200 Pirates Won’t be Contenders

The Pittsburgh Pirates have been going through a rough spell for the past 17-years. That’s how long they’ve sported a losing record, the longest in major sports in North America- and still counting. In 2009, the struggling Pirates finished in last place in the NL Central with a record of 62-99; second worst in baseball.

 

Pittsburgh did pick up a good player in Akinori Iwamura from the Tampa Bay Rays and are attempting to put a young-winning team together, but it looks like that still may be two or three years away. They do have some money for other trades, (a hot baseball bat or two would be nice) but they really need to develop a good core group of players to build on. If that doesn’t happen soon, newly acquired Iwamura can teach general manager Neal Huntington the meaning of the word “sayonara…”  

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