28 y/o right handed John Van Benschoten is an interesting case. Like many college players Van Benschoten was a star at Kent State both at the plate and on the mound. He was the overall 8th pick of the first round for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2001 ( same year as Heilman) and many thought the ...
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November 25, 2008
The exorbitant cost of starting pitching coupled with the current state of the economy have led one baseball team to do what many corporations have been doing for some time now in an effort save some serious coin: they've outsourced a few jobs to India:
On Monday, the Pirates signed two young Indian pitchers, 20-year-old right-hander [...]
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November 25, 2008
Pittsburgh Pirates Sign Arcot Ramathorn
In addition to being a pretty hilarious cop, he's apparently a pretty good pitcher too. Well, at least good enough for the Pirates throw a minor league deal his way, and they even allowed a friend to tag along.The two of them have a blog, and it's some of the funniest shit ever.
Pirates Ink Indians Who've Never Been To Cleveland
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November 24, 2008
The wait is finally over. Our favorite Indian pitching hopefuls, Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel, who we have followed throughout their journey to America, have been signed to a minor league contract by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Makes sense. Nothing else works for the Bucs, so why not trot out a couple of guys who didn't know what Denny's was until two weeks ago?
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November 24, 2008
More on Patel and Singh
First things first, Patel and Singh officially signed. I thought it was important to note that news from a site that didn't need a babel fish to figure out what was going on.Secondly, I mentioned their blog second-hand in my earlier post and I know that a lot of you checked it out through the ...
Other Unproven Pitching Signings by the Pittsburgh Pirates
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A Passage To India?
Talk about change.When Dave Littlefield and Kevin McClatchy ran the Pirates, I'm not sure there were scouts assigned to cover Indiana.A With Frank Coonelly and Neal Huntington running the show now, there's word today that the Pirates have signed two pitchers from India to minor league contracts. Twenty year-old right hander Dinesh Patel and and [...]
Pirates outsource to India; world ends
PITTSBURGH (B&C) a?" The Pittsburgh Pirates today announced the signings of RHP Dinesh Patel and LHP Rinku Singh. Patel, 20, and Singh, 19, both of India, won India's Million Dollar Arm contest that began last December.
Patel and Singh both expect to spend some time in the minors before joining the big club as trade bait [...]
Million Dollar Arms in India? Not Bloody Likely.
While it's awesome that these two young Indian men are pursuing their dreams of being major league pitchers, it's not very likely that this is going to work. And, really, the whole enterprise - a reality TV show in India that tried to find a single person who could pitch over 85 mph - was a silly idea. Why? So many reasons. Take a look At The Dish.
More Wilson Rumors, Singh/Patel Fallout
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November 26, 2008
Like [I said]...get used to it, people.[Ken Rosenthal] says that the LA Dodgers are interested in Wilson, but when the Pirates asked for slick-fielding SS prospect Chin-Lung Hu, OF Delwyn Young, and another prospect in return, the Dodgers "balked."That DOES sound like a heck of a lot to ask for ...
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November 26, 2008
Rounding The Bases: Andy, Andy, Axel, Barry, Bambi, CC, & Dinesh Go To White Castle
So we haven't covered it much here on B&C but the Pirates signed these two pitchers from Indiaa??. Shinsano's got a scouting report on both of them. [eastWINDUPchronicle]
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PITTSBURGH (AP) a?" Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel signed free-agent contracts with the Pirates on Monday despite the fact that neither prospect had ever thrown a baseball until earlier this year.Singh and Patel arrived in the United States six months ago after finishing in an Indian reality TV ...
News and Notesa?"Pirates Sign Two Indian Pitchers
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November 24, 2008
Not these Indians...--These:---That's right, the [newest members of the Pirate organization are Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh]. They were two finalists in India's "Million Dollar Arm" contest. From the [contest's website]:--Beginning in November of 2008...
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November 24, 2008
News and Notes--Nov. 21
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November 21, 2008
Not much happening on this snowy Friday. The biggest news is something most of us knew a long time ago: John Van Benschoten will not pitch for the Pirates again. He [opted for minor league free agency today].Here is pretty much all you need to know about JVB:1. He was drafted by the Bucs in the ...
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November 21, 2008
Minor League Free Agents!
Today was the day for eligible minor leaguers to file for free agency and a number of them did so. Filing from the Pirates were Chris Duffy, John Van Benschoten, Marino Salas, Carlos Maldanado, and a bunch of inconsequential players. Josh Bonifay is also on the list, but that can't be right. Has ...
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