Just turned 31
Another great signing by the Giants
Andrew McCutchen & Evan Longoria
Another great signing by the Giants
Andrew McCutchen & Evan Longoria
With that move I think the Giants are just as good as the Dodgers if not better
another Bucco fire-sale .... rebuild after rebuild after rebuild... 3 year plan turned into 5 year plan and now working on a 27 year plan.
don't think Cutch is done AT ALL but definitely needed a change of scenery. he was awesome in june, july, and sept but had a dismal august...and still crushes LHP, not to mention is about as nice of a human being as you can possibly be. If you can't root for him to succeed and win a title, you can't for anyone.
Hope he has great success out there
don't think Cutch is done AT ALL but definitely needed a change of scenery. he was awesome in june, july, and sept but had a dismal august...and still crushes LHP, not to mention is about as nice of a human being as you can possibly be. If you can't root for him to succeed and win a title, you can't for anyone.
Hope he has great success out there
Pirates, another 100 loss team for years to come. Baseball is more have and have not's than ever before. I know free agency has a lot to do with it but both the Pirates and A's were dominant teams once. Pirates won the World Series 71 and 79 and were a dominant team in the early nineties. So were the A's.
You have to look at it this way.
Who would you rather have in CF Denard Span or Andrew McCutchen.
No brainer....Major upgrade
Who would you rather have in CF Denard Span or Andrew McCutchen.
No brainer....Major upgrade
seems like what Pirates got back was decent... Could have been worse.
P - Kyle Crick
Minor League All star - Bryan Reynolds
Reynolds, 22, an outfielder, was ranked as the club’s fourth best prospect in November by Baseball America, and posted an impressive slash line of .312/.364/.462 with Single-A San Jose last season.
Crick got the call up to the major league club for the first time in 2017, and was solid coming out of the bullpen, posting a 3.06 ERA in 30 relief appearances. Crick also had a solid year in AAA Sacramento, posting a 2.76 ERA after transitioning to a relief role for the first time in his pro career.Crick, 25, is a right-handed pitcher that hasn’t been considered a Top 100 MLB prospect since 2015. Crick was ranked as the club’s 16th prospect heading into the 2017 season, and didn’t make Baseball America’s top 10 Giants’ prospects list for 2018.
P - Kyle Crick
Minor League All star - Bryan Reynolds
Reynolds, 22, an outfielder, was ranked as the club’s fourth best prospect in November by Baseball America, and posted an impressive slash line of .312/.364/.462 with Single-A San Jose last season.
Crick got the call up to the major league club for the first time in 2017, and was solid coming out of the bullpen, posting a 3.06 ERA in 30 relief appearances. Crick also had a solid year in AAA Sacramento, posting a 2.76 ERA after transitioning to a relief role for the first time in his pro career.Crick, 25, is a right-handed pitcher that hasn’t been considered a Top 100 MLB prospect since 2015. Crick was ranked as the club’s 16th prospect heading into the 2017 season, and didn’t make Baseball America’s top 10 Giants’ prospects list for 2018.
Reynolds, who was the Giants' No. 4 prospect at the time of the trade, was selected in the second round of the 2016 Draft out of Vanderbilt and has shown off an above-average bat both seasons. The switch-hitter tallied a .312/.364/.462 slash line with 16 homers, 43 doubles and 167 RBIs in 177 games for Class A Short Season Salem-Keizer, Class A Augusta and Class A Advanced San Jose through his first two campaigns. He was named to the California League mid-season All-Star team and MiLB.com's Giants Organization All-Star list this past season, a campaign in which he hit .312/.364/.462 with 10 homers in 121 games with San Jose. He also participated in the Futures Game in Miami in July.
Reynolds split most of his 2017 campaign between right and center, though he also saw time in left.
"Bryan Reynolds is an intelligent, athletic, hard-working baseball prospect who does many things well on a baseball field," Pirates general manager Neal Huntington said in a statement. "Bryan is an effective offensive player [who] also plays quality defense. We look forward to working with Bryan to maximize his tools and help him become a quality well-rounded Major League player who can impact a game in many ways beyond his quality bat."
Crick climbed through the Giants' system after being selected 49th overall in the 2011 Draft. The Texas native has slid in value, going from San Francisco's top prospect in 2013 and 2014 to his spot at No. 16 before the trade, but he still has plenty to offer for the Pirates. After years of control issues, Crick moved to the bullpen last spring and quickly saw the benefits, posting a 2.76 ERA with 39 strikeouts and 17 walks in 29 1/3 innings across 24 appearances for Triple-A Sacramento before making his Major League debut on June 20.
Sporting a well-above average fastball, the 25-year-old right-hander notched a 3.06 ERA with 28 punchouts and 17 walks in 32 1/3 frames across 30 games in the Majors.
"Kyle Crick is a physical, Major League-ready right-handed reliever who brings a high-velocity, live fastball complemented by a quality slider to potentially pitch in a late-inning role for the Pirates," Huntington said. "Kyle's power arsenal has resulted in a high strikeout rate complemented by inducing a lot of weak contact. After his first exposure to the Major League level last season, Kyle appears ready to take the next steps in what should be a productive career as a high leverage Major League relief pitcher."
Reynolds split most of his 2017 campaign between right and center, though he also saw time in left.
"Bryan Reynolds is an intelligent, athletic, hard-working baseball prospect who does many things well on a baseball field," Pirates general manager Neal Huntington said in a statement. "Bryan is an effective offensive player [who] also plays quality defense. We look forward to working with Bryan to maximize his tools and help him become a quality well-rounded Major League player who can impact a game in many ways beyond his quality bat."
Crick climbed through the Giants' system after being selected 49th overall in the 2011 Draft. The Texas native has slid in value, going from San Francisco's top prospect in 2013 and 2014 to his spot at No. 16 before the trade, but he still has plenty to offer for the Pirates. After years of control issues, Crick moved to the bullpen last spring and quickly saw the benefits, posting a 2.76 ERA with 39 strikeouts and 17 walks in 29 1/3 innings across 24 appearances for Triple-A Sacramento before making his Major League debut on June 20.
Sporting a well-above average fastball, the 25-year-old right-hander notched a 3.06 ERA with 28 punchouts and 17 walks in 32 1/3 frames across 30 games in the Majors.
"Kyle Crick is a physical, Major League-ready right-handed reliever who brings a high-velocity, live fastball complemented by a quality slider to potentially pitch in a late-inning role for the Pirates," Huntington said. "Kyle's power arsenal has resulted in a high strikeout rate complemented by inducing a lot of weak contact. After his first exposure to the Major League level last season, Kyle appears ready to take the next steps in what should be a productive career as a high leverage Major League relief pitcher."
Also down the stretch you had Pablo Sandoval & Conor Gillaspie platooning at 3rd base.
Now you have Evan Longoria.
GM did a very nice job
Now you have Evan Longoria.
GM did a very nice job
