These are tough times for Pirates fans.
I’m not just talking about the state of the franchise, although I am more optimistic than most that Ben Cherington and his team will turn the club around if given time and resources. I believe he’ll get the former but I’m not sure on the latter.
No, I’m talking about this time of year. The Winter Meetings are over – in fact, it seemed like they didn’t even exist this year, although technically teams did conduct business virtually and the Rule 5 draft was held as always. But now we’re in the dark days, with precious little to carry us through the last part of December and the month of January.