Player feedback finally met action in Pittsburgh. The real test starts with how the plan lands in the bullpen and rotation.
For once, the Pirates didn’t gaslight their own clubhouse. After a season full of little betrayals, nothing louder than the organization shrugging off hitters who said they literally couldn’t see the ball during certain PNC Park day games, the front office finally met its pitchers where they were: heard, and backed.
Players had been hinting for months that Oscar Marin wasn’t getting them to their ceiling.