Pirates fans react to the Bucs signing DH Marcell Ozuna
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What are the concerns surrounding Marcell Ozuna's signing?
I'm honestly not sure if I ever knew this, but if I did, I forgot. Marcelo Zuna comes to the Pirates with some baggage, to put it mildly, Bob. Yes, domestic issue, right? Yeah, domestic violence incident, alleged, but also suspended for by Major League Baseball. I think the charges were withdrawn on this, but they investigated under the joint domestic violence policy. I'm reading a piece here on rumbunter.com by Emma Lingen and determined that he would be suspended for 20 games.
How does Ozuna's history with domestic violence affect his signing?
And this sort of now continues a pattern with the pirates, right? Um, as she puts it, recently signing employing players with domestic violence allegations or disciplinary histories, including Aroldis Chapman, Domingo Herman, and Jiwon Bae. So I got to tell you, this gives me great pause, and I probably would have stayed away from Ozuna. And I realize that people, once they serve their time – then they're back in in the workforce but this this would have given me at the very least great pause here you well i i know it's part of his history not unlike chapman and some of the other guys that you had talked about um Suspension. When was the suspension? Did you mention the year? I can't remember the year.
He was arrested in may of 21 and suspended the following year. And then, uh, I believe he also has, let's see here, uh, 2022 arrested charged with driving under the influence. Yeah, that's not good. That's not what you want. Um, hopefully, I mean, I don't know how that situation turned out in the end. Uh, he put his best foot forward after that you would hope. And if you go through these experiences and you're not a better person, then there's something wrong with you. So apparently he's moved past that, did what he had to do, I hope, and can just be the kind of person that he needs to be. Well, that's the situation, and now they've signed him. So from the baseball perspective, we get to figure out sort of what this lineup is going to look like, and that's what you were doing, Limits, is looking at various configurations of this lineup.
What do you got?
Yeah, now this is kind of contingent on where does Brian Reynolds play, where does Ryan O'Hearn play in the outfield. But I'm looking at it right now and thinking Spencer Horwitz is likely their first baseman batting leadoff. More of an on-base guy than power. Probably fits that mold of a leadoff hitter. Reynolds batting second. He's always been consistently in that spot. I would bat Lau third, then Ozuna fourth, and Cruz fifth with O'Hearn sixth. And then that's when you get to the Gonzalez-Triolo-Davis portion of it.
Which might not be a good portion of it, but listen, listen. Yeah, until hopefully that'll be right from the start. And that's another topic we'll talk about. Let's get to the phone lines because they've lit up here strictly from the baseball perspective. How much have the Pirates improved? Bob and I and Limits all gave them a B-plus for bringing in three proven Major League hitters. How about you? Limits, let's hit the phone lines.
Here is Paul to give the Pirates a grade. Hey, Paul.
Hey, guys. Good morning.
How are we? All right, Paul. Thanks for calling.
Anytime. Hey, I just want to say three things. Number one, I believe that the Pirates are not done yet. I hope and pray that I think they'll go out and get a third baseman. Number two, I give the greatest B-plus easily. If not, maybe even consider it an A-minus. Consider what they had from last year to now. And third and final, the only thing I hope is that this team can finally put it all together because on paper, they look good, but you've got to put it all together to make sure we can keep moving forward.
Well, it's all going to come down to that. One of the things that still concerns me is the left side of their infield. Who's going to man that, both shortstop and third base? And Paredes has been mentioned as somebody in a trade. My question is, if they want to do that, what would they have to give up? Would you trade Brian Reynolds if that's what they wanted in return? No, but why would – is that what they would ask for?
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What are the concerns surrounding Marcell Ozuna's signing?
0:02–0:43
2
How does Ozuna's history with domestic violence affect his signing?
0:43–7:18
3
What lineup changes could the Pirates consider with Ozuna's addition?
7:18–10:45
4
How have the Pirates improved this offseason according to fans?
10:45–11:24
Speakers
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