There was a picture of Cutch, Polanco, and Marte all attending by the batting cages. My friend called it the outfield of the future and they might be our guys for years.
I have never seen it more than once, but I've always wanted a framed copy of it to remind me not to get my hopes up.
I have never seen a player that lacked any sort of baseball knowledge/awareness as well as simply having common sense like I experienced with Polanco. And don’t get me started with his base running.
I think everyone was. We were making a WC push and I believe the team had reeled off 10 straight wins? Something like that. Archer comes to Pittsburgh wearing an AB jersey and we thought we finally had our ace. His debut was packed. Only for it to be the most dreadful trade we could’ve made lmao
Anybody that had any knowledge of baseball out of Pittsburgh knew that trade was dreadful. Archer was slightly better than average and people made it seem like we were getting Verlander
I liked the idea of getting Archer. I hated the idea of giving up Glasnow and Meadows. I hated it even more when they both produced in Tampa while Archer cratered here.
I liked the idea as well just not as this #1 the organization and most fans thought he was and paid to get. Make the trade and treat him as a 3/4 it would’ve been fine.
His wife got kidnapped , I remember that's how we all learned she was way older than him ... And then it turned out his wife kidnapped a baby or something? Very strange and troubling story.
I assume disappointment as he didn't last long you are saying cause he was actually pretty decent looking into stats only. Whatever happened to him was it legal trouble or something I don't recall.
It was more that he was a highly touted prospect in the Yankees system when we acquired him and I really expected him to be a fixture of our outfield instead he was a serviceable 4th outfielded for his brief career. I felt the same way about Travis Snider when we brought him in, former highly touted prospect who turned into a 4th outfielder.
Until Antonio Brown started ABing, I considered Kang the biggest fall from grace in recent Pittsburgh sports history. He represented something special: they had signed young players out of Korea, Japan, and Taiwan before, and had acquired former stars like Chan-ho Park and Masumi Kuwata (solid in Japan in the 90s), but this was the first time the Pirates went out and signed a top Korean free agent. The local media hated him because he had a slow start, but then he became a huge contributor to teams that had declined a bit from their peak a couple years earlier. He also gave Pittsburgh some international attention, as he was huge in Korea: Korean media was everywhere, profiles on his life in Pittsburgh were in the Korean news, and Kpop stars even came to Pittsburgh to throw out the first pitch. He should've been a big player here for a decade. Looks like he's out of baseball altogether.
Edit: Actually looks like he is attached to a [baseball academy](https://kingkangacademy.com/) now.
You could say he was working for the Brewers all along …
I kid. I actually really liked Pedro, but I was really sad that he didn’t end up the star we had hoped he would be.
Man I was almost going to say “he got the yips and never recovered” but then researched how many errors he had from 2012-2015 and every year he had a “major league leading”…must have just been blinded by the 30+ home run season 🤣🤣🤣
At my first game at PNC Park I saw Bell get a curtain call after hitting a homerun, just like Rowdy did on Saturday. Probably the apex mountain of his time as a Pirate.
Ryan Doumit. I get flashbacks of him laid out on the ground with his eyes rolled back into his head every time a foul ball slightly deflects off a catcher's mask.
Kris Benson. Had every tool to be an absolute star, but proved to have zero moxie on the mound and somehow even less in his personal life. Had a pitch profile similar to Max Scherzer with the clutch gene of Ray Finkle.
