Neal Huntington’s time as the Pittsburgh Pirate’s GM has come to a close.

On Monday Owner Bob Nutting offically announced the firing of Neal Huntington. This firing comes after the Pirates finished last with a 69-93 record.

The official statement came early monday morning from owner Bob Nutting:

“I greatly appreciate Neal’s dedication to the Pirates organization and our city over the past 12 seasons. His time with the Pirates should always be remembered for ending a long stretch of futility and bringing Postseason baseball back to Pittsburgh.

“This past season was by far the most frustrating and challenging season that I have experienced as owner. It became clear to me as the season progressed that significant change was necessary in order to refresh our entire operations.

“The decisions that have been made over the past month were not easy and have been the result of a systematic and thorough review, and further reinforced through multiple conversations with people that I trust and respect throughout baseball.

“It was critical that we have our new team president in place to conduct the search for the next leader of our baseball operations department. With the naming of Travis Williams to the position of president today, we will immediately begin the search process. I am confident that we will find the right person.

“While we will pause the managerial search process for the time being, we are appreciative of the work that has been done thus far and confident in the candidates available to us. The hiring of a new general manager will only help clarify the situation further for those candidates.”

This firing comes after September 29’s firing of mananger Clint Hurdle. Later that week pitching coach Ray Searage and bench coach Tom Prince were also fired. Most recently earlier this week President Frank Coonelly was also fired this week.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are going to look very different in 202o, and hopefully the better.