The Pittsburgh Pirates have been in the news the most of any team over the last few months, for more bad than good. It all started with the bullpen. The Bucs had multiple issues which included players and coaches getting into heated conversations and entanglements. Then came the firing of manager Clint Hurdle and pitching coach Ray Searage. There was also a series of minor league coaching changes.
Those moves seemed to represent what the Pittsburgh Pirates organization believed to be the main problems over the last few years. The coaching staff was not getting what they once did out of their players.