Tag: Super Two status

Pirates Hire Pitching Coach Brent Strom

TransactionsNovember 15, 2024

The Pittsburgh Pirates hired Brent Strom to be their assistant pitching coach, as reported by Noah Hiles of the Post-Gazette. Strom is a highly regarded pitching coach, who has spent time with Houston and Arizona over...

Pirates Hire Matt Hague As Their New Hitting Coach

TransactionsNovember 13, 2024

The Pittsburgh Pirates have hired Matt Hague to be their next hitting coach, according to Scott Mitchell of CSN. Hague was the assistant hitting coach for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2024, after three years as...

Pirates and Ohlendorf Exchange Figures

AnalysisJanuary 19, 2011

After signing Joel Hanrahan to a one year deal earlier today, the Pittsburgh Pirates are left with one arbitration eligible player who is without...

The Market for McCutchen is Set

AnalysisDecember 10, 2010

I've talked a lot about Andrew McCutchen this off-season, both in terms of the possibility that he could be a Super Two player following...

The 40-60-80 Arbitration Rule

AnalysisNovember 9, 2010

Over the last few days I've been looking at the possible benefit of being a Super Two eligible player. It started when I noticed...

The Benefit of Being a Super Two

AnalysisNovember 8, 2010

On Friday the list of Super Two players came out, with an unprecedented low cut-off of two years and 122 days used to determine...

A Possible Wrench in the Extension Hopes for McCutchen

AnalysisNovember 5, 2010

Wondering why the Pittsburgh Pirates took so long to promote Pedro Alvarez to the majors this year? Perhaps it was due to the new...

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