I don’t need to say too much about how bad Tommy Pham’s tenure has been with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The numbers at the plate thus far are bad enough, not to mention the additional antics that come with the Pham experience, which was displayed recently in Anaheim.
When Pham was first signed, it made no sense for many reasons. First, the Pirates already had their older and still productive veteran clubhouse leader in Andrew McCutchen. While Pham has a reputation for holding people accountable and taking the game seriously, he isn’t known as a “good clubhouse guy.