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Pirates Prospect Watch: Andres Alvarez Delivers Huge Triple on Three Hit Day

Andres Alvarez had a three hit day at the bottom of the Indianapolis lineup. His triple in the seventh inning was the most significant...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Joshua Palacios Homers in Three Hit Game

Joshua Palacios had three hits, including a key home run, helping Indianapolis to a victory on Friday night. The Pirates' Triple-A squad was down 2-0...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Alika Williams Has a Four Hit Night

Alika Williams had four hits on Thursday night for Indianapolis. Since being sent down for Nick Yorke, Williams is 8-for-14 at the Triple-A level. He's...

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First Pitch: The Pirates From a Fantasy Baseball Perspective

My first sports writing job was a position as a fantasy sports analyst. I was given a chance to write a weekly article on...

Burnett Passes Physical, MLB Approves Deal

According to Buster Olney, A.J. Burnett has passed his physical, and Major League Baseball has approved the deal. That makes the trade official. The...

Dots Miller and the 1908-09 Pirates Off-Season

The 1908 Pittsburgh Pirates finished the season in second place with a 98-56 record, tied with the New York Giants and just one game...

Updated Value of a Win & How It Relates to Andrew McCutchen

A recent piece on Fangraphs re-establishes the value of the cost per win on the free agent market. How does this affect the decision by the Pirates this past off-season and going forward with Andrew McCutchen?

This Date in Pirates History: February 19

On a slow day for Pittsburgh Pirates transactions and birthdays, we have just three players born on this date today and no trades. We...

First Pitch: Things to Do in Bradenton

Every so often I'll get an e-mail from someone who is planning on going to Spring Training. The person usually asks for tips on...

Tim Wakefield and Former Pirates Pitchers

With Tim Wakefield announcing his retirement I thought I'd go through the unfortunate list for Pirates fans, of pitchers with the most wins after...

New Draft Prospect Trackers

I added several new draft prospect trackers to the site today. The new additions bring the total number of draft trackers to ten. A...

This Date in Pirates History: February 18

Seven former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date and we start with the man who pitched for the last two World Series teams...

The first catch of the year

With pitchers and catchers officially reporting to Bradenton today, I thought I would share a post I wrote several years ago while still at...

First Pitch: Buy Low, Sell High

In looking at A.J. Burnett's trade value a few weeks ago, I pointed out that the remaining $33 M salary left him with a...

Trade History Between Pirates and Yankees

It seems like recently the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates have been trade partners often but that wasn't always the case between the...