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Monthly Archives: August, 2012

The Pittsburgh Pirates won in extra innings on Opening Day, beating the Miami Marlins by a 6-5 score after a Jared Triolo RBI single in the top of the 12th inning. The Pirates played comeback the entire...
Normally, I do a pre-season analysis, where I fill in my own depth chart and playing time estimates for the upcoming Pittsburgh Pirates season, along with ZiPS projected WAR totals. This year, I'm looking at the...

McPherson, Presley Recalled; d’Arnaud Optioned, Clement Outrighted

The Pittsburgh Pirates today recalled Kyle McPherson and Alex Prelsey from Triple-A Indianapolis. In order to make room, the club optioned Chase d'Arnaud to...

Matt Curry Wraps Up a Good Year With a Promotion and the AFL

Matt Curry stepped out of Manager P.J. Forbes' office after the Curve beat Akron 6-4 on their final home game on Thursday and received...

Exploring the Arsenal – Mark Rogers

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

This Date in Pirates History: August 31

On a busy day for Pittsburgh Pirates history, we have eight birthdays plus a quick look at some trades of note. John Fredland recaps...

Erasing Psychological Damage (Or Inflicting More?)

Transport yourself one month into the future.  The Pirates will be preparing for their final series of the regular season.  And if you believe...

First Pitch: Wild Card Race Could Be Turning in Pirates Favor This Weekend

The Pirates had the day off on Thursday, but still benefitted in the Wild Card race. The Cardinals lost 8-1 to the Washington Nationals,...

Prospect Notebook: Cole Impressed In Short Time With Altoona

Gerrit Cole will not likely help the Pittsburgh Pirates in their playoff push, but the right-hander will get the experience of pitching in playoff...

Minor League Schedule: 8/31/12

Jameson Taillon gets the start for Altoona tonight. Barring an unlikely promotion to Indianapolis for the playoffs, this will be his last game of...

Toledo Beats Indians With Walk-Off Homer

Toledo Mud Hens  5,  Indianapolis Indians  4 (Box)   Audy Ciriaco's walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th broke a 4-4 tie and gave the...

Prospect Watch: Polanco Hits 16th Homer; Holt Picks Up Three More Hits

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...

Matt Curry Promoted to Triple-A

According to Kristy Robinson, the Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Matt Curry to Triple-A: http://twitter.com/Kristy_Robinson/statuses/241363931275350018 Curry went 2-for-4 tonight with a double. Coming in to the night...

Pittsburgh Pirates Great: Kiki Cuyler

On September 29,1921 in the second game of a doubleheader against the St Louis Cardinals, the Pittsburgh Pirates put a new right fielder into...

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