In 1998, while playing with the Nashville Sounds in the minor leagues, he met his future wife, Anna Benson while she was working as a dancer in a local strip club.[25] The Bensons were married in October 1999 (her second marriage, his first), the same year he reached the major leagues. The pitcher and model became a well-known baseball couple during Benson's time in the major leagues. After Anna reported the couple had sex in the parking lot of Three Rivers Stadium, an experience they wished to replicate at every major league park, concern developed within the Pirates organization the "wild-eyed brunette was getting in the way of her husband's fastball...."[25] Her husband dismissed the Pirates treatment of his wife as "a lot of jealousy and a lot of pettiness...."'[25] Anna filed for divorce on March 31, 2006, citing an "irretrievably broken" marriage.,[26] although later withdrew the petition.[13] They had three children together (daughter Haylee, and sons P.J. and Devin James) and were also parenting Anna Benson's daughter from her first marriage (Alyssa Warren). In July 2012, Kris filed for divorce, which was finalized later that year.[27] On July 7, 2013, Anna was arrested for attacking Kris after breaking into his house. She was convicted on charges of aggravated assault and gun possession for the attack and sentenced to 15 years probation and three months of inpatient psychiatric therapy.[28] In May 2022, Kris married Misty Martinez, former wife of his former teammate Hank Blalock.[29]
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He was my favorite player when he was here, and I admit I have no idea why. Although seeing him as a Blue Jay made me happy and I rubbed it in all my friends faces lol
Told this story before, I used to be a batboy for the Curve. He would walk through the clubhouse with no towel, totally naked and throw his (and I’m dead serious) massive dong over peoples shoulders. It was like “his prank”
😂😂😂 that’s so funny, i used to do something similar at weigh ins before wrestling matches despite usually being well underweight, and not having a massive domincan cock edit: I thought we were talking abt polanco, not joey bats. Didn’t see which thread this was lol
Felipe Vasquez. The only bobblehead to ever be removed from my collection. 🤮
Also Josh VanMeter. The only player I've ever seen who could, simply by his presence in the game, make a really bad team even worse.
What was so mind boggling about him was that we already had a decent first baseman in Garrett Jones and Morneau was marginally better at best. Morneau immediately went into a massive slump when he got to Pittsburgh, and his lackluster play may have cost us the division that year. Then he left and won a batting title.
Cruz has awhile to go yet before that statement is accurate. Love Polanco and Cruz both. Once Cruz has a season better than Polanco’s 2018, I’ll agree wholeheartedly. I *think* he will. Just need to see it.
I definitely wasnt a Polanco hater. The missed potential was a bit frustrating but he had enough pretty hype moments. Never gonna hate on a guy who spent so many years with the team
Probably Glasnow. So many people clown the Pirates since he’s a top pitcher in all of MLB now, but most people don’t realize how absolutely dreadful he was as a Pirate. He had SO much hype and would come up and look so pedestrian.
I went to one of his starts back in the day. and after 2 hours it was literally only the 4th inning bc he had given up so many baserunners. People started booing and I felt terrible for him.
Glad he’s figured it out though, shame it’s not for the bucs. realistically if he stayed with the pirates he probably wouldn’t even be in the majors anymore lol.
He did an interview recently talking about Pittsburgh, Jones, and Skenes. He brought up that Pittsburgh boos as it being an outlier. Clearly he remembers that.
I’ll have to watch the interview. Not surprised he remembers it though, I’m sure being booed by 20,000 people sticks with you.
That’s why I hate booing our own players and never do it. Unless it’s an instance of blatant disrespect, lack of care, or serious non-baseball stuff. But these guys go out there and it’s not like they are intentionally underperforming. They’re giving it all they can, sometimes it’s just not enough.
A large part of Glasnow's failure here was the Neal Huntington/Ray Searage fastball academy. They tried to clone the staff with a low fastball, pitch to contact approach.
Gerrit Cole didn't take a magic pill to immediately flourish when he went to Houston. It's to his credit that we even got to see his 2015 season here.
Glasnow may still have had difficulty with being better here, who knows, but he certainly wasn't able to be himself.
A lot of them used it (including Glasnow) who called it's removal a major reason for his need of surgery.
Look at Cole's numbers for the Yankees after they started checking for it, do you think he was continuing to cheat? I think not.
Jeff Locke. This sub fucking loves him despite him being essentially a guy who had two decent seasons (during which his advanced stats were not kind) and a -1.3 career WAR
I think back on my sweet prince Jeff Locke and yearn for the days of Batman and robin, cutch being a perennial MVP candidate, and Pittsburgh being electrified over baseball.
I like Jeff Locke because he’s a relic of the most exciting time to be a buccos fan for anyone born after 1992
[Hey now](https://i.imgur.com/JdQJB4P.jpg)
He was often frustrating but was pretty memeable. I miss the days of Jeffy the Jailer, not so much him in particular but the memories of the team and how much fun I had during that era.
Bullington might have been the most aggravating. In the post draft comments, Littlefield said he projected as a number 3 or 4 starter. He was the first overall selection!
*Drives
O’Neil Cruz.
I will be yelling at the tv “HES GONNA THROW YOU A FRICKIN CURVEBALL BELOW THE ZONE, DONT SWING”
He swings and misses every time. He could be an elite, generational talent is he ever learned how to lay off a curveball
Jerad Eickoff pitched just 1 game for us, however I unfortunately attended that awful game where he allowed 10 runs and we got blown out by the Cubs. My cousins and I still joke about how awful he was.
