Derek Shelton weathered the storm that was the tear down during the first couple of years during the Pirates rebuild.
Now he’s getting a chance to try and take the team to the next level.
The Pittsburgh Pirates announced that they were extending their manager, and although the exact details haven’t been released, it was the right call to give Shelton a chance to see how far he can take this team.
It hasn’t been an easy road for Shelton, as not only was he taking control of a rebuilding team — for his first managing job no less — but faced all sorts of obstacles that made things far from normal.