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First Pitch: Do the Pirates Have a Two-Way Catcher in Their Future?

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Yesterday I was going over the traffic reports on the site, and noticed something interesting about the recent top 20 prospects countdown. The top...

First Pitch: Where Will All of the 1B/OF Options Fit?

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have added a lot of 1B/OF options for their major league squad in the last year. They traded for Travis Snider...

First Pitch: Will Karstens Push Locke and McPherson to Indianapolis?

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When the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Jeff Karstens last week, a lot of people assumed they were moving on from Francisco Liriano. Now that the...

First Pitch: The Long-Term Costs Of Arbitration Decisions

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The Pittsburgh Pirates exchanged arbitration figures with two players today, giving us a look at what each side is asking for in each individual...

First Pitch: Aggressively Ranking Prospects

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Today I posted the profile for the number 12 prospect in the system, Dilson Herrera. In the write-up I mentioned that Herrera was the...

First Pitch: Is Jeff Karstens Over-Rated or Under-Rated?

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Back at the end of November the Pittsburgh Pirates non-tendered right-handed pitcher Jeff Karstens. The move was pretty controversial at the time. Karstens was...

First Pitch: Technical Difficulties

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I was going to write about Jeff Karstens tonight, or about the ridiculous contract given to Rafael Soriano by the Washington Nationals (two years,...

First Pitch: Projecting 81-84 Wins for the 2013 Pirates Using ZiPS

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Today the 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates ZiPS projections were released on FanGraphs. The projections included WAR estimates for every player. It's difficult to get a...

First Pitch: A Garrett Jones Trade Might Not Be a Guarantee

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Throughout most of the off-season, it seemed inevitable that the Pittsburgh Pirates would trade Joel Hanrahan. There also seemed to be a strong possibility...

First Pitch: What Are the Alternatives if the Liriano Deal Falls Through?

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Back on December 21st, the Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to a two-year deal with left-hander Francisco Liriano. The deal has yet to be finalized, and...

First Pitch: Where Would the Farm System Be Without Cole and Taillon?

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Yesterday, Jim Callis wrote that he had the Pittsburgh Pirates as his 8th best farm system. That brought up a discussion on Twitter tonight...

First Pitch: The Five Players That Represent a Microcosm of Neal Huntington’s Abilities

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At the end of the 2012 season I wrote that 2013 was the make or break year for Neal Huntington and the current management...
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