At this time every year, I try to write something about the roster issues the Pirates will be facing over the next few months. It doesn’t seem like a very worthwhile task this year, though, because so little of what the team has done recently — well, really for three years now — has made any sense. It’s frustrating to think about what the team should do while knowing that there’s little chance of them doing anything useful. But I’d figured I’d just pretend that Neal Huntington isn’t making it his priority to compete for 78 wins rather than trying to get back into contention, or that Clint Hurdle doesn’t think he’s running a halfway house for washed-up veterans transitioning back to the world.
Pirates’ upcoming roster issues: Part one