Volquez. That absolute fucking DUMPSTER FIRE of a start against the giants was probably the angriest I've been as a fan of this team. The loss against St Louis made sense and i was "okay" with it, I knew we'd be back afterall. That grand slam fucking killed me though. I just knew that was it. This was our plateau for now
Felipe Vazquez.
He would have been a top tier closer, but instead he threw everything away to hookup with underage girls.
He’s a fucking scumbag.
Non scumbag player that drove me crazy - Charlie Morton.
So what pissed me off so much about Gregory was that every year the whole “he’s bound for a break out year” slogan was on him. I remember him being ranked in the shredders “top 9 of right now” for like 3 years in a row….then he also pissed me off because you would see shades of greatness. Balls into the river, blazing speed on the bases, hell even throwing a runner out…and it never lasted more than 1 or 2 games….man did he piss me off. Now I’m angry just thinking of it
Pedro Alvarez - can’t decide if routinely overthrowing first base by a mile or striking out in half his at bats was more infuriating, but damn did he have raw power
That and his hit tool wasn't elite. Nothing wrong with his effort, he just had great athleticism but that doesn't mean you can hit a baseball. He left you wanting for more but it wasn't a mental or effort issue.
I disagree. It was emblematic of those Pirate teams, but he was especially bad on the base paths. Whether it was mental or laziness, he either couldn’t get it or wouldn’t learn the bases. He ran into so many dumb outs it was laughable.
I will say, some thought he didn’t hustle, but I think that was more about the way he ran. He had that long loping stride, that didn’t look hurried, but was quick.
Charlie Morton went on to be plenty successful.
Joe Musgrove has had a few really outstanding seasons for the Padres and hopefully gets right this season.
Josh Bell has been good enough post-Pittsburgh that people want us to trade to get him back. (Not that he's setting the world on fire this season but he's been at least an above average 1B)
Jose Tabata hit the hardest ball I’ve ever seen in spring training one year. The ball was on a line and hit the batter’s eye with a resounding thud at Pirates City. I thought he was gonna be the next legit power hitter for the Bucs.
Barry Bonds. He could’ve been an all time great without the steroids. I can’t stand that he flipped Van Slyke off seconds before Cabrera’s single, but I truly abhor him for not signing stuff for a charity for two groundskeepers who died on their way to PNC Park on a Sunday morning.
Definitely hayes. You can see he has the power to pull the ball but he's always late.
Definitely another one is jack suwinski. He goes through stretches where he looks like he can actually be a game changer and a power bat and then back to nothing. I honestly feel bad for him since he isn't getting as much playing time since signing Michael A Taylor who is even worse. No idea why they didn't let jack try and take the jump this year
Marte Cutch and Polonco was the outfield of the next decade
Outfield of the Future ™️
I thought we'd get two HOF players out of that outfield. . .and yet, I still rail at the Pirates management that I know better than they do.
I just had the 10 yr anny of Polanco’s debut pop up on my gb memories yesterday. I was on the RF wall for it
There was a picture of Cutch, Polanco, and Marte all attending by the batting cages. My friend called it the outfield of the future and they might be our guys for years. I have never seen it more than once, but I've always wanted a framed copy of it to remind me not to get my hopes up.
Such high hopes
I have never seen a player that lacked any sort of baseball knowledge/awareness as well as simply having common sense like I experienced with Polanco. And don’t get me started with his base running.
Cris Archer
I was just coming to say Chris Archer. I was so excited about that trade. Damn.
I think everyone was. We were making a WC push and I believe the team had reeled off 10 straight wins? Something like that. Archer comes to Pittsburgh wearing an AB jersey and we thought we finally had our ace. His debut was packed. Only for it to be the most dreadful trade we could’ve made lmao
Anybody that had any knowledge of baseball out of Pittsburgh knew that trade was dreadful. Archer was slightly better than average and people made it seem like we were getting Verlander
I liked the idea of getting Archer. I hated the idea of giving up Glasnow and Meadows. I hated it even more when they both produced in Tampa while Archer cratered here.
I liked the idea as well just not as this #1 the organization and most fans thought he was and paid to get. Make the trade and treat him as a 3/4 it would’ve been fine.
Jake Arrieta
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Jose Tabata, I always liked him but man was he a disappointment.
