D.J. Carrasco: Neal Huntington Owes Me a Quarter

Nice article from Langosch at the link.

UPDATE by Charlie: This is a really good article.

almost 2 years ago cocktailsfor2 13 comments 0 recs |

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Not only is it a good article, but it also provides an outstanding example of the Pirates’ financial acumen during the McClatchy/Bonifay/Littlefield days:

Purchase price in 1999: $1.00
Rule 5 revenue in 2002: $50,000.00

by Traco Bucco on Mar 16, 2010 8:16 PM EDT reply actions

Great story

I kinda hope he gets a spot start so we can see him hit.

I believe they’ll do the same with Jakubaukus as they did with Clagget, Karstens & Jackson, take him off the 40, nobody claims him, put him in AAA.

by Danatural08 on Mar 16, 2010 10:53 PM EDT reply actions

Ascanio to 60 day DL

No waivers unless the 40 man is wrong.

by buccoben on Mar 17, 2010 12:30 AM EDT reply actions

Pitcher want to be hitters

Hitters want to be pitchers.
Singers want to be actors.
Actors want to be singers.

by bucdaddy on Mar 17, 2010 9:51 AM EDT reply actions

If you could be anything you want I bet you’d be disappointed, am I right?

charity standing orders

by BadMaafala on Mar 17, 2010 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions

Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
It’s a mixed up muddled up shook up world

by WTM on Mar 17, 2010 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Except for...

…Lola.

by Vlad on Mar 17, 2010 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions

But ...

CAN he actually hit? The article never tells me.

by Zadoras on Mar 17, 2010 11:23 AM EDT reply actions

For his minor league career...

…he’s hit .077/.077/.115 in 33 PA. In the majors, he’s hitless in 10 PA.

That’s a pretty small sample, but the evidence isn’t promising.

by Vlad on Mar 17, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions

"They paid a dollor for me, I had to stand out"

the best quote from the article

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by WVPiratesfan on Mar 17, 2010 1:28 PM EDT reply actions

correction

It should be $.225. Doesn’t his agent pull in %10? Maybe he has the Boras plan and he clears $.2375 . . . then again, Boras would have figured out a way to get him a bigger cut of that $1

by chicos_pants on Mar 17, 2010 6:12 PM EDT reply actions

Technically...

He gets the quarter and then pays his agent. So he nets like 22.5 cents, but he is paid a 25 by the team

The glare of the spotlight is harsh, and the pressure that success breeds immense. We revere our heroes, but expect much. And criticism can come as easily as praise.

by glass0941 on Mar 17, 2010 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions