If 2015 looks like a long time ago, it must seem like a lifetime for Pittsburgh Pirates fans. Pittsburgh won 98 games that season and made it to the playoffs for the third consecutive time, the Pirates were Baseball America’s organization of the year, Travis Sawchik was writing a book called “Big Data Baseball” about how the Pirates were leading the analytical revolution and the O The agricultural system was quite solid, led by Tyler Glasnow, Austin Meadows and Josh Bell.
Glasnow and Meadows were negotiated with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2018 in a very fierce negotiation by Chris Archer. The Pirates plummeted to 93 losses in 2019 and ended with the worst record in the majors in 2020. Now Bell is also gone, negotiated with the Nationals by pitchers Wil Crowe, who debuted in the major championships in 2020, and Eddy Yean, a 19-year-old years old who tossed newbie ball in 2018.