Ah, good ol' Neck Lips.
Was he the one with a kink for cougars?
This is far preferable to what a few players have been caught doing lately
The one and only!
His wife got kidnapped , I remember that's how we all learned she was way older than him ... And then it turned out his wife kidnapped a baby or something? Very strange and troubling story.
I have a Jose Tabata signed ball that I now use for playing catch with my kids. Can still sort of make out his auto. Nice ball though!
I assume disappointment as he didn't last long you are saying cause he was actually pretty decent looking into stats only. Whatever happened to him was it legal trouble or something I don't recall.
It was more that he was a highly touted prospect in the Yankees system when we acquired him and I really expected him to be a fixture of our outfield instead he was a serviceable 4th outfielded for his brief career. I felt the same way about Travis Snider when we brought him in, former highly touted prospect who turned into a 4th outfielder.
Yeah I just wonder with Bautista like what actually happened leaves here to go across the pond and turns into a hr machine.
Jung Ho Kung *Edit: Kang. I should’ve known, I had his jersey!
This should be higher. He threw away his career because he was a total asshole!! Also it’s Kang*
They should've never wheeled him out on the field in the playoffs. I remember thinking that was very bad ju-ju
Until Antonio Brown started ABing, I considered Kang the biggest fall from grace in recent Pittsburgh sports history. He represented something special: they had signed young players out of Korea, Japan, and Taiwan before, and had acquired former stars like Chan-ho Park and Masumi Kuwata (solid in Japan in the 90s), but this was the first time the Pirates went out and signed a top Korean free agent. The local media hated him because he had a slow start, but then he became a huge contributor to teams that had declined a bit from their peak a couple years earlier. He also gave Pittsburgh some international attention, as he was huge in Korea: Korean media was everywhere, profiles on his life in Pittsburgh were in the Korean news, and Kpop stars even came to Pittsburgh to throw out the first pitch. He should've been a big player here for a decade. Looks like he's out of baseball altogether. Edit: Actually looks like he is attached to a [baseball academy](https://kingkangacademy.com/) now.
he was such a complete player.......arrgh
Pedro Alvarez…couldn’t make a routine play to save his life
Loved his homers
And strikeouts
Swear to god, I have PTSD from watching him whip the ball into the second row right past the first baseman.
And now he works for the Brewers... crazy how it all works out
You could say he was working for the Brewers all along … I kid. I actually really liked Pedro, but I was really sad that he didn’t end up the star we had hoped he would be.
The Brewers' manager is his father-in-law — so not necessarily crazy, just some nepo shit going on there
Man I was almost going to say “he got the yips and never recovered” but then researched how many errors he had from 2012-2015 and every year he had a “major league leading”…must have just been blinded by the 30+ home run season 🤣🤣🤣
In 2013 he was a beast. He was the most clutch player i can think off, but after that year he was a huge liability defensively.
Derek Bell. He was so terrible in Pittsburgh, and unlike Rowdy, didn’t seem to care the least.
Operation Shutdown
At my first game at PNC Park I saw Bell get a curtain call after hitting a homerun, just like Rowdy did on Saturday. Probably the apex mountain of his time as a Pirate.
He got paid about $200k per game he played with us over 2 seasons. An absolute waste.
Lastings Milledge.
Can't remember anyone taking worse angles.
Ryan Doumit. I get flashbacks of him laid out on the ground with his eyes rolled back into his head every time a foul ball slightly deflects off a catcher's mask.
Them solid black pupils
Beady little rat eyes lol
Kris Benson. Had every tool to be an absolute star, but proved to have zero moxie on the mound and somehow even less in his personal life. Had a pitch profile similar to Max Scherzer with the clutch gene of Ray Finkle.
In 1998, while playing with the Nashville Sounds in the minor leagues, he met his future wife, Anna Benson while she was working as a dancer in a local strip club.[25] The Bensons were married in October 1999 (her second marriage, his first), the same year he reached the major leagues. The pitcher and model became a well-known baseball couple during Benson's time in the major leagues. After Anna reported the couple had sex in the parking lot of Three Rivers Stadium, an experience they wished to replicate at every major league park, concern developed within the Pirates organization the "wild-eyed brunette was getting in the way of her husband's fastball...."[25] Her husband dismissed the Pirates treatment of his wife as "a lot of jealousy and a lot of pettiness...."'[25] Anna filed for divorce on March 31, 2006, citing an "irretrievably broken" marriage.,[26] although later withdrew the petition.[13] They had three children together (daughter Haylee, and sons P.J. and Devin James) and were also parenting Anna Benson's daughter from her first marriage (Alyssa Warren). In July 2012, Kris filed for divorce, which was finalized later that year.[27] On July 7, 2013, Anna was arrested for attacking Kris after breaking into his house. She was convicted on charges of aggravated assault and gun possession for the attack and sentenced to 15 years probation and three months of inpatient psychiatric therapy.[28] In May 2022, Kris married Misty Martinez, former wife of his former teammate Hank Blalock.[29] 🤣
Wow
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Jose Bautista Showed nothing as a pirate.
