NEAL HUNTINGTON RUMORS
Huntington: Decision To Be Made on Karstens; McDonald and Morton Updates
Pirates general manager Neal Huntington made a rare appearance in Charleston, W.Va. for Sunday’s game between the Lexington Legends and the West Virginia Power and I (along with the Charleston Daily Mail’s Derek Redd, who covers the Power in addition to Marshall University sports) got the chance to ask him a few questions.
Pirates general manager Neal Huntington said a decision...
What makes Neal Huntington better than Dave Littlefield?
Twenty years of losing and only three general managers, unless you count Brian Graham who took over for two weeks after Dave Littlefield was fired in 2007. That is a whole lot of losing with relatively little change and a whole lot of “five year plans.” Neal Huntington is in the fifth year of his…
Pittsburgh Pirates: 2008-2012 Draft Summary, Part 2
Read part 1 of GM Neal Huntington’s draft history right here. (Opening image Jameson Taillon; image credit fromforbestofederal.)
1st Round Selections…
A missed Appel; image credit baltimoresun
Despite picking at or near the top of the draft for each of Huntington’s first 5 seasons, the Pirates are only hitting at a 60% success rate with their #1 picks. Pedro Alvarez...
First Pitch: Looking at the Grades From Huntington’s Drafts
Every year I always purchase a copy of the Baseball America Prospect Handbook. I only cover the Pirates’ farm system, and while that does give me a chance to see prospects from other systems, my focus is usually on the players with the Pirates. I like the BA handbook because it shows what other teams have in their system, which gives you some perspective on how the individual Pirates...
Pittsburgh Pirates: Reviewing Neal Huntington’s drafts- 2011
(Opening image Josh Bell; image credit bellsandwhistles)
Here are the previous draft reviews in this 6-part series: 2010, 2009, 2008
After an excellent 2008 draft, the Pittsburgh Pirates and GM Neal Huntington had sub-standard drafts in 2009 and 2010 that netted them SP Jameson Taillon and little else. Could the organization turn the tide in 2011? Due to the club’s continued...
Pittsburgh Pirates: Announcement timing becoming predictable
Over the past few years, fans paying close attention to the Pittsburgh Pirates’ timing of their announcements have detected a pattern: When the Pirates have negative or controversial news to break, they tend to wait until huge national news stories surface, so that they can slide their news in under the radars of a rightfully disenchanted fan base.
Originally, the Pirates...
First Pitch: The Day Huntington and Stark Lost Their Jobs?
When I read Dejan Kovacevic’s column on the Navy SEAL training last night, my initial reaction was “someone is getting fired”. Between the team’s horrible play at the major league level, and now this news coming out complete with Kyle Stark’s e-mail, it was the perfect recipe for a full day of “Look at how the Pirates have collapsed in the second half…and while we...
Neal Huntington Should Be Fired
I want to be on record before the final couple of the weeks of the season play out: Neal Huntington should be fired. I hope this team doesn’t lose a game the rest of the season. I hope that the Buccos sweep through the playoffs and win the World Series in four games. I hope that, after winning it all in 2012, the Pirates go on a nearly generation long streak of victorious seasons...
Pittsburgh Pirates: Jeff Karstens- Gem of the Yankee trade
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One of GM Neal Huntington’s most talked about trades during his first full season was the July, 2008 deal that sent OF Xavier Nady and RP Damaso Marte to the New York Yankees, netting four Pinstripe farmhands in return. Controversy swirled around the transaction when it was re-worked at the last minute, swapping out 2 of the 4 chips the Pirates...
Pirates 2012 Mock Draft
Neal Huntington seems pretty sold on the notion that it’s impossible to trade for offensive help before the All-Star Break. So maybe that means he’s going to look for it in Monday’s MLB First-Year Player Draft. Not only does MLB have the longest named entry draft, they also have about five drafts a year with about 100 rounds in them. It’s basically impossible to do a mock...
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