When the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa on the 2024 commerce deadline, issues had been considerably totally different than they’re proper now. The crew was on the fringes of playoff rivalry, was a purchaser on the deadline for the primary time in years and had an actual sense of optimism because of the arrival of high pitching prospect Paul Skenes.
Loads has modified within the quick time frame since then, and none of it has been for the higher.
Kiner-Falefa provided a brutally sincere evaluation of that on Friday simply earlier than the crew took on the Atlanta Braves.
In reference to the quite a few PR blunders they’ve had this season, in addition to the late-season collapse and terrible begin this season that led to this week’s firing of supervisor Derek Shelton, Kiner-Falefa admitted nothing has been as he hoped and that the entire scenario has been “horrible.”
