Pirates Notes: Morton, Pitching, Melancon, Niese, Nicasio, Kang By Brad Johnson | December 12, 2015 at 5:49pm CST The Pirates are one of several teams holding a FanFest today. Reporters, including MLBTR’s Charlie Wilmoth, were on hand for the Q&A with GM Neal Huntington. The Pirates’ GM admitted that today’s Morton swap was mostly about payroll relief, although the club does like David Whitehead. Here’s more Pirates notes: Today’s trade of Charlie Morton will likely instigate “multiple moves,” tweets Rob Biertempfel of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. After the move, the Pirates payroll is around $88MM with a target of about $105MM per Biertempfel (tweet). Huntington told reporters including MLB.com’s Adam Berry (tweet), “ A big part of the motivation was to free some dollars to allow us to deepen the club, to reestablish some depth.“ Industry sources implied to Biertempfel (tweet) that pitchers like Scott Kazmir, Mike Leake, or others over $10MM per season are not on the Pirates radar. However, there is no doubt that at least one starting pitcher is on the agenda. The rotation presently consists of Gerrit Cole, Francisco Liriano, Jon Niese, and Jeff Locke. Presumably, the club prefers for Locke or Niese to fill a long relief role with Allen Webster serving as minor league depth. Top prospect Tyler Glasnow is not expected to reach the majors early in the season. Closer Mark Melancon is expected to earn $10MM in arbitration per MLBTR estimates, but the club is under no pressure to trade him, tweets Biertempfel. The team could potentially get by in the late innings with Tony Watson, Arquimedes Caminero, and new acquisition Juan Nicasio. However, a bullpen with Melancon is certainly more robust. With the market for quality closers at a premium, Pittsburgh would find it difficult to replace Melancon. Per Huntington, “if somebody steps up and gives us a return that’s significant enough to motivate us to get a little bit uncomfortable, then we get a little bit uncomfortable.” (h/t to Wilmoth for the quote). In commenting on Nicasio, Huntinton told Wilmoth, “We do think there are some things we can help him with. Now, is it going to be enough to make him a good starter? Time will tell. Is it going to be enough to make him a really good reliever? Time will tell.” The Pirates have developed a reputation as a haven for reclamation projects which could make Nicasio an interesting player to watch. Comparing recent acquisition Jon Niese to the market, Huntington said “he’ ll continue to put up numbers similar to guys who are getting sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety million dollars in free agency — we have three, essentially, one-year contracts with Jon Niese.” While Niese comes with less cachet than somebody like Mike Leake, it’s true that they project to perform similarly. As such, Huntington may very well beat the market with this swap. Huntington says Jung-ho Kang is more likely to return in April than May, per Berry (tweet). If true, this is a lucky break for the club. They currently have some combination of Josh Harrison, Jordy Mercer, Alen Hanson, and Pedro Florimon penciled in for second base, shortstop, and third base. An injury or poor performance from Hanson could leave the club scrambling for reinforcements. The Pirates will retrench in 2016 with an aim to contend again in 2017, writes John Perotto of the Beaver County Times. While the club will still pursue a postseason berth next year, they’ll have their eyes on developing top prospects like Josh Bell, Glasnow, and Jameson Taillon. 今天海盗办了场Fans Q&A 简单的翻译一下(翻错在帮忙指正 感谢) 首先当然先讲到最近的交易 拿Morton交换费城的Whitehead 憨汀不否认是省钱拿来增加球队深度 但也承认他蛮喜欢Whitehead 也提到现在FA的10MM投手们 如Kazmir Leake等都不在海盗的争取名单内 以目前的战力来看 还缺少一名先发投手 目前投手为Cole Liriano Niese Locke 推测可能把Niese 或 Locke丢长中继 新秀Glasnow预计本季不会登上MLB(所以目前应该算三个SP 要再补两个?) 再来提到今年救援王Melancon 不急着今年把他交易掉(不趁高点?!) 所以明年牛棚应该还是由Caminero Watson 以及新买的Nicasio组成(Hughes表示...) 至於去年季末受伤的姜正浩 预估明年四月应该就可以回来 跟J-Hay Mercer Hanson Florimon争夺二三游 不过Hanson受伤 可能变成四抢三的状况 今年状况就别期待了 海盗预计今年要紧缩开支 为的是於2017年在采购 趁着Bell Glasnow Tailon等上大联盟 --

※ 发信站: 批踢踢实业坊(ptt.cc), 来自: 140.112.25.219 ※ 文章网址: https://webptt.com/cn.aspx?n=bbs/Pirates/M.1449983699.A.484.html 感谢 所以Melancon还是有机会被交易吗XD(期待他会补些什麽AuA) ※ 编辑: troy30408 (140.112.25.219), 12/14/2015 09:25:24