Paul Meyer is back from Key West to answer questions. There's a lot of good stuff in this one. A fan writes to ask why the Pirates can't get by as "lovable losers" and Meyer has the answer at the end of his paragraph: Pittsburgh fans don't abide losing teams.
He's also got the Davis-for-Mateo decision measured. I think the Pirates fear losing Davis because (a) he's a former #1 pick and (b) they were caught off guard with all the hullabaloo about losing the Rule V players. As you can see in more than one report, Mac is sick of hearing about J.J. Davis.
Of the five, only Jeff Bennett has contributed this year and he looks lost at times. I've never thought the Pirates lost much worth keeping in that draft, but I can't deny that they had room on the 40-man to protect one or more of these guys. Even had they protected one or two of those five players, how could they know Bennett was the one to protect? Sure, blunders were made, but the team received criticism - especially from the national media - that was far out of proportion to the crime.
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