Jeff Passan tears into Pittsburgh Pirates with tough comments

Jeff Passan is on a mission to show MLB fans why the Pittsburgh Pirates are a problem

When ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan speaks, baseball fans listen. Passan is the rare insider who goes beyond breaking news to cover the big stories across the sport day to day. And over the past year, there’s one story Passan can’t let go. That story is the Pittsburgh Pirates, who employ young pitching phenom Paul Skenes and a glut of arm talent but are spending just $88 million on the major league roster this season — fifth lowest in baseball. In…

Jeff Passan tears into Pittsburgh Pirates with tough comments

ESPN MLB writer Jeff Passan took aim at Pittsburgh Pirates ownership over the team’s financial decisions. In an appearance on the “Baseball Today” podcast, Passan tore into the Pirates for their lack of spending on new players. Passan noted that the Pirates have a potentially generational player on the roster in pitcher Paul Skenes, and have essentially made the choice not to spend money and built a competitive roster around him. “The Pirates, t…