For those of you dont know, Rowdy was optioned earlier this week. He was not having a good year whatsoever, but the thing is he had a $200,000 bonus coming to him if he got to 425 PA. He was optioned at 421 with a week games left.
Pirates are adamant that it had nothing to do with the bonus but just on performance. And they wanted to see a few youngster play the last few weeks.
Scumbag move? Right move?
To me, this is a reason why the Pirates are a joke of an organization. I bet there are some pissed off players that see this and may be reluctant to continue playing for the Pirates or will ignore them if they get to FA.
Seriously, he was their sixth highest salary at $3.2M on a team with an $85M payroll that receives approximately $100M annually in revenue sharing.
After looking at this, now I'm curious about why they gave that contract to a poor fielding 1st baseman whose bat averaged less than one WAR per year in his career. Perhaps, he was a bridge signing who was expect to hold the spot for a decent prospect otherwise???
well put. fuck em. $8.1 mil for being a shitty player and people question it? more teams should do that.
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Literally worse than replacement. Not sure why he’s entitled to any performance bonuses.
Seriously, he was their sixth highest salary at $3.2M on a team with an $85M payroll that receives approximately $100M annually in revenue sharing.
After looking at this, now I'm curious about why they gave that contract to a poor fielding 1st baseman whose bat averaged less than one WAR per year in his career. Perhaps, he was a bridge signing who was expect to hold the spot for a decent prospect otherwise???
The Pirates are bargain bun hunters and saw the opportunity to pay peanuts (in FA money) for someone who once hit 30+ HRs.
I feel bad for Pirates fans - they've been operating like paupers for decades at this point. Who was that GM of theirs who became notorious for signing cheaper vets and flipping them at the deadline every single year?
They've had some big-time talent come up through that team, but unless lightning strikes and they happen to become competitive during their rookie deals they seem resigned to trading them in their primes instead of paying them. Imagine a rotation with Gerrit Cole - Paul Skenes - Joe Musgrove at the top?