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First Pitch: Those Lefties Are All the Same Frustrating Pitcher

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Let's take a look at four numbers tonight: 4.1 5.0 5.8 6.0 What are those numbers, you ask? They're the career BB/9 ratios of the four left-handers who threw...

First Pitch: What Are the Expectations For Josh Bell in 2013?

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Josh Bell lost a year last year, and in the process, fell off all of the national top 100 lists. Every Pirates top 10...

First Pitch: All of the New International Player Profiles

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In case you haven't seen it before, we have a "Players" section on the site, which features profiles of every player in the system...

First Pitch: On the Hurdle Extension and the First Day of Minor League Camp

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When I looked at my calendar for a potential move to Bradenton, I had two choices. The week of January 20th would get me...

First Pitch: Mark Appel Made a Very Common Decision

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Friday night saw the 2013 college season debut of a former Pittsburgh Pirates draft pick. This pick is a pitcher, and passed on signing...

First Pitch: Upcoming Spring Training Coverage

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Spring Training started this week, and so far we've been providing coverage from a far. As I mentioned a few months ago, I'm moving...

First Pitch: Platooning Pedro Alvarez

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My initial approach with the Brandon Inge news tonight was the same as any minor league signing: acknowledge that it happened and move on....

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

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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...

First Pitch: Why Advanced Stats Are Better Than Traditional Stats

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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...

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

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

First Pitch: The Starting Pitching Depth

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With yesterday's news that the Pirates were adding Jonathan Sanchez, and today's news that they're still on track to sign Francisco Liriano, the starting...

First Pitch: Francisco Liriano vs Jonathan Sanchez

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When the news came out that the Pittsburgh Pirates were close to an agreement with left-handed pitcher Jonathan Sanchez, my initial reaction was that...
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