DK’s Daily Shot of Pirates: The future rotation

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1. We need an owner like the LA Clippers owner with a crazy amount of money who is more than willing to put it towards our team.

2. Buccos gifted me with a win on my birthday 🥳🏴‍☠️😶

3. I would love to see a Legitimate list of 10 MLB hitters the Pirates could reasonably expect to consider for 1 or 2 of the SPs. Guys like Rice (NYY), Neto (LAA) and others.
   Pirates have Valuable SPs and should get Valuable Hitters back.

4. There were some negatives/doubts brought up about Bubba a little while back.. It almost sounded like Pirate Brain Trust BS trying to influence fans' thinking. What do you think DK?

5. Can’t forget Hunter Barco DK! Only a step away from the majors, is a consensus top 100 prospect AND he’s a lefty. I’d put him above Harrington at the current moment.

6. Bubba Chandler #57
   John Smiley #57

7. Despite the ridiculous number of flaws with this franchise I have to say they DO know how to develop pitching! That seems to come the easiest to them.

8. You forgot Hunter Barco, a LHP

9. People were entirely too quick to crown the pirates as "good at pitching development." However, with ashcraft performing in starts, burrows being decent, and Chandler debuting with a bang, the evidence is finally piling

10. Pirates and A's look like would be great trade partners. Package Cruz and one of the starters for a couple of quality bats.

11. So who's expendable among the arms? The FACT remains, we still need BATS and DESPARATELY……oh, by the by, I saw last week on MLB that Bailey Falter is on the DL with a Bicep Contusion…..Kowinky-Dink? I think not…..

12. Hey DK! My question is whatever happened to the three inning save? Feel like that would be a good way to use some of this young starting pitching next year. This may be me being an armchair Manager, and feel free to call me out if I am, but why don't the Pirates put a guy like Thomas Harrington or Jared Jones In the bullpen and deploy them when the Pirates have a forer run or bigger lead after the sixth inning? I feel this could be a way to limit innings for some of the younger guys and also give the guy in the bullpen a chance to work.

13. Now if we only had hitters to go with this pitching. 😂

14. Thank you DK, They need better hitters or at least two to improve this team. It's been too long since a playoff game. A new Gm needs to happen. Great show DK

15. I love Ashcraft. I hope they don't trade him. He looks so polished and confident out there. Great stuff, too.