<body><div><figure><iframe height="360" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/3InONw8w-Gqa7hx4c.html" width="100%"></iframe><figcaption>MLB Home Run Derby National Anthem Singer Apologizes For Being Drunk (1:15) </figcaption></figure> There's been no shortage of talent to come out of the <a href="https://thespun.com/mlb/pirates-bench-paul-skenes-despite-being-6-outs-away-from-throwing-no-hitter" rel="nofollow"> Pittsburgh Pirates </a> organization over the last 20-plus years. But very few, if any players, have gotten paid. The notoriously frugal small market team has been known to cut corners wherever it can. But baseball fans are really coming after the franchise for its latest move regarding first baseman Rowdy Tellez. On Tuesday, the Pirates <a href="https://x.com/Pirates/status/1838647851091407128" rel="nofollow"> designated </a> the 29-year-old for assignment with six games left in the season, four plate appearances shy of owing him a performance bonus. Folks were rightfully disgusted on <a href="https://thespun.com/mlb/olivia-dunne-caught-photoshopping-picture-with-boyfriend-paul-skenes" rel="nofollow"> social media </a> . "If the news is true of why you cut rowdy. Please just sell the team. How embarrassing can you get. 4 plate appearances for a bonus. Wow just wow," a user replied. "Keeping Tellez all year then booting him when he's 4 at bats away from a bonus is the exact reason Skenes is going to walk the first chance he gets and he's exactly right to. Pathetic [expletive] team," another said. "The Pirates cut Rowdy today because he was close to making his at bat goal. Absolutely awful move by the management here. Rowdy was a great guy for the team," a fan posted. "Rowdy Tellez was 4 plate appearances shy of a $200K bonus. Bob Nutting is the real life embodiment of Roman Roy in the Succession pilot, where he dangles the money in front of the kid playing baseball and takes it away at the last moment. $200K for him is pennies. This is [trash]." <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1TGVj2_0viOpFNW00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1TGVj2_0viOpFNW00" width="1135" height="800" ><figcaption>PITTSBURGH, PA - APRIL 03: A general view of PNC Park during opening day between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals at PNC Park on April 3, 2016 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) Justin K&amp;period Aller&amp;solGetty Images </figcaption></figure> Pittsburgh maintains that the bonus had "zero factor" in the club's decision to let Tellez go. "We feel like we gave Rowdy lots of opportunity here this year," GM Ben Cherington said. "To his credit, he fought through some difficult times earlier in the year and fought his way out of it. Had periods of success and periods of frustration. This is just where we got to in the season." <a href="https://thespun.com/mlb/everyones-loving-olivia-dunnes-reaction-to-shocking-pirates-loss" rel="nofollow"> Related: Everyone's Loving Olivia Dunne's Reaction To Shocking Pirates Loss </a></div></body>

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There's been no shortage of talent to come out of the Pittsburgh Pirates organization over the last 20-plus years. But very few, if any players, have gotten paid. The notoriously frugal small market team has been known to cut corners wherever it can. But baseball fans are really coming after the ...