Ben cheringtons trade run from 2020-2021 is one of the worst in pirates history.
July 20, 2025
Ben cheringtons trade run from 2020-2021 is one of the worst in pirates history.
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I’ve never heard of half the guys we acquired.
The two San Diego deals aren’t bad. The rest are awful.
Most of the guys we traded away were on expiring contracts or just not very good themselves for us. The issue is probably more the moves we didn’t make. Outside of maybe 2 trades here, I’m not sure what we’re whining about. We were never going to pay Musgrove, so flipping him for a future all star closer is pretty good.
Get ready for a similar return for Skenes. 😂
Could pick prospect names out of a hat and get a better return.
This is brutal. They are going to let him run this deadline again… oh boy
Neal Huntingtons Archer and Cole trades are 100x worse than anything here
Half the guys we got are gone or I haven’t heard of and one is on the lifetime ban list💔
The only phone call Cherington should be allowed to take is the one telling him to clear out his office and turn in the keys. With each new embarrassment you think it’ll be enough to get some changes made and it’s just silence. Brown and Wehner barely talked about the game today, they’re just bullshitting with each other (actually quite enjoyed it) and reminiscing about Adam Hyzdu and Ross Ohlendorf. Guys in the studio are so awkward trying to find words for what they’ve seen. ANYBODY ANYWHERE would have blown this thing to smithereens by now but… nothing. The players know it too.
These are… horrendous
Who/where are all those guys he acquired?
So many of these trades you see guys coming back who don’t project as power hitters and are basically “Utility contact guys”. I’m so tired of that player type on the Pirates, because look where it has gotten them. The philosophy of getting guys who can “play anywhere” but not hit has led to a historically bad offense.
This is the opposite of GMJR pens run in 2015/2016 where trade was perfect. All but 1 here is a disaster lol
The Stallings trade was completely unnecessary. The others I dont lose any sleep over
In that Bell trade Ben really had to eat Crowe
He not only gave talent away, he paid them to take it.
Wow. The Luchessi trade was god but literally all the others are failures.
Now I’m beyond depressed.
Yeah they’re terrible, but the big thing I noticed is that we never traded for anyone who was already being paid any amount of money. Pretty difficult to build a team when you can’t trade for anyone who isn’t being paid league minimum.
Year six of the rebuild
Really thought we had something with Roansy.
LOL at me for ever defending him. That’s brutal.
The Bell trade – dude just came off a huge season and no doubt was shit when they traded him (he was at -0.5 WAR). Bell then proceeded to more or less put up similar production as soon as he left. I wasn’t a fan of the trade then and it rates as absolutely terrible. He was the first 1B we had developed in decades and we traded him for nothing.
The Mets trade to get Bednar and Cruz was great
I was done the moment i heard Imanaga almost signed here but didnt because of refusal to put performance bonuses in his contract.
At least, thats what has been said here in Japan.
Yea even Japan knows BC is shit and gives this organization shit for wasting McCutchens career.
26 comments
I’ve never heard of half the guys we acquired.
The two San Diego deals aren’t bad. The rest are awful.
Most of the guys we traded away were on expiring contracts or just not very good themselves for us. The issue is probably more the moves we didn’t make. Outside of maybe 2 trades here, I’m not sure what we’re whining about. We were never going to pay Musgrove, so flipping him for a future all star closer is pretty good.
Get ready for a similar return for Skenes. 😂
Could pick prospect names out of a hat and get a better return.
This is brutal. They are going to let him run this deadline again… oh boy
Neal Huntingtons Archer and Cole trades are 100x worse than anything here
Half the guys we got are gone or I haven’t heard of and one is on the lifetime ban list💔
The only phone call Cherington should be allowed to take is the one telling him to clear out his office and turn in the keys. With each new embarrassment you think it’ll be enough to get some changes made and it’s just silence. Brown and Wehner barely talked about the game today, they’re just bullshitting with each other (actually quite enjoyed it) and reminiscing about Adam Hyzdu and Ross Ohlendorf. Guys in the studio are so awkward trying to find words for what they’ve seen. ANYBODY ANYWHERE would have blown this thing to smithereens by now but… nothing. The players know it too.
These are… horrendous
Who/where are all those guys he acquired?
So many of these trades you see guys coming back who don’t project as power hitters and are basically “Utility contact guys”. I’m so tired of that player type on the Pirates, because look where it has gotten them. The philosophy of getting guys who can “play anywhere” but not hit has led to a historically bad offense.
This is the opposite of GMJR pens run in 2015/2016 where trade was perfect. All but 1 here is a disaster lol
The Stallings trade was completely unnecessary. The others I dont lose any sleep over
In that Bell trade Ben really had to eat Crowe
He not only gave talent away, he paid them to take it.
Wow. The Luchessi trade was god but literally all the others are failures.
Now I’m beyond depressed.
Yeah they’re terrible, but the big thing I noticed is that we never traded for anyone who was already being paid any amount of money. Pretty difficult to build a team when you can’t trade for anyone who isn’t being paid league minimum.
Year six of the rebuild
Really thought we had something with Roansy.
LOL at me for ever defending him. That’s brutal.
The Bell trade – dude just came off a huge season and no doubt was shit when they traded him (he was at -0.5 WAR). Bell then proceeded to more or less put up similar production as soon as he left. I wasn’t a fan of the trade then and it rates as absolutely terrible. He was the first 1B we had developed in decades and we traded him for nothing.
The Mets trade to get Bednar and Cruz was great
I was done the moment i heard Imanaga almost signed here but didnt because of refusal to put performance bonuses in his contract.
At least, thats what has been said here in Japan.
Yea even Japan knows BC is shit and gives this organization shit for wasting McCutchens career.
Ouufa that’s bad