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By jonoz13 I believe that given enough talent John Russell will do fine as a major league manager. I believe that Pedro Alvarez will make an impressive major league debut next year. I believe that Cedeno will be a serviceable major league shortstop.

By escroll Spend Some- The goal here might be a repeat of Littlefield's lucky 2004 offseason, picking up useful players in the mold of Reggie Sanders, Kenny Lofton and improving the team on the cheap.  Could also target quality complementary players for the long term, to be present should Alvarez, e...

Baseball America yesterday named three Pirates minor league players among its top 15 prospects in the Class AA Eastern League, including Pedro Alvarez at No. 1.

By Brian WHYGAVS] and [Bucs Dugout], along with [Pittsburgh Lumber Co.] all have excellent posts up countering [Dejan's season ending piece]’s final suggestion to improve the Pirates in 2009: “Spend.” Finally, something a bit more pleasant, [Pedro Alvarez was named the number one prospect in t...

By Chuck Finder Look at it this way: The Pirates don't get many No. 1s, outside of the All-Time North American Record for Consecutive Losing Seasons. Alvarez's total 95 RBIs topped all Pirates teams, minors and majors; his 27 homers were second only to Garrett Jones' 33 Indy-Pirates combo platter/Photo:...

By chrisiu10 1 Pedro Alvarez  3B Start: Indianapolis  End: Pittsburgh  ETA: Mid-July 2010 2  Brad Lincoln SP Start: Indianapolis End:Pittsburgh ETA: September 2010 8 Jay Clement C/1B Start:Pittsburgh End:Pittsburgh ETA Opening Day 2010

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...

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.

The Pittsburgh Pirates today named third baseman Pedro Alvarez their minor league Player-of-the-Year and Rudy Owens their minor league Pitcher-of-the-Year for the 2009 season. The announcement was made by Kyle Stark, Pirates’ Director of Player Development.   Alvarez hit a combine...

Alvarez was the Pirates’ first round selection (second overall) in the June 2008 draft out of Vanderbilt University.  Prior to his arrival in Altoona, Alvarez hit .247 belting 14 home runs and 55 RBIs with the Lynchburg Hillcats (Advanced – A). 

Pittsburgh Pirates News Pirates won't be calling up 3B Alvarez in 2009 Alvarez won't get Sept. call-up, but others willUSA Today Pirates Won't Call Up Alvarez In 2009RealGM.com Pittsburgh Pirates News -Pittsburgh Post Gazette -Pittsburgh Pirates News

Baltimore Orioles Matt Wieters: 0 for 3 New York Mets Wilmer Flores: 0 for 3, RBI, two strikeouts Oakland Athletics Adrian Cardenas: 0 for 4, three strikeouts Pittsburgh Pirates Pedro Alvarez: 3 for 4, double, home run, 4 RBI San Diego Padres Kyle Blanks 0 for 5, strikeout

Two of LaRoche's errors were on routine bouncers, the third on a dropped popup. Finally, 10 months after the Pirates made him their first-round draft pick, Pedro Alvarez will take his first professional at-bat tonight for Class A Lynchburg against ...

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By Dejan Kovacevic Q: How long until Pedro Alvarez is hitting balls out of somebody else's yard and starting All-Star Games in an other-than-Pirates uniform? Or ... Thomas C. Evans of Troy Hill, Pittsburgh How major league ready is Neil Walker? Brian Leary of Clarion

They could win 10 more games than they did last season — and no Pirates team has made such an improvement following a full season since 1990 — and they would still be a below-.500 club at 77-85. No wonder Alvarez, McCutchen and Tabata can’t get to ...

By Chuck Finder BRADENTON, Fla. -- Now it's about the wait, and the weight, for Pedro Alvarez. However, general manager Neal Huntington made sure there was a proviso: Be sure to pack and carry with you the conditioning and physical-shape education gleaned here.

By Chuck Finder, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette BRADENTON, Fla. -- Almost every time Pedro Alvarez swings his mighty bat around here, the names fly. "Pedro Alvarez has Willie Stargell's swing," the patriarch of Pirates catchers was saying Thursday. ...

By Charlie Pedro Alvarez, Brian Bixler, Luis Cruz, Chris Gomez (FA), Adam LaRoche, Andy LaRoche, Doug Mientkiewicz (FA), Luis Rivas (FA), Freddy Sanchez, Jack Wilson Pedro Alvarez, Brian Bixler, Adam LaRoche, Andy LaRoche, Freddy Sanchez, Neil Walker, Jack Wilson

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.

By Matt Bandi I really hope that this is the last thing I have to write about Pedro Alvarez unless it is related to baseball. Last night, Frank Coonelly was interviewed on the Pirates postgame show. There was a lot of interesting discussion between the Pirates’ president and host Rocco DeMaro, but one thi...

