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Baseball Prospectus: Minor League Free Agents
Original at Bucs Dugout
• 23 hours ago
By Charlie Another interesting guy is Ruben Gotay, who was actually in Spring Training with the Pirates earlier this year. It's kind of a shame he didn't stick, because he ended up having an amazing OBP-heavy season for the Diamondbacks' Class AAA affiliate in Reno. He's defensively limited, but he c...
John Grabow Agrees to Re-Sign With Cubs
Original at Bucs Dugout
• Thu, Nov 19
By Charlie 6 months ago: Pittsburgh Pirates' John Grabow, right, and Robinson Diaz high-five after the Pirates' 8-3 victory over the San Diego Padres in a baseball game in San Diego, Sunday, April 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi) It's been interesting to see so many former Pirates quickly re-sig...
Pirates hire Steve Williams as Major League scout
Original at Bucs Dugout
• Wed, Nov 18
By Vlad Pirates hire Steve Williams as Major League scout "Williams, 45, most recently served the Kansas City Royals as their Assistant Director of Scouting, a position he held since August 15, 2006. Prior to joining the Royals, Williams worked for the Detroit Tigers as their Midwest Scouting...
Pirates Minor Leaguers Become Free Agents
Original at Bucs Dugout
• Tue, Nov 17
By Charlie Pittsburgh Infielders: Chris Barnwell, Josh Bonifay, Tagg Bozied, Larry Broadway, Ray Chang, Angel Gonzalez, Pedro Lopez, Brian Myrow, Jamie Romak I had hopes for Jamie Romak who, until Pedro Alvarez arrived, was probably the best power prospect in the Pirates' system, but he quashe...
FOX Sports: Pirates, Brewers Discussed Ryan Doumit, J.J. Hardy
Original at Bucs Dugout
• Fri, Nov 13
By Charlie 3 months ago: Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Ryan Doumit, back, turns to apply a late tag as Colorado Rockies' Clint Barmes scores on double by Seth Smith in the seventh inning of a baseball game in Denver on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Pirates purchase minor league team from Reds
Original at Kansas City Star
• Tue, Nov 10
The Pittsburgh Pirates have announced the purchase of the Sarasota Reds from the Cincinnati Reds organization and their intention to move the team to Bradenton, Florida.
Morning links: Manage your expectations
Original at post-gazette.com
• Tue, Nov 3
By Dejan Kovacevic gt;Ronny Cedeno is no lock to be the Pirates' shortstop, even though he very much is the default choice at the moment. The team will look at other options there. gt;Jack Wilson will be available, and he would be amenable to returning to Pittsburgh. The Pirates are equally open to discussing su...
Pirates Acquire Akinori Iwamura From Tampa Bay
Original at KDKA
• Tue, Nov 3
The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded right-handed reliever Jesse Chavez to the Tampa Bay Rays. In return, the Pirates are getting second baseman Akinori Iwamura.
Pirates Can't Learn Much From Phillies
Original at Bucs Dugout
• Sun, Nov 1
By Charlie In 2001 the Phillies got Floyd, later sent to the White Sox in the Jim Thome trade, and Howard. That was all. Again, the Pirates had a much more robust draft, grabbing a number of moderately useful players in Zach Duke, Chris Shelton, Jeff Keppinger, Chris Duffy, Jonathan Albaladejo and Raja...
Pirates make another trade
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Fri, Oct 30
The president of the Class A Florida State League said a plan for the Pirates to plant a minor league team in Bradenton in 2010 is practically a done deal.
Pirates promote Searage to pitching coach
Original at Kansas City Star
• Sat, Oct 17
The Pittsburgh Pirates have named Ray Searage pitching coach after two seasons in the same position with Triple-A affiliate Indianapolis.
Community Projection Review: Left Field
Original at Bucs Dugout
• Fri, Oct 16
By Charlie 19 days ago: Pittsburgh Pirates' Lastings Milledge (85) leaps into the arms of teammate Zach Duke, left, after hitting a base clearing, three-run walk-off double off Los Angeles Dodgers closer Jonathan Broxton in the ninth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009. T...
Opinion: The Record Breaking Season
Original at Bucs Dugout
• Fri, Oct 16
By chrisiu10 The draft this year has really helped Neal Huntington’s cause. Tony Sanchez was projected as a good hitting catcher on the fast track to the big leagues. Now Huntington took a lot of heat for drafting Sanchez so high, but I think a lot that was unwarranted. In his first 3 months of profession...
