pittdan77
Athletic Director
So you're saying the Pirates might be paying more if they had better players? That's some groundbreaking stuff.the reason the Pirates have been averaging less than 70 wins isn't directly related to payroll.. that's a clueless statement. Look at how horrible they've done in the draft. Look at the years Littlefield butchered our top draft picks .. that's why they stunk before Cutch. Not because they wouldn't spend .. you don't buy young talent .. who just won the WS? Houston .. Altuve, Breman, Yordan, Tucker, Javier, Valdez.. all this young Pitching surrounded by big spending to supplement. Again, you don't buy your core unless your the dodgers or yankees .. everyone else has home grown studs .. something we haven't done well.. besides Cutch .. that's why the Cutch years were awesome.. my only gripe is that they didn't supplement enough, but they were a game away from making the NLCS so it's hard to be too upset about it.
And you do buy young talent. You just do it by spending on your scouting and player development. Want good players? Get good scouts. Pirates just have a lot of scouts.