Granted, I have no idea if any of the other 29 teams have a guy like this, but I’m willing to bet they don’t. Ross Ohlendorf is a ridiculously smart dude. You probably knew he went to Princeton. You might have even heard of his legendary senior thesis. If you’re a huge Ross the Boss [...]
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October 23, 2009
Ross Ohlendorf is cooler than you. True story.
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October 23, 2009
Time to catch up with the various Pirates still playing baseball across the Western Hemisphere.
In the Arizona Fall League, Jose Tabata is killing the ball, hitting .333/.429/.542 with a double and two triples in six games. Brian Friday and Chase D'Arnaud are hitting terribly, but Donnie Veal has thrown five innings, allowing just one earned run on two hits to go with five strikeouts...
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October 22, 2009
To cap off the end of the 2009 season, BUCCO Fans.com will be counting down the top 50 prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates' system. Here are prospects 31-35.
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October 24, 2009
Jeff Karstens is a Super Two player going in to the 2010 season. BUCCO Fans.com looks at what that means for the Pittsburgh Pirates, as well as some Pirates players who could be candidates for Super Two status in future years.
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October 23, 2009
To cap off the end of the 2009 season, BUCCO Fans.com will be counting down the top 50 prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates' system.
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October 23, 2009
A few updates to the BUCCO Fans.com Wiki, including an archive of top Pittsburgh Pirates prospects dating back to 1983, a MLB transactions calendar, and a list of BUCCO Fans.com prospect interviews and video recaps.
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October 22, 2009
I have been very fortunate to be able to work with Allan Simpson and the fine folks over at Perfect Game/PG Crosschecker. Perfect Game is the #1 high school baseball recruiting site on the web, and their knowledge and coverage of college baseball prospects is arguably the best around. Allan and his staff are in the process of ranking the top 25 prospects from all the major college...
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October 24, 2009
Andrew McCutchen is the future for the Pittsburgh Pirates. After 17(17!) consecutive losing seasons, Pirates fans now have a reason for some hope(may it last)! McCutchen is a 5-tool player...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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October 24, 2009
A fresh batch of links for Saturday afternoon...
According to John Perrotto of Baseball Prospectus, Pirates right-hander Ross Ohlendorf missed arbitration eligibility by just two days.
On the other hand, as Perrotto notes, right-hander Jeff Karstens is eligible for arbitration.
MLB.com's Marty Noble fielded a ton of hot stove-related questions from Mets fans...
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