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End of Winter Meetings/Rule 5 Draft
I have a final exam this afternoon so I won’t be able to update the thread constantly with news and rumors from Indianapolis. Luckily, there shouldn’t be too many today, with the exception of the Rule 5 Draft. The Pirates are expected to ...
Winter Meetings, Day 3
All kinds of news and rumors will come out of the Winter Meetings, which are being held this week in Indianapolis. I’ll have a thread up for each day of the meetings and update it with any relevant news. Keep checking this post for any Pirates info...
News and Notes
This is kind of weird…according to Rob Biertempfel’s Twitter, the Pirates and Phillies will wrap up Spring Training with games on April 2 and 3. In Philly. Opening up the season at home is enough of a risk to freeze, but I guess that will...
Winter Leagues Update: October
Let’s see how the notable Pirates players in prospects who are still playing ball performed in their first month with their fall/winter teams: Position Players Brian Bixler is hitting .260 with two extra base hits (both doubles) and one RBI in...
Justin Thomas: Best Pirates lefty reliever?
[The Pirates claimed lefty reliever Justin Thomas from Seattle off waivers yesterday]. He spent all of 2009 in AAA, going 2-4 with a 4.48 ERA in 53 games. He also walked 40 men in 60.1 innings, and has only thrown 4 innings in the big leagues. Best l...
News and Notes
Not a whole lot going on… The Pirates had higher TV ratings than 11 other MLB teams in 2009, including both LCS participants from Los Angeles. [Ratings on FSN were up almost 20% this year]. Why? Who the heck knows, but it sure does give us yet...
Happy Anniversary, Maz
That’s right, 49 years ago to the day, Bill Mazeroski capped off an unbelievable Pirates World Series win, possibly the greatest game of all time, and still the only World Series Game 7 to be decided on a walk-off homer. And just as they do e...
What did we learn in 2009?
I’m not quite ready to put together a huge season-in-review post, but as a bit of a preview to that, here’s a list of things that we know now, but didn’t back in March: Brandon Moss is not the answer in a corner outfield spot: Mana...
A fitting end [Pirates 0 Reds 6]
The Pirates finished 2009 with a 62-99 record after a very deflating loss to wrap up the year this afternoon in Cincinnati. The loss ensured the Pirates will pick 2nd in the 2010 draft, so that’s good, I guess. Baltimore won, too, but the Bucs ...
What’s this? A win? [Dodgers 1 Pirates 3]
Somehow, some way, a combination of Jeff Karstens, Donnie Veal, Steven Jackson, Jesse Chavez, and yes, Matt Capps held National League powerhouse Los Angeles to just one measley run. JR decided to go with Karstens in a spot start (to fill a hole crea...
Eric Hacker and others promoted
Now that AA Altoona and AAA Indy have finished their seasons, [the real wave of September call-ups happened today]. Included among them was pitcher Eric Hacker. Hacker was [acquired from the Yankees this May in exchange for reliever Romulo Sanchez]. ...
The future of the Pirates bullpen
Let’s be blunt. It’s pretty clear that the Pirates have a horrible bullpen right now. Currently on the roster, we have: Denny Bautista Chris Bootcheck Matt Capps Phil Dumatrait Jesse Chavez Joel Hanrahan Steven Jackson Yikes. With a lea...
Andrew McCutchen: Power Hitter? [Pirates 11 Nationals 6]
Well that was fun, and not just because tonight means the end of those terrible Jo Dee Messina commercials. Maybe SportsCenter will have highlights of the actual game tonight, and not just the pierogi/president race (though the hit Potato Pete laid...
