Pirates (60-83) at Astros (77-67)8:05--Minute Maid Park, HoustonRoss Ohlendorf (1-1, 6.26) vs. Randy Wolf (9-11, 4.47)[Preview]----------Alright, so maybe I'm not giving the Astros enough credit. They ARE 10 games over .500 and have the best record in baseball since the All Star Break. My point is,   more...
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--Should've-Been-a-Pirate Matt Wieters is the 2008 Minor League Player of Year. In totally unrelated news, Daniel Moskos was 7-7 with a 6.30 ERA this year. [Baseball America]--It looks like Vince Young was driving around with an unloaded gun last night. [Tennessean.com via PFT]--The Pirates are   more...
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--Should've-Been-a-Pirate Matt Wieters is the 2008 Minor League Player of Year. In totally unrelated news, Daniel Moskos was 7-7 with a 6.30 ERA this year. [Baseball America]--It looks like Vince Young was driving around with an unloaded gun last night. [Tennessean.com via PFT]--The Pirates are   more...
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One of the biggest factors in all of baseball is prospects. Now that we are entering August, we should start seeing lots of them called up who could make big impacts on their clubs for years to come. Here are my top ten prospects and while some won't be called up this year, they will all be factors   more...

"All-Star Games played" is a meaningless stat, but it's quick and dirty so let's do it anyway. Since 1981, the average Minor League Player of the Year has made 2.3 All-Star teams, and that includes a half-dozen guys who may increase that number as their careers continue. Of the 25 former winners,   more...
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MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Boca Raton, FLA - 07.31.08 - Bowie Baysox catcher Matt Wieters was named as the top developmental player in the MLN Ones2Watch (O2W) Baseball 2008, the companion rankings to the MLN FAB50 Baseball 2008 in the current edition of MLN Sports Zone (SZ).Wieters,   more...
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This is a list of prospects that are on non-contending teams who should make a splash next year. These players give the bad teams a ray of hope for the future, and the future is next year.A Matt Wieters-C- Orioles: He is 6'5" 230 pounds, not an ideal catchers build, however ...
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On September first, the rosters expand to 40 players. Sprinkled in among the organizational pitchers and backup catchers are real top prospects getting their first taste of the big leagues. The norm, of course, is that the big prospect is already up long before September first (like Ryan Braun and   more...
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