DK’s Daily Shot of Pirates: Top priority for new GM

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1. 😶

2. Thank you DK, Knowing how to pick them can save money. By now it should have happened . I agree DK. Awesome show.

3. I have this sense of dread that they won't fire Cherington.

4. Dk i respectfully have to disagree with you Nutting won't fire cherington he has saved him too much money that's what Nutting hired him to do.

5. a new Gm means yet another rebuild and even lower salaries do we as pirates fans want to go through another very long rebuild no thank you I don't like Chumpington but i don't want to see another long rebuild.

6. As a corollary to the "they can't hit" proposition. As much as I like Reynolds (the Pirates main hitting star) this is his 7th season. His bWar by year 4.2, 0.5, 6.0, 3.0, 2.4, 3.6 and 0.5 for this season (less than Davis 0.8). A total of 20.2 or about 3 War a year and he's our main guy. What does that say about the rest of this sorry offense?
   Side note: He finished behind hitters Alonso and Tatis in 2019 NL ROY voting.

7. Cherrington will be in Bradenton in March of '26.

8. Who of any quality would want the job knowing that their hands will be tied by Nutting, not to mention that payroll is likely to go down even further next year due to the decrease in attendance? I am thinking unfortunately that Ben Cherington will return in 2026.

9. Isn't Ben Cherington doing exactly what he's told? Why would you fire a "yes man"? I would believe that Ben wants to work for a winning team. Taking this job is career suicide. He has nothing to show to a future employer now. Zero.

10. I will not believe Ben Cherington is going to be fired until he is fired.

11. The Pirates must have very lousy hitting coaches throughout the system. No way Suwinski should be batting .100. Jack could hit 50 homers in Colorado.

12. I just filled out the form yesterday to officially opt out of renewal and have now given up my seats and my tickets for 2026. Literally ANY other use of my leisure time and money is better than devoting most of my summer weekends to this clown car of a front office and the team they put on the field.

13. Neal Walker should be the next GM. He has a baseball mind, a local guy, and knows talent in the MLB.

14. There will not be a new GM DK. Nutting wants a work stoppage in 27 so why make any big changes before an uncertain season in 27.

15. Why does Bob Nutting hate Paul’s dogs so much? Is he truly that cruel? Those dogs deserve a better team than this.

16. Why would this owner want to have his legacy known as fans hate him & he is a loser ? Why would you want that !!

17. I can't wait until the Daily Shot of Pirates the day after Ben Cherington is let go.

18. I'd love to know what your scout friend thinks of Oneil Cruz having been identified as a building block, a center piece at shortstop and now in center field. Have a great weekend, DK.

19. Cherington will not be fired

20. I can think of a few people that would be good at the job – whether they would want it is another story – Jason Kendall, Steve Blass, Jim Leyland…

21. DK I'd love to hear you elaborate more on your scout friends thoughts on the Pirates organization in totality.

22. Hi, DK.

    I will offer you my perspective on Mr. Nutting and how he hires GM's. My take is almost entirely different that yours. I hope you don't mind. Here it goes.

    1- Mr. Nutting does not look for a bona fide candidate that knows baseball;
    2- Mr. Nutting looks for and hires GM's that can create, continue, develop a new five-year fallacy;
    3- Mr. Nutting wants to continue creating five-year cycles that create the illusion of wanting to get better and win;
    4- Mr. Nutting wants to keep people talking about the future (The neverending future, that is);
    5- Mr. Nutting wants people to continue looking at the player or players in the low minors or the Dominican that will look great five years from now;
    6- Mr. Nutting wants and needs a GM that knows how to talk about metrics;
    7- Metrics is always a great topic of conversation that keeps fans focused on something else;
    8- Mr. Nutting knows exactly what he is doing…, and is a master at that;
    9- And, yes, Mr. Nutting has almost completely taken my love for the game away from me;
    10- It is a shame how Mr. Nutting has almost singlehandedly "destroyed" what was once a very serious, and entertaining baseball franchise.

    In my opinion!!!!!!!!!!!!!

23. A salary cap won't change this clown of an organization. Stop deluding yourselves.

24. My dog Peanut is with you, Paul. LOL

25. I wear a pirates hat everyday. When people say “hey do you like the pirates” my response is “no, I f-cking hate the pirates”

26. Did I miss Cherrington getting fired or are we just assuming he will be?

27. I read a while ago that Reynolds would tail off as he approached age 30! Now I know that predictions are tricky, but maybe this person was a scout. It doesn't matter though it was just a projection.

28. What a show today thank you