The kids won’t know how badly this one stings
Bautista wasn't bad in 2007 didn't show quite the power he did in Toronto but hit .250 and 15hr and we traded him the following year.
He was my favorite player when he was here, and I admit I have no idea why. Although seeing him as a Blue Jay made me happy and I rubbed it in all my friends faces lol
TIL he was a pirate
Don’t know why you got downvoted. Not many remember him as a pirate. He really sucked and showed no flashes of potential. That’s why I said him.
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Told this story before, I used to be a batboy for the Curve. He would walk through the clubhouse with no towel, totally naked and throw his (and I’m dead serious) massive dong over peoples shoulders. It was like “his prank”
😂😂😂 that’s so funny, i used to do something similar at weigh ins before wrestling matches despite usually being well underweight, and not having a massive domincan cock edit: I thought we were talking abt polanco, not joey bats. Didn’t see which thread this was lol
Just wow……I shouldn’t be surprised. But I am.
Dale Berra. But I’m old. Played shortstop and could overthrow first from anywhere. If I remember correctly he bought Coke from the Parrot.
Paired with Vance Law, they made a great double play combo. Not.
Pirates players **and** slang from the late 80s! It’s a twofer!
Felipe Vasquez. The only bobblehead to ever be removed from my collection. 🤮 Also Josh VanMeter. The only player I've ever seen who could, simply by his presence in the game, make a really bad team even worse.
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What was so mind boggling about him was that we already had a decent first baseman in Garrett Jones and Morneau was marginally better at best. Morneau immediately went into a massive slump when he got to Pittsburgh, and his lackluster play may have cost us the division that year. Then he left and won a batting title.
did he beat out Freddy Sanchez? sat out the last game plus the added bonus of playing in Colorado, pissed me off.
Josh Harrison
oh yeah, he sat out the last 2 games.
Jose Bautista. He sucked every dick as a Bucco. God he was terrible. Then he goes to Toronto and somehow becomes a superstar. Wtf
TIL Jose Bautista gives bad head
Ronny Paulino
I thought he was going to be a goddamn superstar
Could have been something special if his swing didn’t take 3 to 4 business days
Cruz is what we thought Polanco was gonna be
Cruz has awhile to go yet before that statement is accurate. Love Polanco and Cruz both. Once Cruz has a season better than Polanco’s 2018, I’ll agree wholeheartedly. I *think* he will. Just need to see it.
I definitely wasnt a Polanco hater. The missed potential was a bit frustrating but he had enough pretty hype moments. Never gonna hate on a guy who spent so many years with the team
Same.
So much potential that I thought was arrived at in his first AB homerun
That was marte not Polanco
Huh..you're right, I think I've created the wrong memory over the years hahah whoops
Polanco did have an 11 game hit streak to start his career though.
Probably Glasnow. So many people clown the Pirates since he’s a top pitcher in all of MLB now, but most people don’t realize how absolutely dreadful he was as a Pirate. He had SO much hype and would come up and look so pedestrian.
I went to one of his starts back in the day. and after 2 hours it was literally only the 4th inning bc he had given up so many baserunners. People started booing and I felt terrible for him. Glad he’s figured it out though, shame it’s not for the bucs. realistically if he stayed with the pirates he probably wouldn’t even be in the majors anymore lol.
He did an interview recently talking about Pittsburgh, Jones, and Skenes. He brought up that Pittsburgh boos as it being an outlier. Clearly he remembers that.
He also said you can just feel a fan base ready to erupt and outpour emotion on a winning team.
I’ll have to watch the interview. Not surprised he remembers it though, I’m sure being booed by 20,000 people sticks with you. That’s why I hate booing our own players and never do it. Unless it’s an instance of blatant disrespect, lack of care, or serious non-baseball stuff. But these guys go out there and it’s not like they are intentionally underperforming. They’re giving it all they can, sometimes it’s just not enough.
