Pirates vs. Rockies, 19 July 2008

Was the over under I saw earlier today I think.

pretty much has to be JVB or a new acquisition. Barthmaier is starting for Indy tonight according to their press notes. Taubenheim is still DL, and we know Dumatrait isn’t ready. Gorzo is listed as tomorrow’s starter at Indy…but the starters for the following 4 days for Indy is the same as ours on Monday (TBA).

a 1st inning lead?

for his last 2 swings.

To just forfeit the game instead of pitching Herrera?

to work in an hour…I won’t have to watch the carnage as our long reliever gets hammered.

to start reminiscing about Matt Morris starts. At least he used to last into the 4th before giving up his 7 runs.

This game seems especially painful and for the first time in a long time I’ve switched off the game. I’ll check back later.

I feel bad for Herrera, really out of his element.

Please, Rox, put in Matt Herges.
Insult + injury.

the fun.

for a while.

I just finished reading Dejan`s blog, and I took the time to read through WTM`s-especially about his mid-season report card for “prospects” in the Pirates` system.

Not that the following represents anything that some here-including myself-haven`t thrown about before, but just to reiterate some points, I really don`t see how anyone can stay up on things related to the PBC and not come to one specific conclusion:

If GM Huntington doesn`t make the right moves with the few bargaining chips we have at the MLB level now, then we could be looking at some scary teams from 2010.

We have almost no talent whatsoever in the minors. Our minor league system flat-out sucks. Other than some legitimate hope for future success from Cutch(let`s Smizik his name for simplicity), Lincoln, and one or two others, there is virtually nothing in the system. It sucks. And we know that some of the most important pieces we have in the majors right now will almost certainly be gone by Opening Day 2010.

Huntington knows he MUST make moves, but if they don`t pan out, we could be looking to celebrate the 25th anniversary of our 100-loss seasons of the mid-80s with some new ones a couple of years from now.

Additionally, if the newbies drafted and signed this year-which hopefully will include Alvarez, Scheppers and one or two other late gambles soon-don`t give us a helluva productive crop over the next few years, if Huntington doesn`t draft real well next year and on, if the “overseas market” doesn`t become productive for us in the near future…man, oh, man, could this get really scary from 2010.

I`m afraid the ghost of Dave Littlefield will continue to haunt us for at least a few more years. And I mean I`m really afraid….

I`m afraid we missed out on our Barry Bonds by not drafting Matt Wieters. Hopefully Pedro Alvarez will be at least as good as Jeff King. It would be a start.

While he is in the process of establishing himself in his relationships with other MLB GMs, let`s hope that Huntington is able to pull off some great deals very soon. That`s all we can do for now.