The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Evan Chambers in the third round of the 2009 draft, and signed him almost immediately. His stat line during the first two seasons has been very interesting. His .241 batting average has...
This is the 2nd in a series of articles examining how small payroll teams have found success in recent years. The goal is to try and determine what methods were successful in an attempt for the Pirates to emulate them.
The Major League Baseball Winter Meetings are clearly a big deal. All you have to do is look at the amount of transactions and news around the league over the last four days to see this....
The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Victor Black in the 2009 draft with the 49th overall selection. Black came in to the draft rated as the number 50 prospect by Baseball America, profiling as a future back of...
The Arizona Fall League wrapped up last week, finishing off the 2010 seasons of seven Pittsburgh Pirates prospects. The season gets a lot of attention for being one of the most prestigious off-season leagues. That's because...
"He made me a better hitter today," said Sanchez, the Pirates' first-round pick in 2009. "I was watching him hit and I saw how he transferred his weight and I thought, 'Man, that's how he drives the ball 500 feet. Let's see what happens when I try and do that transfer.' And lo and behold, I hit a bomb down the line. I'm like, 'No wonder he's so good.' "
For the better part of the last decade, the Pittsburgh Pirates had their shortstop situation figured out each season thanks to the presence of Jack Wilson. That changed in July 2009, when Wilson was traded to...
In the last year, almost every television show my wife and I watch has been either cancelled, has reached the end of a long run, or is set to be cancelled after one final season. As...
Brian Leach was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 25th round of the 2008 draft out of the University of Southern Mississippi. Leach got off to a strong start in State College after signing, with...
The body is on the slab and it is barely cold, but it is time to put the corpse known as the 2010 Pittsburgh Pirates to rest. This season was one for the history books, but not the good kind of history. But the strange part is that I still have hope.
The Altoona Curve easily had the strongest part of the farm system this season, with over a third of the top 30 prospects going in to the 2011 season finishing up the season at the level....
The State College Spikes featured a lot of young pitching talent that has entered the Pirates' farm system over the last two years. When looking at the stats of these players, it's important to note that...
