Pirates Dream Scenario

As you know the Pittsburgh Pirates are in the NL Central race, were once in FIRST place, and are over .500. Now Andrew McCutchen and Joel Hanrahan are nice, but what would've happened if the Pirates hadn't passed up on Dave Littefield at General Manager. Hadn't traded Freddy Sanchez, Jason Bay, Jose Bautista, Nate McClouth Xavier Nady, Zach Duke, Matt Capps, John van Benchshotten, Jack Wilson, John Grabow, Jonah Bayliss, and Mike Gonzalez. What if Littefield went out and got free agents like Mark Prior, Jason Jennings, AJ Houston, Chad Billingsley, Wade Miller, Jason Marquis, Matt Cain, Manny Delcarmen, Carlos Pena, Cliff Floyd, Nick Swisher, Jeff Mathis, Russ Adams, and Brian Wilson. Things would be different right? They'd be in first place day after day. Imagine the pitching rotation.

Zach Duke

Mark Prior

Matt Cain

Chad Billingsley

Jason Marquis

Imagine the bullpen. A bullpen so loaded, starters are in it.

Wade Miller

Jason Jennings

AJ Houston

Brian Wilson

Mike Gonzalez

John van Benchshotten

John Grabow

Jonah Bayliss

Matt Capps

Manny Delcarmen

Joel Hanrahan

Imagine the lineup. Stacked throughout.

Andrew McCutchen

Nick Swisher

Jason Bay

Carlos Pena

Jose Bautista

Cliff Floyd

Xavier Nady

Jack Wilson

Nate McClouth

And a bench so loaded. Too many good players.

Jeff Mathis

Russ Adams

Freddy Sanchez

Billy Johnson

Glenn Geary

Wouldn't it be crazy? Wouldn't you love to be a fan of the Pirates? This is the project I came up with.

This winter I will do a franchise with the Pirates on MLB 2K7. This will be the team. On January 27th, 2012, I will alert you to how everyone is doing. Then maybe the Pirates will wonder what might've been.