Jason Mackey: Why the Pirates’ recent signing of Tommy Pham deserves a second look
February 10, 2025
Jason Mackey: Why the Pirates’ recent signing of Tommy Pham deserves a second look
14 comments
He’s a solid hitter and can hit everyday. I’m just concerned with his defense and base running.
Trotting out a guy who is well below average in both fielding and speed will negatively impact many games whether fans realize it or not.
Cruz, Reynolds, and now Pham aren’t exactly the best defensive outfield, and I’m not sure Pham brings enough to the plate to offset his other deficiencies.
A second look in suffering and yearning for a REAL star that can push us into the league championship games?
Jason Mackey, the ultimate fangirl
*Hey Jason, yeah this is Bob. I need you to write a piece convincing fans that we are really smart and playing 4D chess with a small market team. Yeah. Make it seem like it was a good idea to sign Tommy.*
scab shills for billionaire, more at 11
You can come up for air, Mackey
Yeah I’m sure his “surly reputation” and “in-your-face, demanding and brutally honest type of personality” will mesh will with Shelty’s culture of just have fun lol
God this sub is insufferable af sometimes. Look until we put up a winning season no legit player is going to want to come here. We underperformed last year and that’s on the front office for sure but this is truly the last put up or shut up year for a ton of guys.
If we’re good, then we can see what holes we have then sign guys long term to out us over the top when we’re more attractive to free agents.
If we suck then it’s much of the same, and you can shit on the rebuild as much as you want.
Lots of core guys have less than 1k plate appearances in the big leagues so we really don’t know who they are yet. At least give them this year to make some noise, who knows if some things go our way and we can avoid 10+ game losing streak we could be in it. We did look like a legit major league team for a decent amount of the time last year. A full year of Jones and Skenes with some experience under their belts could be a huge game changer.
Just be patient ffs.
I’m not a real Pham of this signing ! Haha …. Hahahaha…. Oh Lord help us
It does not.
Nah I’m good, no offense meant to the new Bucco. Though it’s inherently offensive. Whatever
14 comments
He’s a solid hitter and can hit everyday. I’m just concerned with his defense and base running.
Trotting out a guy who is well below average in both fielding and speed will negatively impact many games whether fans realize it or not.
Cruz, Reynolds, and now Pham aren’t exactly the best defensive outfield, and I’m not sure Pham brings enough to the plate to offset his other deficiencies.
A second look in suffering and yearning for a REAL star that can push us into the league championship games?
Jason Mackey, the ultimate fangirl
*Hey Jason, yeah this is Bob. I need you to write a piece convincing fans that we are really smart and playing 4D chess with a small market team. Yeah. Make it seem like it was a good idea to sign Tommy.*
scab shills for billionaire, more at 11
You can come up for air, Mackey
Yeah I’m sure his “surly reputation” and “in-your-face, demanding and brutally honest type of personality” will mesh will with Shelty’s culture of just have fun lol
God this sub is insufferable af sometimes. Look until we put up a winning season no legit player is going to want to come here. We underperformed last year and that’s on the front office for sure but this is truly the last put up or shut up year for a ton of guys.
If we’re good, then we can see what holes we have then sign guys long term to out us over the top when we’re more attractive to free agents.
If we suck then it’s much of the same, and you can shit on the rebuild as much as you want.
Lots of core guys have less than 1k plate appearances in the big leagues so we really don’t know who they are yet. At least give them this year to make some noise, who knows if some things go our way and we can avoid 10+ game losing streak we could be in it. We did look like a legit major league team for a decent amount of the time last year. A full year of Jones and Skenes with some experience under their belts could be a huge game changer.
Just be patient ffs.
I’m not a real Pham of this signing ! Haha …. Hahahaha…. Oh Lord help us
It does not.
Nah I’m good, no offense meant to the new Bucco. Though it’s inherently offensive. Whatever
Mackey is such a dipshit
Mackey is such a dipshit
He’s a depth player, not a starter