JARED GOEDERT RUMORS
Pirates Announce Seven Minor League Signings
The Pittsburgh Pirates have announced the signing of seven minor league free agents through a team press release. Four of the signings we already knew about, as the official announcement was made on Darren Ford, Jared Goedert, Anderson Hernandez, and Stefan Welch. The Pirates also signed right-handed pitcher Ryan Reid, and re-signed infielder Jeff Larish and left-handed pitcher Kris...
News and notes: McCutchen, Ford, Goedert, Livesey
Just a couple of small things over the last few days…
Andrew McCutchen won a Silver Slugger award (which goes to the best hitter at each position, or the three best for outfielders) tonight. Jay Bruce and Ryan Braun joined him in the NL outfield. Cutch is the first Pirate to win a Silver Slugger since Jack Wilson did so in 2004. (Amazingly, Jack Flash has a Silver Slugger to his...
Jared Goedert
JARED GOEDERT
THIRD BASEMAN
Born: May 25, 1985
Height: 6’1″
Weight: 205
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Drafted: 9th Round, 281st Overall, 2006 (Indians)
How Acquired: Minor League Free Agent
College: Kansas State University
Agent: N/A
WTM’S PIRATE PLAYER PROFILES
Goedert has been mostly a good hitter in the upper minors, with solid or better power. He had...
Pirates Sign Jared Goedert
The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed infielder Jared Goedert to a minor league deal, according to Ken Rosenthal. Goedert spent seven years in the Cleveland farm system, splitting the 2012 season between Double-A and Triple-A. In Triple-A last year he hit for a .279/.331/.460 line in 326 at-bats with 14 homers. Goedert turns 28 next season, and hasn’t played in the majors yet. He...
Cleveland Indians minor league report: 6/9
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By: Kevin Friedman
Today we have our monthly report of the Cleveland Indians minor league system.
Wanabe Hitter of May – Jared Goedert
Jared Goedert continued his extremely strong April well into May. He did so well at Akron that he earned a called up to Triple A Columbus midway through the month. His .375 batting average in April rose to .395 by the time...
The Winter Ball Experience
Offseason baseball has its plusses and minuses.For the player it provides an opportunity to play in more games or Latin players to play baseball in their home country. It gives upper level minor league players a stage to showcase their talents in a tougher environment, or allows a chance to make up at bats or innings pitched because of an injury which may have resulted in a player...
2011 Rule 5 Draft: Live Blog
I will be updating this posting with news and notes from today’s Rule 5 Draft, though I have to say in advance that I expect the updates to be minimal mostly because the Indians are not going to draft anyone (at least in the Major League phase) and it appears that there is only a low possibility anyone gets drafted. As new updates come in I will timestamp them and log them on...
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