Former MLB GM hands Pirates brutal reality check on $12 million slugger: 'He's done'
This is a brutal dose of reality for the Pirates.
Former MLB GM hands Pirates brutal reality check on $12 million slugger: 'He's done' originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Pittsburgh Pirates are 25-24, last place in the NL Central, but are having a much better season than many would've expected before the season began.
Konnor Griffin has been great, Oneil Cruz looks to be breaking out, Paul Skenes is as good as ever, while offseason additions of Brandon Lowe and Ryan O'Hearn have gone very well. However, a $12 million offseason signing in Marcell Ozuna has not aged well at all for the Pirates. Things have gone so poorly that Jim Bowden of The Athletic , a former MLB general manager, gave a simple but brutal reality check.
Pirates get brutal reality check on Marcell Ozuna: 'He's done' "Marcell Ozuna, DH, Pittsburgh Pirates. My best guess: He's done," Bowden writes. "...
Given his age and the decline in his production over the past two years, he looks like a release candidate at some point this season. " The Pirates brought in Ozuna to be their designated hitter, a position reserved for someone who's a net positive offensively. That hasn't been the case with Ozuna this season.