Cervelli signs three-year extension with Pittsburgh

[CJ9]

Take him off your wish lists for this offseason. Deal goes through 2019.

https://twitter.com/adamdberry/statu...01694996049922

[Oklahomabrave]

FA crop is total crap.

[Enscheff]

Well ****.

[Enscheff]

He signed for 3/31...

He must love Pittsburgh.

[JxnMissFan]

Great deal for Pittsburgh.

This is where a possible QO hurts a player plus his hitting has fallen off a little this year. He is probably worth more but if the Pirates gave him a QO then his market value is automatically less. Surprised he didn't get some option years.

[praeceps93]

This next class of FA is going to be absolutely horrid. Bright side: ups the value of Teheran/Markakis at the deadline. Dark side: we're gonna have to pull off some voodoo trade magic to add any non-internal pieces for 2017.

[dak]

Good work as usual by the Pittsburgh FO.

The FA options next year are still solid. A time-share between Flowers and any of the guys listed below would give us a league-average catching situation, IMO. Mid-range catchers have actually been quite cheap in FA the past couple years.

Alex Avila (30)
Jason Castro (30)
Nick Hundley (33)
Wilson Ramos (29)
Matt Wieters (31)

[UNCBlue012]

Son of a gun. So annoying. Welp, Ramos?

[Enscheff]

Good work as usual by the Pittsburgh FO.

The FA options next year are still solid. A time-share between Flowers and any of the guys listed below would give us a league-average catching situation, IMO. Mid-range catchers have actually been quite cheap in FA the past couple years.

Alex Avila (30) -1.2
Jason Castro (30) 7.6
Nick Hundley (33) -1.1
Wilson Ramos (29) 1.1
Matt Wieters (31) -3.6

I have added their framing runs for this year. I think that is the most important stat to look at for this young pitching staff. I want no part of Avila, Hundley or especially Wieters.

For reference, Flowers is at 4.3 and AJP is at -0.1. So if you hate AJP behind the plate you will have a stroke watching the negative guys on that list.

[zitothebrave]

He signed for 3/31...

He must love Pittsburgh.

Why? He's a catcher who'll be 31 next year and quite mediocre. He was not gonna get Russell Martin or Brian McCann money. Odds are he would have been closer to Salty/Ruiz back in 2014 but with the massive inflation we've had, I can see 3/31 being right around his value.

[Enscheff]

Why? He's a catcher who'll be 31 next year and quite mediocre. He was not gonna get Russell Martin or Brian McCann money. Odds are he would have been closer to Salty/Ruiz back in 2014 but with the massive inflation we've had, I can see 3/31 being right around his value.

Well then you're in the minority when sites like MLBTR had him pegged at a 4/60 deal with a possibility of a 5th year.

[nsacpi]

Yup. Team friendly deal.

He signed for 3/31...

He must love Pittsburgh.