Three Pirates to go up against Stephen Strasburg

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Via Press Release The Pittsburgh Pirates today announced that hitting instructor Perry Hill will not return to the club and that Ray Searage will join the Major League coaching staff for the 2010 season. The 57-year-old Hill spent the 2009 season as the First Base Coach and Infield Instructor for the Pirates. It was his 15th season [...]

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...

The Pittsburgh Pirates have announced that infield coach Perry Hill will not be returning to the team next season. BUCCO Fans.com feels that this loss could be bigger than the loss of any player the Pirates have traded away over the last season.

BUCCO Fans.com looks back at the Pittsburgh Pirates trade that sent John Grabow and Tom Gorzelanny to the Chicago Cubs, and questions the value of left handed relief after the complaints of the Pirates having no lefty relievers after the deal.

BUCCO Fans.com looks back at the Freddy Sanchez trade that was made by the Pittsburgh Pirates this year, including the potential of new Pirates' prospect Tim Alderson, and what the Pirates could do to fill their hole at second base.

With Jack Wilson gone, BUCCO Fans.com looks at the shortstop situation for the Pittsburgh Pirates, including some of the prospects in the system, like Chase d'Arnaud and Jordy Mercer, and some of the short term options, like Ronny Cedeno and free agency.

This ballot is for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, a group of baseball bloggers (duh) who are pooling votes together to give out our own post-season award. This is an incredibly tough vote for me, for two reasons. The first is that two Pirates are prominently involved here, which means that it's not exactly easy for me to stay objective. The second is that I'm never entirely sure...

PITTSBURGH, Pa.(AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have named Ray Searage pitching coach after two seasons in the same position with Triple-A affiliate Indianapolis...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...

First, the price would be right. Yeah, Sheets is probably injured, but he's good. Meaning that he'd probably be worth more as a cut-priced injured player, than many a full-priced healthy player...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...