Community Projection Review: Center Field
Original at Bucs Dugout
• Tue, Oct 13
By Charlie 3 months ago: Pittsburgh Pirates' Andrew McCutchen follows through on his double against the Florida Marlins in the seventh inning of a baseball game in Miami, Friday, July 3, 2009. Pirates' Jason Jaramillo scored on the double and the Pirates won 7-4. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
Community Projection Review: Second Base
Original at Bucs Dugout
• Sat, Oct 10
By Charlie 4 months ago: Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Delwyn Young hurdles Chicago Cubs' Milton Bradley while turning the double play on Cubs' Derrek Lee at first during the third inning of a baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Wednesday, May 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Community Projection Review: Ryan Doumit
Original at Bucs Dugout
• Wed, Oct 7
By Charlie More photos » by John Heller - AP 5 months ago: Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Ryan Doumit fields a ground ball to force out Atlanta Braves' Brian McCann in the second inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Friday, April 17, 2009. (AP Photo/John Heller)
Pirates Top 30 Prospects: October 2009 Edition
Original at Bucs Dugout
• Mon, Oct 5
By Charlie 1. Pedro Alvarez, 3B, Altoona. Grade: A-. Previous ranking: 1. If there's anything to worry about here, it's that Alvarez won't hit for a high average in the majors; he batted only .259 in 54 at bats for the USA's World Cup team. He did, however, slug .574, and he's only just now finishing his first pr...
Pirates beat Cubs in game 2 of doubleheader
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Thu, Oct 1
• 3 related articles
Ryan Doumit went 4 for 4 with four RBI on Wednesday night, powering the Pirates past the Chicago Cubs, 8-2.
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Podcast: Morning links: Capps as closer?
Original at post-gazette.com
• Sun, Sep 27
By Dejan Kovacevic Neal Huntington said yesterday that Capps will be the closer next spring. gt;Notebook: Why is Frank Coonelly the only one vocally upset by the season? Huntington addresses the question. Also, Pedro Alvarez and Brad Lincoln win gold medals.
Podcast: Morning links: Huntington, on players
Original at post-gazette.com
• Fri, Sep 25
By Dejan Kovacevic gt;Game story: Pirates 3, Dodgers 1. From Jeff Karstens to Matt Capps, the bullpen was terrific. The players also had some unusual motivation. Box score gt;Audio: Karstens. gt;Opponent: The Dodgers, by the Los Angeles Times' Dylan Hernandez.
Podcast: Morning links: Coonelly's takes
Original at post-gazette.com
• Thu, Sep 24
By Dejan Kovacevic In the game story, you will find rather strong language from Frank Coonelly about the performance of some players, as well as how the team might respond to those players' performance this winter. gt;Next: The Dodgers, by the Los Angeles Times' Dylan Hernandez.
Podcast: Morning links: The Hacker clapper
Original at post-gazette.com
• Wed, Sep 23
By Dejan Kovacevic gt;Pittsburgh stuff: Finally, all the Pittsburgh entries into one online volume. gt;Brian Sabean, the Giants' general manager, gets quite defensive about the Freddy Sanchez trade. Sure sounds like his club option will not be picked up.
Ethier, Ramirez push NL-best Dodgers past Pirates
Original at Kansas City Star
• Mon, Sep 14
• 10 related articles
Andre Ethier hit a tiebreaking homer, Manny Ramirez had an early RBI double and the Los Angeles Dodgers opened their penultimate regular-season homestand with a 6-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night.
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Pirates' road woes continue in Houston
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Sat, Sep 12
The Pirates are an awful road team. They're also pretty lousy in the first inning, regardless of whether it's at home or away.
Pittsburgh Pirates (54-84) at Houston Astros (68-72), 8:05 p.m.
Original at Kansas City Star
• Fri, Sep 11
One night after finally ending his 33-game home run drought, Lance Berkman and the Houston Astros will try to extend the Pittsburgh Pirates' 11-game road losing streak in the opener of a three-game series at Minute Maid Park.
