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First Pitch: Potential Off-Season Moves

In estimating the 2013 payroll, I had to make some guesses on which players would return. Some of the guesses I didn't like making....

First Pitch: Pirates Still Looking For Long Term Corner Outfield Solutions

After posting the 2012 corner outfield recap, I looked back at last year's recap. The story was about the same, only with a few...

First Pitch: Future Payroll and Player Pages Updated

We're doing some end of the year work on the site, getting some of the featured sections ready for next year. The following sections...

First Pitch: More Big Market Success Stories

I haven't watched much of the MLB playoffs. To be honest, I haven't watched any of it, outside of catching the box scores at...

First Pitch: The Questionable Decision to Trade Away the Compensation Pick

The moves the Pirates made at the deadline have come under question in the last two months, with some feeling that the Pirates didn't...

First Pitch: There’s No Reason to Bring Back Barajas

Today we started the 2012 recaps of the individual positions, focusing on the 2012 season and a look ahead at future seasons and the...

First Pitch: Instructs This Week

I've been on the road a lot the last two days, so no updates over the weekend. I'm in Florida right now, and will...

First Pitch: The Case Against Extending Neil Walker

Last year the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Andrew McCutchen and Jose Tabata to extensions. At the time there was talk that Neil Walker could also...

First Pitch: Finding a Post-Season Team

One of the side effects of the Pirates losing for 20 years in a row is that baseball carries on without them once the...

First Pitch: Reviewing the Pre-Season Over/Unders

At the start of the year I ran a few polls, asking for over/under predictions on several key topics for the 2012 Pirates season....

First Pitch: Yes, The Farm System Has Been Dramatically Upgraded Since 2007

There's been a lot of frustration with the Pittsburgh Pirates in recent weeks. The team went from 16 games over .500 at the end...

First Pitch: What the Losing Streak Means to Me

When I was a kid, baseball was by far my favorite sport. I used to watch every game that was on TV, which usually...

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