Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 by Adam Wagner
Some Quick Pirate Notes
According to the PG, the Pirates are basically going to set the franchise record for fewest errors in the season (they have 74 right now and the record is 101). This would seem to be a strong indication of good fielding and is for every infield position, generally. Catcher and all of the outfield positions, however, have been butchered routinely.
The Pirates must learn that good fielding is about taking risks sometimes, as the risk on a ball that is laid out for with runners on second and third with one out is worth the reward that catching it will reap. The Pirates are a team that simply don’t take chances, either on or off the field. Hopefully that will change, but setting a record for the lowest number of errors in a season is impressive in a backhanded manner.
- I do not mind the Frank Coonelly choice at all (actually, I like it), but it sort of disturbs me that the Pirates only had one other candidate (Chuck Greenberg) and he happens to be owner of two of their minor league teams. Bob Nutting must have realized that the minor league jokes would have gotten much worse if they had hired Greenberg.
- Apparently the Pirates are the in-demand GM job as candidates an attractive ballpark, a city desperate for a winner, and a team that can not get much worse. They had better get this hire right.
- In potential GM news, apparently the Pirates view Rueben Amaro as a front-runner. I can’t find too much about him, but apparently he has been with the Phillies for a while, which is interesting considering that the Pirates also interviewed ex-Philly GM Ed Wade. They should not focus the search too much on Eastern Pennsylvania.
- Detroit is mad that Littlefield was fired . . . and takes great joy in poking fun at the ex-GM here.
- Zach Duke and Salomon Torres are coming back for the rest of the season. Not a good decision on the part of Pirate management. They should just let the two arms rest and throw some winter ball, but nothing too strenuous. The potentially bad outcomes are much greater than the good here, as making an injury worse is more important than winning two or three games at the pointless end of another season.
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