Brewers win 20th straight at home over Pirates
Original at Kansas City Star
• Sat, Aug 29
Pinch-hitter Jody Gerut doubled to score the go-ahead run and the Milwaukee Brewers rallied off Kevin Hart's wildness for their 20th straight win over the Pirates in Miller Park, beating Pittsburgh 7-3 on Saturday night
PIRATES SIGN 5 DRAFT PICKS
Original at cbslocalblogs.prospero.com
• Wed, Jun 17
The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed the following five players, selected in this year's First-Year Player Draft. Jose Hernandez - 23rd round - OF from the University of Texas/San Antonio Hit .360 (76-for-211) with 25 doubles, 17 home runs and 61 RBI in 55 games as a senior this year…Led t...
Podcast: Morning links: Luck bound to change?
Original at post-gazette.com
• Sun, May 3
By Dejan Kovacevic gt;Today's Sports poll question asks if you want Karstens out of the rotation. gt;Chris Duffy will come to town with a smile. gt;Another old friend, Damaso Marte, goes on the DL. Seems there might be a reason why he has not thrown as hard as he did while in Pittsburgh.
Podcast: Morning links: Doumit sticking around
Original at post-gazette.com
• Tue, Apr 21
By Dejan Kovacevic In that context, then, it is absolutely zero surprise that a) Ryan Doumit asked the Pirates if he could rehabilitate in Pittsburgh and b) that management easily agreed. gt;Bob Smizik wants to see the Pirates follow Florida's model. gt;USA Today praises the Pirates' rotation.
Podcast: Morning links: Burnett stands up
Original at post-gazette.com
• Thu, Apr 16
By Dejan Kovacevic He could have complained about home plate umpire Randy Marsh's refusal to give him an outside strike the whole inning, but declined. gt;Xavier Nady is headed for the DL and Tommy John gt;Pirates Charities begins awarding its "Fields of Dreams."
Pirates to honor slain officers with caps, patch
Original at Philadelphia Inquirer
• Thu, Apr 9
AP PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Pirates plan to honor three slain city police officers at the team's home opener Monday against the Houston Astros. The Pirates will observe a moment of silence and taps will be played before the game to honor officers ...
Opinion: BP Ranks Pirates' Farm System 22nd
Original at Bucs Dugout
• Tue, Mar 17
By Charlie None of this reflects badly upon the Pirates' current management. The issue is simply that these things take time. Depending on how you define "prospect," the average prospect probably spends about three or four years in the minors, so it will take three or four good drafts to really fortif...
The Road to 17: 1998
Original at Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke?
• Mon, Dec 1
By Pat(noreply@blogger.com) All told, the Pirates' team OPS+ in 1998 was 84. To give those of you who might not be as sabermetrically inclined an idea of what an OPS+ of 84 is like, Ronny Paulino's OPS+ in his massively disappointing 2007 was 83. The way Ronny Paulino performed relative to the National League in 2007 is how...
Opinion: The Road to 17: 1997
Original at Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke?
• Sun, Nov 30
By Pat(noreply@blogger.com) The Road to 17 is a longer-form look at each losing season that the Pirates have had since their last playoff appearance in 1992. The object is not to wallow in the misery of the Pirates, but instead remember just what it is that makes us Pirate fans in the first place. Every team has their great m...
In Search Of: Major League Pitching
Original at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Tue, Nov 25
By Jeff Gordon “The Pirates are committed to creatively adding talent to our organization,” general manager Neal Huntington said Monday. “By adding these two young men, the Pirates are pleased to not only add two prospects to our system but also hope to open a pathway to an untapped market. We are intrigu...
Podcast: Morning links: Turning the page
Original at post-gazette.com
• Sun, Sep 28
By Dejan Kovacevic By Dejan Kovacevic | 12:45 a.m. Monday Pirates 6, Padres 1: In addition to stuff about the Adam LaRoche and Steve Pearce home runs, some of the athletes and John Russell talked about how their season changed so dramatically on July 31. Video: Dunlap the detective tracks down Alvarez.
Podcast: Morning links: Daily numbers 122, 82, 16, 96
Original at post-gazette.com
• Sat, Sep 27
By Dejan Kovacevic Notebook: Free agency? Who said anything about free agency? Neal Huntington did. ... Also, Ronny Paulino sounds like a man who would rather be playing elsewhere. The Beaver County Times' John Perrotto puts the Pirates on "academic probation."
