The 2023 Pittsburgh Pirates season has been a rollercoaster. After a blistering hot start 20-9 start in March/April they have not posted a winning month since and ended up selling a few rental pieces at the trade deadline. Despite this, the future remains bright as they have a lot of good up and coming prospects including this year’s first overall selection Paul Skenes.
With a plethora of young players nearing or currently receiving MLB playing time the Pirates could again soon be a playoff team. One former baseball general manager, Dan O’Dowd, believes that they are not far from being elite but that they need to spend some money this winter to address their holes.
Former Colorado Rockies GM Dan O’Dowd believes that the Pittsburgh Pirates are not far away from being elite (MLB News).
On MLB Network Dan O’Dowd provided his thoughts on the Pittsburgh Pirates. He believes that they already have a high floor with a tremendous upside.
“This may shock some people, and a caveat to this will be if they spend some money this winter on what their holes are, I love where the Pirates are at right now. ”
“This team to me is not far from being an elite challenging team. There is a tremendous floor for all these guys and tremendous upside for all these guys. So I think if you’re a Pirates fan, there’s a lot to get excited about in the next couple of years.”
Dan O’Dowd left first base and starting pitcher as two areas the Pirates need to address during the off-season. Coincidentally they traded both Carlos Santana plus Ji Man Choi (first basemen) and Rich Hill (starting pitcher) at this year’s trade deadline.
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