By Dejan Kovacevic Audio: Maholm is pretty tough on himself. Q&A: Why no news conference for Alvarez? Eric Hosmer is headed to Arizona instructs, says the Kansas City Star. PHOTO: Alvarez embraces his father, Pedro Sr., after the contract signiing. Dave Arrigo/Pittsburgh Pirates

By Matt Bandi Note: The majority of these responses were written before the Pirates and Pedro Alvarez worked out a new deal.) Mike from Hyzdu Headquarters Randy Linville from Pittsburgh Lumber Co. Brian McElhinny from Raise the Jolly Roger! Matt Bandi from Pittsburgh Lumber Co.

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...

By Dejan Kovacevic In a stunning reversal of a summer-long drama, the Pirates and top draft pick Pedro Alvarez last night agreed to terms on a revised four-year, major league contract worth a guaranteed $6,355,000, according to three sources intimately familiar with the talks.

By Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette HOUSTON -- The first hearing involving the Pirates and Pedro Alvarez saw only two witnesses called by the Major ... Pedro Alvarez grievance hearing begins USA Today Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Most Valuable Network

Step right up to the Major League Baseball post-Draft, Pedro Alvarez (Eric Hosmer), Pittsburgh Pirates (Kansas City Royals) Circus, brought to you by Boras ... Pirates Q&A: No way to sell tickets Pittsburgh Post Gazette No word on Alvarez Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

By mondesishouse(noreply@blogger.com) MH]: So what's your gut feeling: will we ever have the opportunity to attend a Pedro Alvarez Bobblehead Night at PNC Park someday, or will he end up back in the draft next year? [RD]:Gut feeling? Gun to my head? No bobblehead. However... I think Pedro WILL be ruled a Pirate in the near future (even...

 PA - Bud Selig's office, alleging that extensions were granted by Selig for teams to negotiate deals -- including the Pirates and Alvarez -- past the Aug. ... Pirates shuffle minor league staff Pittsburgh Tribune-Review all 2 news articles

The world is upside down in Major League Baseball this week, starting with the debut of instant replay for big league umpires and the AL East’s top team (the Rays) drawing 13,000 in their home ballpark in August. The Pitch tears apart both issues, as well as the Pirates’ second-overall MLB d...

By Matt Bandi It was just a regular day. Zach Duke was pitching in an afternoon matchup with the Cubs. You spent the morning wondering if he could make it past the fourth inning. Then you tuned into the radio broadcast and were blindsided by the news that Pedro Alvarez was refusing to sign with the Pirates. The...

“The Pirates are confident that the contract reached with Pedro Alvarez was agreed to and submitted to Major League Baseball in a timely fashion and properly accepted by Major League Baseball.  In fact, the contract between the Kansas City Royals and Eric Hosmer, another Boras client, w...

By Dejan Kovacevic By Dejan Kovacevic | 2:45 a.m. Wednesday So, it means that, even if Pedro Alvarez had signed a major league contract, he would not have had major league service time until he actually was either in a major league uniform or on a major league disabled list.

By Matt Bandi Obviously it is Pedro Alvarez. He is a Miguel Cabrera type third baseman with more speed. I am excited to see what level we send him to. I was not very disappointed with not signing Scheppers because of his injuries, and I am glad we signed a lot of shortstops. Matt Bandi from Pittsburgh Lumber Co.

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.

By Dejan Kovacevic Rob Lah of New York The rotation mix for September is - not necessarily in order -- Paul Maholm, Jeff Karstens, Zach Duke, Ross Ohlendorf, Tom Gorzelanny and Ian Snell, which obviously is one too many. Ohlendorf will pitch. So will Gorzelanny.

By Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com PITTSBURGH -- The Pirates made their highest-profile signing thus far from this year's First-Year Player Draft when the ... Alvarez talks could go 'deep into the night' Pittsburgh Post Gazette Bucs give sixth-round pick big bonus Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

By Charlie 1. Pedro Alvarez, 3B, Vanderbilt: A Boras client, but he'd run a huge risk if he re-entered the draft. I'll be very surprised if he doesn't sign. This bodes well. Of these guys, I'm guessing the best bets to sign are Alvarez, Grossman and Scheppers, probably in that order. Zachary Wilson may be th...

By Matt Bandi One opinion about this matter really irks me, though. I have heard many people say something along the lines of, “The Pirates have to sign Alvarez to prove to the fans that they are serious about winning.” Wrong. Frank Coonelly and Neal Huntington owe nothing to the fans except sound and ratio...

By Adam Wagner The fanbase seemed to be in general agreement that they guy it wanted was Vanderbilt 3B Pedro Alvarez, who was the consensus #1 prospect for much of the time since last year’s draft, but evidently fell beneath Georgia high school SS Tim Beckham in the eyes of the Tampa Bay Rays, who held the f...