Bucs Dugout · Aug 30, 2021
Gregory Polanco an exercise in ‘what could have been’ for Pirates
Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports Gregory Polanco defines what it’s like to think you have something exceptional and unique before having it taken away in a slow, drawn-out process that seems to lag worse than unstable internet.
Polanco looked to have had all the makings of a budding star throughout the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Minor League system, becoming a franchise cornerstone next to 2013 MVP Andrew McCutchen and Gold-Glover Starling Marte.
Dubbed the “Outfield of Dreams,” Polanco, Marte, and McCutchen manned the Pirates outfield from the middle of 2014 up until McCutchen was traded to San Francisco after the 2017 season following his two worst seasons in the black and gold.