The 2007 Pirates are a perfect example a bad team gone bad. The Pirates are now a NL worst 42-61, and on their current pace they could challenge for the worst team in baseball. Everything that could have well this year has gone bad. Adam LaRoche, the pitching staff, Jason Bay, Ronny Paulino, they all have underperformed.
The Pirates might in the worst shape in MLB.
They currently have no one of any real value or no one they could get market value for. For example you probably couldn't get equal value for Jason Bay or Ian Snell in a trade. Which is a real problem when you need to totally rebuild your franchise. If they could find someone for Ryan NoMit, that would be one less person, Shawn Chacon, keeps your fingers crossed, and maybe Xavier Nady could bring at less someone with potential.
Its official a total demolition of the team is needed, however you can’t do that unless you have something in your farm system to bring up. Neil Walker as right now is the only guy in the system producing enough to get excited about. Walker needs more time defensively as he already has committed 24 errors. Other than him no one is making me excited in the minors.
The Pirates can’t infuse talent into the team from within, and don’t have the means to attract talent with trades, and surely don’t have the will to acquire players through free agency. So it looks like a bad situation getting worst, and more years of losing to follow.
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