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Monthly Archives: July, 2012

Another Strong Start For Luis Heredia

The State College Spikes defeated the Batavia Muckdogs 1-0 in 10 innings on Sunday night, the first time in Spikes history that a scoreless...

Prospect Notebook: Pirates Successful in the International Market

Since Neal Huntington and company took over in 2008, the Pittsburgh Pirates have upped their amateur spending budgets each year. In the draft, no...

Prospect Watch: Heredia With 5 Shutout Innings; Homers From Marte, Hanson, 7 Others

TOP OF THE SYSTEM A look at how the current top 20 prospects did today.  Note that this list doesn't include players currently in the...

Changing Pirates History Part Two: Frank Barrett

A month ago today, I found a discrepancy in the stats for Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Harry Gardner. He was credited with three extra runs...

Pirates Notebook: McKenry’s Hot Bat Making the Case For More Playing Time

Since Rod Barajas was injured on a play at the plate in Philadelphia earlier this week, Michael McKenry has been making the most of...

McCutchen, Hanrahan Named to National League All-Star Team

All-Star selections were announced this afternoon and the Pittsburgh Pirates will have outfielder Andrew McCutchen and Joel Hanrahan representing the Steel City. McCutchen, 25, enters game...

This Date in Pirates History: July 1

Three former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date, plus we have one trade to cover. In his Jolly Roger Rewind, John Fredland recaps...

Exploring the Arsenal – Jake Westbrook

Exploring the Arsenal will run prior to each game, providing you with a brief scouting report on the starting pitcher expected to oppose the...

Minor League Schedule: 7/1/12

Luis Heredia will make his third start of the season tonight. His first two starts were covered live here and here.  Bradenton has a...

First Pitch: When Will Starling Marte Be Ready?

Starling Marte had a huge month of June. The Pittsburgh Pirates' top hitting prospect finished the month with a .325/.385/.558 line in 120 at-bats....

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