Podcast: Morning links: Two-thirds the size
Original at post-gazette.com
• Tue, Sep 23
By Dejan Kovacevic MILWAUKEE -- This city's metropolitan area is two-thirds the size of Pittsburgh, in terms of population, but here it is all energized about Major League Baseball in late September. Moving on, Baseball Prospectus' Kevin Goldstein analyzes the Alvarez matter further, but this, too, re...
Pirates Q&A: First-hand witnesses
Original at post-gazette.com
• Wed, Sep 17
By Dejan Kovacevic By Dejan Kovacevic | 11:20 a.m. Wednesday Greg Billman of New Philadelphia, Ohio Q: How come John Russell doesn't stick up for his players more? There have been some awful calls against the Pirates the past month -- the one at first Tuesday takes the cake -- and he doesn't move.
Podcast: Morning links: Booing familiar names
Original at post-gazette.com
• Mon, Sep 15
By Dejan Kovacevic Dodgers 8, Pirates 2: Ross Ohlendorf hovers around 91 mph, and his breaking pitches land at about 50 feet. A sign he is tired? John Russell thinks so. Just about the only highlight came when Adam LaRoche hit one of those Kevin Young-esque home runs that mean absolutely nothing.
Brewers formally protest scoring decision
Original at post-gazette.com
• Sun, Aug 31
By Dejan Kovacevic Other Pirates players said that, if Sabathia had tried to make the play with his glove rather than the bare hand, he might have had LaRoche. Pirates manager John Russell, asked if he thought the play should be ruled an error, flatly replied, "No."
Podcast: Attacking accurate reporting with inaccurate “facts”
Original at Pittsburgh Lumber Co.
• Mon, Aug 18
By Matt Bandi On Friday night, as Pirates fans awaited word on No. 1 draft choice Pedro Alvarez, DeMaro tried on another hat: Reporter. Jim Callis of “Baseball America” is perhaps the leading authority in the country on the draft. He was on ESPN after midnight saying there was no word on Alvarez.
Opinion: Link Roundup: Bucs Show Plans for Dominican Academy
Original at Bucs Dugout
• Mon, Jan 21
By Charlie
NLCD Starters vs Bucs; Two Pittsburgh Pirates arrested
Original at Bucco Blog
• Wed, Dec 26
By Pirate Blues Hopefully Freddy Sanchez is healthy this year or Jason Bay picks up his game because the lack of OBP from the #3 hitter last year killed us. Since the National League Central Division teams have pretty much set their rotations for 2008 other than a late big deal or two, I thought it was time to t...
Pirates’ 2007 in review - outfield defense
Original at Pittsburgh Lumber Co.
• Tue, Oct 9
By Matt Bandi Overall, the Pirates outfield simply looked bad in 2007. Balls were not caught, throws were feeble, and the players occasionally looked lost while roaming the grass. Jason Bay, an above average leftfielder when he joined the team, has seen his skills decline to the point that he is an occas...
Fic: Family Calling - SN/PoTC/TFs Xover. Rated PG13
Original at Supernaturalfic
• Sun, Sep 23
By supernaturalfic@gmail.com Summary/ A/N: More from the Pirate!Dean verse, now with killer robots. Just an average day in the life of the Flying Dutchman's two newest crewmembers, which is to say, not at all. Goes with the CoTFD curse as Bootstrap described it, and not as the writers have explained it. Also, I intend to X-...
Pirates fans group pushing in-game walkout Saturday
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Fri, Jun 29
The Pittsburgh Pirates, stuck in a 15th consecutive losing season, don't sell out PNC Park that often. On one of the few nights they will, some fans don't plan to stick around long.
Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End
Original at Blogcritics
• Tue, May 29
By Chris Beaumont Sheer entertainment. If nothing else, the movie is insanely entertaining, even at a near three-hour running time. It is addictively entertaining to the very end. This is a series that was large in scope and very ambitious in what it was trying to do, but on top of that, the creative team made su...
Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Original at Blogcritics
• Fri, May 25
By Tall Writer Batten down your hatches for swashbuckling mayhem in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, a film that delivers everything an audience expects with a few surprises. Filmmakers present plenty of treasure for the audiences with some minor lulls (like characters choosing up sides) on...
Opinion: Fahey Talks At The Game: PotC At World's End Impressions
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, May 23
I wouldn't say I'm the biggest fan to the Pirates of the Caribbean films. I really enjoyed the first one, but I felt the strong fan following that Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow garnered caused the second film to become more Whacky Jack and Friends than the epic pirate saga I was expectin...