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Monthly Archives: February, 2013

Spring Training 2013 Position Battles: Right Field

With pitchers and catchers reporting today, and Spring Training starting up this week, we will be previewing the position battles to follow throughout the...

First Pitch: Murphy’s Law and James McDonald in the Rotation

Pittsburgh Pirates fans have a tendency to expect the worst. It's not really any fault of their own. In the last 20 years, pretty...

Tyler Gaffney Returning to Football

According to the official Stanford football website, Pittsburgh Pirates outfield prospect Tyler Gaffney will be returning to Stanford to play football during his senior...

Spring Training 2013 Position Battles: The Rotation

With pitchers and catchers reporting today, and Spring Training starting up this week, we will be previewing the position battles to follow throughout the...

Francisco Liriano’s Revised Deal

As if Francisco Liriano's situation wasn't already strange, his new contract adds a twist. The left-hander previously agreed to a two-year, $12.75 M deal....

Vin Mazzaro Outrighted to Triple-A

The Francisco Liriano deal was finalized today as a major league deal. To make room on the 40-man roster, the Pirates outrighted right-handed pitcher...

Pittsburgh Pirates 2013 Minor League Camp Schedule

On Monday, pitchers and catchers will report to Spring Training. Not long after that, major league camp will start. Shortly after major league camp...

Francisco Liriano Passes Physical, Deal Now Official

Ken Rosenthal reports that left-hander Francisco Liriano has passed his physical, and that the deal is finally official. https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/299946376060600321 There hasn't been official word from the...

First Pitch: Why Advanced Stats Are Better Than Traditional Stats

If you've read this site for any amount of time, you've probably noticed that we use the WAR stat. A lot. The trade values...

Keith Law Releases His Top 10 Pirates Prospects

Keith Law has released his top 10 prospects for the Pittsburgh Pirates system today. The list can be seen here by ESPN Insider subscribers. Law...

First Pitch: Would You Rather Have Polanco/Hanson or Chase Headley?

Jim Bowden had an article at ESPN talking about how the San Diego Padres should trade Chase Headley right now. In the article he...

Prospect Ranking Links: Jin-De Jhang, Tyler Waldron

Over the last two weeks, every outlet has been releasing their top prospect lists for each individual team, as well as the top 100...

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