Neal Huntington
American baseball manager and former general manager of the Pittsburgh PiratesWikipedia
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Oct 8, 2026
Dejan KovacevicHOST
And from there, man, any GM anywhere will tell you that building a bullpen is roulette.
Dejan KovacevicHOST
Neil Huntington, he wasn't good at a whole lot of things, but he was good at this.
Dejan KovacevicHOST
And the reason was he would just bring in everybody and their uncle into Bradenton.
Dejan KovacevicHOST
And he'd end up with, my goodness, three or four guys who were just totally lights out throughout grapefruit ball.
Dejan KovacevicHOST
And from there, man, any GM anywhere will tell you that building a bullpen is roulette.
Dejan KovacevicHOST
Neil Huntington, he wasn't good at a whole lot of things, but he was good at this.
Dejan KovacevicHOST
And the reason was he would just bring in everybody and their uncle into Bradenton.
Dejan KovacevicHOST
And he'd end up with, my goodness, three or four guys who were just totally lights out throughout grapefruit ball.
Jensen LewisHOST
I've been listening to you guys for months and must say it's the best show of my day, not even close.
Jensen LewisHOST
I was in baseball for 30 years coaching and scouting and went from New York to Cleveland after the 2006 season as Chris Antonetti and Neil Huntington, et cetera, were Expos years earlier and got me over there.
Jensen LewisHOST
I went with Kyle Stark to Pittsburgh in 2009.
Jensen LewisHOST
Anyway, I was at the stadium when we beat the Yankees, as I had advance scouted them after being with them for years.
Gary MorganHOST
Segment three, we're digging into the Pirates' pending minor league free agents who could stick around, who probably walks, and more importantly, what these names tell us about an organization and how they fill out their entire minor league system.
Gary MorganHOST
Segment two, we've got a really interesting study of Neil Huntington-era agents They got me thinking about something much bigger than Neil Huntington.
Gary MorganHOST
If you want to win without spending like the biggest teams in baseball, you better be exceptionally good at finding talent.
Gary MorganHOST
First, the arbitration projections are here.
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Gary MorganHOST
You have to be better at finding players than everybody else.
Gary MorganHOST
And historically, that's what this organization has a much bigger problem than payroll.
Gary MorganHOST
So coming up next, I want to talk about an outstanding research thread on Neil Huntington.
Gary MorganHOST
Because if you're going to respond to Pirates fans complaining about payroll by saying, well, Tampa wins, Cleveland wins, Milwaukee wins, okay.
Gary MorganHOST
But I just would hearken back to when Ben Charrington came to be.
Gary MorganHOST
We were all under the belief that Neil Huntington was coming back for another year or two.
Gary MorganHOST
So the reason that I'm specifically saying I believe he's staying is because Bob Nutting has changed his mind at midnight before.
Gary MorganHOST
I just don't think that's happening this time.
Josh HarrisonHOST
You know, my first time being up, got optioned a little bit.
Josh HarrisonHOST
And, you know, Clint and, you know, Neil Huntington and Nick Laverkus.
Josh HarrisonHOST
And I believe Greg Ritchie was our hitting coach at the time.
Josh HarrisonHOST
You know, they go, you know, you.
Robby IncmikoskiHOST
How did this team recover and do what they did in 2013 after what happened in 2012?
Michael McKenryGUEST
I think Neil Huntington and Clint Hurdle and the staff in general in the baseball operations finally got together and said, let's lay it all out there.
Michael McKenryGUEST
There's a really cool story that Huntington showed up at Hurdle's house in the offseason about a week after the season in 12, and they just sat there and beat up the organization, beat up themselves, were very honest.
Michael McKenryGUEST
And I think you start winning when you start actually believing what you're saying is true, and you actually take accountability.
JoshHOST
Huntington's still there.
JoshHOST
One week later, Neil Huntington's fired.
JakeHOST
why are we even entertaining
JoshHOST
this report? If we know that it could just change the day after the season ends.
TylerHOST
Things could change.
TylerHOST
Like I thought Neil Huntington would be back eight years ago or whatever it was as well.
TylerHOST
So you never know, but as of now, I mean, it's not the biggest surprise in the world.
TylerHOST
It's definitely frustrating.
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Jim RosatiHOST
It's the worst.
TylerHOST
And I would probably argue with Storrs.
TylerHOST
Now, with all this being said and everything you guys just said about Neil Huntington as well and what it took to get him fired, I am not saying or I'm not telling anybody to go out and maybe believe Bob Nutting.
TylerHOST
I'm not telling you to do that.
Dejan KovacevicHOST
And you might hear that as, you know, over the top or hot take-ish or whatever.
Dejan KovacevicHOST
How long did I cover Neil Huntington? Like a dozen years, right? A little bit more.
Dejan KovacevicHOST
Never once accused him of not being competitive.
Dejan KovacevicHOST
Saw all kinds of signs.
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