7 20 0 .204 .261 .398
Rest ‘05 316 40 79 20 1 10 42 31 50 1 .250 .323 .415
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Total ‘05 419 54 100 25 1 15 53 38 70 1 .239 .308 .411
Dan Szymborski
Posted: June 05, 2005 at 03:35 AM |
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1. ColonelTom Posted: June 05, 2005 at 08:55 AM (#1382437)Huh? Doumit's been murdering the ball this year in AAA (.345/.415/.630), and he's been one of the organization's top hitting prospects the last couple of years. According to MLB.com, McClendon's planning on using him both behind the plate and in the outfield, and as the DH when the Bucs play the Yankees and Red Sox in a week or so. Given the tear he's been on, I don't think he's being called up to sit. That said, this is the Pirates we're talking about, so it wouldn't shock me.
Huh? Doumit's been murdering the ball this year in AAA (.345/.415/.630), and he's been one of the organization's top hitting prospects the last couple of years.
Yeah, but he's a weaker defender at catcher (though not Craig Wilson level) and this is the first time he's really killing the ball. He's been looking a lot like a 320/400 type of guy.
It's also the one of the few years he's been healthy.
He'll probably also be used at 1B against LHP on occasion. I don't think he was called up to sit, either.
-- MWE
The Pirate FO seems to like Doumit so I expect him to play. He'll not get the Davis, Alvarez, Restovich, C. Wilson, etc. treatment. He seems akin to Jose Castillo moreso than to the other young players the Pirates jerked around since Littlefield came aboard.
This goes to prove - there is no quicker way out of town than to bad-mouth the front office or coaching staff in public.
Over/Under on when Ty gets traded or released? My guess is that he will traded this year, failing a catastrophic Sanchez injury.
I'd expect the Pirates to trade him for the first semi-reasonable offer they get. I just hope the Braves aren't dumb enough to go after him as "insurance" for Chipper's problems.
There is a reason for including Restovich on this list. Since the Benson to Minnesota trade rumors of last summer, many Pirate fans pined for this guy. All he needed was a chance, they claimed, a chance the team is not giving him now that they have him. He’ll need to take the Craig Wilson road to success if he wants to make it with the Pirates.
Hey, they can take Lawton and Fogg too — for someone nice!
Restovich is filling exactly the role for which he was acquired, and for which he is probably best suited - a right-handed hitting platoon specialist.
-- MWE
Well, I wasn’t one of the Pirate fans who believed Restovich a hidden gem who the Pirates just had to acquire. On the other hand, he is another young player the organization is pigeon-holing and thus limiting.
Why do I have this fear that the Pirates will keep him in the minors long enough to ensure that he has no market value (should take a couple hours), then try to sign him to a cheap contract before the deadline for offering arbitration?
I’d bet Ty wants out of Pittsburgh. So, it might not matter what the Pirate Front Office plans to do with him besides offering arbitration or handing him the starting job at 3B. I’m sure he like either of the latter two options.
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