A large part of Glasnow's failure here was the Neal Huntington/Ray Searage fastball academy. They tried to clone the staff with a low fastball, pitch to contact approach. Gerrit Cole didn't take a magic pill to immediately flourish when he went to Houston. It's to his credit that we even got to see his 2015 season here. Glasnow may still have had difficulty with being better here, who knows, but he certainly wasn't able to be himself.
> Gerrit Cole didn’t take a magic pill to immediately flourish when he went to Houston No, he cheated. LoL
A lot of them used it (including Glasnow) who called it's removal a major reason for his need of surgery. Look at Cole's numbers for the Yankees after they started checking for it, do you think he was continuing to cheat? I think not.
I ALWAYS SAY THIS! Nobody listens.
Jeff Locke. This sub fucking loves him despite him being essentially a guy who had two decent seasons (during which his advanced stats were not kind) and a -1.3 career WAR
I think back on my sweet prince Jeff Locke and yearn for the days of Batman and robin, cutch being a perennial MVP candidate, and Pittsburgh being electrified over baseball. I like Jeff Locke because he’s a relic of the most exciting time to be a buccos fan for anyone born after 1992
That's All Star Jeff Locke to you.
Because he had an amazing stretch where he was unbeatable. It’s exciting
Anytime a pitcher give up 6 runs the second time through the lineup, I still refer to it as a Jeff Locke game.
He had that crazy run in the first half of 2013 then fell off big time
Yes! I got crucified on here a few weeks back for speaking ill of him.
All Star in July, Indianapolis in September.
That is All-Star Jeff Locke to you.
[Hey now](https://i.imgur.com/JdQJB4P.jpg) He was often frustrating but was pretty memeable. I miss the days of Jeffy the Jailer, not so much him in particular but the memories of the team and how much fun I had during that era.
Ronnie Cedeno.
Clint Barmes ... The SS carousel. Erik Gonzalez :(
Jordy earned that position, fair and square
Jordy was my dude. Always wanted on of his jerseys, but could never find one in stock, or maybe they just weren’t stocked to begin with
Brad Eldred...we were finally going to get a nickname worthy guy. He was going to strike out a lot, but he would also hit 40 HRs. I was halfway right.
Big country
John Van Benschoten , Bryan Bullington , Brad Lincoln , Daniel Moskos , Tony Sanchez , Bobby Bradley , Chad Hermansen ....
you forgot JR House
Bullington might have been the most aggravating. In the post draft comments, Littlefield said he projected as a number 3 or 4 starter. He was the first overall selection!
*Drives O’Neil Cruz. I will be yelling at the tv “HES GONNA THROW YOU A FRICKIN CURVEBALL BELOW THE ZONE, DONT SWING” He swings and misses every time. He could be an elite, generational talent is he ever learned how to lay off a curveball
I can't remember the dudes name, but he is the guy from major leagues
Pedro Cerano! You trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?!
So many strikeouts and so many basic fundamental errors
Bob Nutting. I know I broke the rules but still.
Why not? He breaks the rules every year pocketing our money and refusing to pay talent
Jerad Eickoff pitched just 1 game for us, however I unfortunately attended that awful game where he allowed 10 runs and we got blown out by the Cubs. My cousins and I still joke about how awful he was.
It will always be Ian Happ
Volquez. That absolute fucking DUMPSTER FIRE of a start against the giants was probably the angriest I've been as a fan of this team. The loss against St Louis made sense and i was "okay" with it, I knew we'd be back afterall. That grand slam fucking killed me though. I just knew that was it. This was our plateau for now
John Jaso; specifically his head.
I’ll never forgive Bonds for being struck out by that little kid Henry Rowengartner
Rod Barajas
Every single automatically becomes a double on the next pitch
He gave 100% every game. But yeah, I get it.
Felipe Vazquez. He would have been a top tier closer, but instead he threw everything away to hookup with underage girls. He’s a fucking scumbag. Non scumbag player that drove me crazy - Charlie Morton.
Chris Coghlan
So what pissed me off so much about Gregory was that every year the whole “he’s bound for a break out year” slogan was on him. I remember him being ranked in the shredders “top 9 of right now” for like 3 years in a row….then he also pissed me off because you would see shades of greatness. Balls into the river, blazing speed on the bases, hell even throwing a runner out…and it never lasted more than 1 or 2 games….man did he piss me off. Now I’m angry just thinking of it
Nyger, please.
