This offseason the Pirates have been linked to a few players that may command a great deal of money. The contracts that these players, like a Jorge De La Rosa, may want exceed what is the typical Pirate outlay of money.
No one on any side is likely to acknowledge this, but the Pirates probably must
spend more than their $48 million total of 2010. Coonelly was
successful in convincing the union in the spring that the team was
spending appropriately for a young roster, but that stance will not last
long. If the union does not like what it sees, it could push for an
investigation similar to the one that prompted the Florida Marlins to
finally raise payroll.
It would be interesting to know if that is indeed the case that there is a sort of mandate that they must spend. If so, we are looking a pretty large chump of change that the club would need to spend, close to $20 million or so. That is pretty significant and could help a long way to improving the club.
The question is would the team spend it wisely or would it be like a little kid with $5 dollars to spend and just pick whatever cost him $5 at the dollar store. It is exciting to think about the Pirates being players in the free agent market, but also scary in that it is uncharted territory. Will they do the right thing or not?
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