When the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa at the 2024 trade deadline, things were significantly different than they are right now. The team was on the fringes of playoff contention, was a buyer at the deadline for the first time in years and had a real sense of optimism due to the arrival of top pitching prospect Paul Skenes.
A lot has changed in the short period of time since then, and none of it has been for the better.
Kiner-Falefa offered a brutally honest assessment of that on Friday just before the team took on the Atlanta Braves.
In reference to the numerous PR blunders they have had this season, as well as the late-season collapse and awful start this season that led to this week’s firing of manager Derek Shelton, Kiner-Falefa admitted nothing has been as he hoped and that the whole situation has been “terrible.”
