This is part two of our end-of-season award ballots for the [Baseball Bloggers Alliance]. The [Manager of the Year post is here].NL Rookie of the Year is a ridiculously tough call this year. Especially as a Pirates fan/homer. Part of me wants to give Andrew McCutchen and Garrett Jones the recognition they deserve, especially when [...]
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October 13, 2009
When we last left Ross Ohlendorf's PitchFX case, we were examining the spike in velocity that he flashed in the middle of August. So did it continue through the rest of the season?
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October 13, 2009
Pittsburgh Pirates games on FSN Pittsburgh drew a Nielsen rating of 3.25 that was higher than the regional sports network ratings for 11 other major league clubs, according to SportsBusiness Journal.
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October 12, 2009
The first wave of minor league free agents have hit the market. BUCCO Fans.com looks at the list, including a wish list of a few players for the Pittsburgh Pirates to sign, like Philip Humber and Josh Banks.
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October 14, 2009
BUCCO Fans.com looks back at the Nyjer Morgan/Sean Burnett for Lastings Milledge/Joel Hanrahan trade that was made by the Pittsburgh Pirates this year, and concludes that this was a classic buy low/sell high move by the Pirates.
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October 12, 2009
BUCCO Fans.com breaks down the Pittsburgh Pirates outfield situation, with a look at the current trio of Andrew McCutchen, Lastings Milledge, and Garrett Jones, as well as a look at some future options like Jose Tabata, Gorkys Hernandez, and Starling Marte.
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October 11, 2009
Check out the BUCCO Fans.com Wiki, which includes a lot of useful info on the Pittsburgh Pirates, such as schedules of when players are arbitration eligible, Rule 5 eligible, and how much service time each player has on the 40-man roster at the end of the 2009 season.
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October 13, 2009
Center fielder Andrew McCutchen is the winner of the Roberto Clemente Award, which is presented annually to the top Pirates player of that season.
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October 13, 2009
Andrew McCutchen won the 2009 Clemente Award presented by the Pittsburgh chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America.
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October 14, 2009
At Baseball Daily Digest, I make my selections for AL and NL Rookies of the Year.
Looking at WAR, we can narrow our field of eight down to six. The Phillies’ J.A. Happ and the Rockies’ Dexter Fowler are the only candidates with a WAR total under 2. Andrew McCutchen of the Pirates and Randy Wells [...]
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