This morning the Pittsburgh Pirates officially parted ways with team President Frank Coonelly. While the relationship between the President of an MLB team and its operations staff, including the GM, is sometimes blurred, this immediately put Huntington’s job in jeopardy.
Pittsburgh Pirates and Team President, Frank Coonelly, agree to part ways. pic.twitter.com/zmmQjjTouW
— Pirates (@Pirates) October 23, 2019
Reading between the lines of the Pirates official statement when they released Coonelly should have Neal even more concerned. Specifically, the sentence: ” This leadership transition gives us the opportunity to refresh our entire operations.