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Original Story: http://joshqpublic.com/blog2/2008/05/07/....

The Philadelphia Phillies (12-11) travel to Pittsburgh for a 3 game set against the Pirates (9-13) starting Friday night at 7:05 in beautiful and underrated PNC Park. Match-ups: Friday- Adam Eaton (0-0, 4.74 era, 1.34 whip) vs. Zach Duke (0-1, 4.37, 1.77), Saturday- Kyle Kendrick (1-2, 5.59, 1.81)   more...
Original Story: http://pabaseball.blogspot.com/2008/04/p....

The GNUru realizes that just about every fantasy sports publication has some magic formula to predict this year's crop of breakout players. For some it's the 27-year old benchmark, 3rd year of MLB experience, or even the number of games played or innings pitched. At first glance these 'trends'   more...
Original Story: http://www.thegnuru.com/content/view/39/....

Prior to the start of the 2007 season, the GNUru identified the Top 10 Pitchers (http://www.thegnuru.com/content/view/39/27/) that were being touted by the big boys of fantasy baseball (CBS Sportsline, Yahoo, ESPN, etc.) as sleeper and breakout picks. These players were thought to be "Sexy Picks"   more...
Original Story: http://www.thegnuru.com/content/view/116....

Remember all of those incredibly talented young pitchers in 2006? Justin Verlander and Jared Weaver proved not only to be two of the best pitchers on their team, but two of the best in the entire league. Anibal Sanchez threw a no-hitter and Jonathon Papelbon almost won a Cy Young as the closer of   more...
Original Story: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/wr....

Roy Oswalt's making his 5th consecutive Opening Day start. He's 2-1 on those games. Check out Oswalt's career numbers against the Pirates."Roy has done very well against Pitt: 10-5 in 18 GS and 1 in relief over 127.1 IP - 4 HR, 22 BB, 113 K - a 2.76 ERA, 1.12 WHIP and a .251 BAA."Pirates fans,   more...
Original Story: http://mvn.com/mlb-astros/2007/04/02/ope....

The Pirates were expected to have a dismal season and need a life vest to even stay afloat, but that has not been the case so far. After last night's come from behind win over the Dodgers thanks to Mr. Fireworks himself Nate McLouth the Pirates busted through the .500 barrier and are now on the   more...
Original Story: http://pabaseball.blogspot.com.

Julio Lugo was suppose to be a difference maker for the BoSox, but all he's been is a waste of space. Chris Ray on the other hand is just a bum. Ray hasn't had a save in nearly a month, and keeps on losing. When will Baltimore dump this guy?
Original Story: http://www.fantasybaseballguy.com/july-2....

Duke limited the Pirates to 5 hits and a walk to improve his record to 2-2. Not that fantasy owners are going to complain about his performance, but it would have been nice to see him strikeout more than one batter. Despite his low BB/K ratio, he's seems to be getting better with every start.   more...

Zach Duke is not ready to breathe easily just yet, it seems.His ailing left elbow has no ligament tears and will not require surgery, according to tests taken yesterday afternoon at Allegheny General Hospital under the supervision of the Pirates' medical staff. The formal diagnosis was irritation   more...
Original Story: http://www.postgazette.com/pg/07184/7989....

This article discusses GM Neal Huntington's decision to stick with the current starting rotation this season rather than pursuing another SP in the offseason. Go Buccos!
Original Story: http://raisethejollyroger21.blogspot.com....

Phillies:*Francisco Rosario (out of options) has been placed on the DL to begin the season and is officially out of the running for one of the remaining bullpen spots. Fat Mike Zagurski and Scott Mathieson who are still mending from '07 injuries have also been shelved.*Kris Benson hasn't been DL'd   more...
Original Story: http://pabaseball.blogspot.com/2008/03/w....