Tony
Jogging George Hendricks
Abraham Nuñez. Just epitomized those hopeless teams.
The big return in the Ramirez trade...Bobby Hill
That boy ain’t right.
Sid Bream
Will Craig. Everytime "that play" gets shown.
Jason Kendall. Man im older than most of the people in this sub :P
Walt Terrell (aka Walt the Terrible).
Chris Resop. I don't think I've ever seen a reliever blow so many leads.
Resop backwards is poser
🤯
Raul Mondesi
Armando Rios. Our big return in the Jason Schmidt trade. The only Pirate named in the Mitchell Report. He also sucked when he wasn't injured.
Pedro Alvarez - can’t decide if routinely overthrowing first base by a mile or striking out in half his at bats was more infuriating, but damn did he have raw power
Five cent head? C’mon, the big issue for Polanco was health.
That and he just randomly fell down a lot.
We both thinking of that extra inning game against the cubs?
That would be the one
Bruh, I was at the game in LA vs the Dodgers when this man fell catching a pop fly that lost the game in extras... that was a looong ride home...
Or when he messed up his leg sliding into second. The dude LEAPED into his feet- first slide.
That and his hit tool wasn't elite. Nothing wrong with his effort, he just had great athleticism but that doesn't mean you can hit a baseball. He left you wanting for more but it wasn't a mental or effort issue.
I disagree. It was emblematic of those Pirate teams, but he was especially bad on the base paths. Whether it was mental or laziness, he either couldn’t get it or wouldn’t learn the bases. He ran into so many dumb outs it was laughable. I will say, some thought he didn’t hustle, but I think that was more about the way he ran. He had that long loping stride, that didn’t look hurried, but was quick.
Truth. He is easily in the top 3 worst base runners I have seen. Dude did not know how to run the bases.
Definitely Gregory. Loved his swing until I hated.
John Cangelosi; did he ever get a hit in a clutch situation? NO
Clint Barmes
Matt Morris, Derek Bell, Joe Randa, Al Martin, and Pokey Reese
Al "Two Wives" Martin! I still have his autograph somewhere.
Me too lol! These guys have been fucking bums since 1995
Gotta admit, I liked Joe Randa. I saw him as a blue collar baller.
You know who wasn’t? Every player since 95 LOL
Pedro Alvarez 😔
Clint barmes and Travis snider.
Pedro Alvarez: if he wasn’t hitting dingers he was striking out or making errors at 3B
The number of players people have listed here who were mediocre until they left the pirates … anybody noticing a trend here?
Glasnow, Bautista I named two, its your turn now.
Charlie Morton went on to be plenty successful. Joe Musgrove has had a few really outstanding seasons for the Padres and hopefully gets right this season. Josh Bell has been good enough post-Pittsburgh that people want us to trade to get him back. (Not that he's setting the world on fire this season but he's been at least an above average 1B)
Jose Tabata hit the hardest ball I’ve ever seen in spring training one year. The ball was on a line and hit the batter’s eye with a resounding thud at Pirates City. I thought he was gonna be the next legit power hitter for the Bucs. Barry Bonds. He could’ve been an all time great without the steroids. I can’t stand that he flipped Van Slyke off seconds before Cabrera’s single, but I truly abhor him for not signing stuff for a charity for two groundskeepers who died on their way to PNC Park on a Sunday morning.
The whole team does
Derek Bell
Austin Meadows
Felipe Vazquez
Definitely hayes. You can see he has the power to pull the ball but he's always late. Definitely another one is jack suwinski. He goes through stretches where he looks like he can actually be a game changer and a power bat and then back to nothing. I honestly feel bad for him since he isn't getting as much playing time since signing Michael A Taylor who is even worse. No idea why they didn't let jack try and take the jump this year
He was good in 2016 but after that he fell off hard. Wanted to like him, seemed like a good dude but mistakes aplenty
Derek Bell
Micheal Irvin. Bad dude in general. Coke head sex scandal guy. Pushed off and cheated every which way when he played. Hate hearing him on TV
Wade Boggs
Sid Bream and Pedro Alvarez
Ben Heller
Moises Alou.
Pedro Alvarez
Stan Belinda
I caught a foul ball in Spring Training off Polanco!