The Pirates Just SCREWED Over Their Own Player To Save Some Money

23 comments

1. Thay need to replace him with a new owner who knows what they're doing no wonder why the pirates are bad Thay say well were not doing good let screw our players what an evil move

2. Creative script. Did you have help or is that all English minor

3. At the end I believe pirates actually loose way more than they “saved”
   🤦🏻‍♂️ idiot move
   Don’t u think other future free agents not gonna have that in mind

4. That team is scum for that

5. pro sports are business. the individuals are 100% replaceable. players arent OWED millions of dollars to play a meaningless game. no pro athlete is worth tens or hundres of millions of dollars and they never will. pro sports dont save lives

6. This happens all the time. Nothing new going on here. The guy sucks too, if he was playing well the team wouldn’t pull this kind of stuff.

7. they basically showed everyone why to never sign with them, good luck fielding a winning team now

8. I disagree. He signed the contract as stipulated and frankly played terribly so whether they release him 1 ab short or 50, if you don’t want that to happen, don’t have it included in your contract and if you want more control of your contracts, play better and get in better shape.

9. MLB is a cutthroat business pure and simple. The $200k saved here could be going to sign a high school prospect.

10. I’m sure this will help coming into the off season. Who would want to come here knowing they might get totally screwed? Bushleague move guys. Bush.

11. Nutting needs some post nutting clarity…

12. I have a collapsed lung and am in the hospital… Am i allowed to like the video? 😂

13. When the Orioles faced the Pirates this year, Rowdy was my biggest fear!

14. My dad was a lifelong Pirates fan. He loved Clemente Parker Stargell ll and the rest of țhe 79 Pirates. He’s turning over in his grave that the Bucs have taking Tanking
    business model and shafting players out of bonuses. He'd say something like. Used to e a classy organization. This is my feeling: They lost their way in the 90s.

15. Tigers video when???

16. I get it that business is business, but this seems shady on many levels. They should have let him go a lot sooner if their intention was not to pay the incentive. This just looks bad on the organization and very obvious why.

17. That is just vile

18. So they saved 30 k for waiting 1 day and that is the example you use to say they’re cheap? 1 day! 🥴

19. When I first heard of this news I was disgusted and angry. Those fans come out and support this team no matter what, and to fuck over players over nickels and dimes is a fucking joke to a billionaire. They should have done the right thing and to say the 200k didn’t play a factor is COMPLETE BS!!!!

20. I wonder how this guy is going to eat😐. He is turning 30 and didn’t perform. Would it make it better if the Pirates said- we made a business decision?

21. YAWN!! Rowdy couldn't hit his way out of a wet paper bag

22. Not only did he screw this guy out of his money, but potentially out of any career in baseball with the timing. What a doosh he is.

23. i'd agree respect them more if they just admitted this is why they did it.

    i hope another teams signs him and gives him 4 PAs bc then the Pirates are on the hook for 99 percent of the money.