Ross would be smart to sign with us over the Pirates. Look at our defense -- he'd have the best infield D in all of baseball. Plus GG Heyward in RF and Almora/Jay in CF.
Also our pitching structure is elite. All the SP's who come here have career years.
Furthermore, we're the best team in baseball and if Ross has a great season with us - who knows how much he'll get.
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you are looking at it from a fan perspective. Look at it from a point of view of a guy needing to reestablish himself post injury. He needs game time in.
The Cubs most likely would offer a split deal. Minor/major league rate. Which means they would stuff him in rehab on discount. Then if something comes up and he is ready then he would be put into a high pressure situation.
Pirates on the other hand most likely suck. He would then be able to just work on getting his innings up. He most likely is not blocked where he has to hope for a opening to pop up.
Most GM's are going to look at his FIP SO/9 BB/9 anyways. Sure some old school guys would get wrapped up into ERA and W/L record but that is really not how pitchers are valued nowadays. They are going to look at his IP/Game and then see if his pitch counts are up. Then they start to look at his stats knowing he is still in rehab mode.
Being stuffed in Iowa is really not helping him.