PEDRO ALVAREZ RUMORS
Pirates 10, Cubs 4
Pedro Alvarez, Andrew McCutchen and Garrett Jones homered, Erik Bedard pitched six shutout innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Chicago 10-4 Sunday and sent the Cubs to their 12th consecutive defeat.
Alvarez hit a three-run homer in the first - Pittsburgh's first this season with more than one man on - McCutchen added a solo shot in the fifth and Jones went deep to right...
Via AP on Fox
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4 days ago
Discuss
Pedro Alvarez's most recent slump
Pedro Alvarez hasn't hit a home run since May 3rd. Since then, he singled on May 4th, then went hitless until the 12th. He recorded a hit a game for four straight games after then, before going hitless last night. His line since his last home run is .135/.244/.189; that's 5-for-37 with two doubles. Obviously, this is not good. It's easy enough to say that it's not...
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14 days ago
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14 days ago
FOR THE KIDS
Fan saves baby from foul ball, catches it in hat
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Now that’s how you snag a foul ball. During the sixth inning of the Marlins game against the Pirates Tuesday night, the fan you see above made a terrific play on a foul ball. Anytime you snag a ball using your hat, it’s worthy of Sportscenter’s top plays. When you step in front of an infant and make a terrific play on the...
Via Larry Brown Sports
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15 days ago
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15 days ago
Pirates remain committed to Alvarez as cleanup hitter
The Pittsburgh Pirates finally saw third baseman Pedro Alvarez break out into the impact hitter they'd long envisioned with a two-week tear, so they placed him at cleanup in early May. However, he went hitless in his next 20 at-bats before he doubled Saturday night. Alvarez went 1-for-4 Sunday in the Pirates' 3-2, 12-inning victory over the Astros at PNC Park, and his average...
Via Pro Sports Daily
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17 days ago
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17 days ago
Cleaning Up Pedro Alvarez - Has Anything Changed?
Last Saturday, manager Clint Hurdle put Pedro Alvarez in the clean-up spot. The young third baseman had been hitting extremely well the previous two weeks and everybody felt it about time to move him up in the batting order. Regardless of the WHY, Alvarez is hitless in 15 at-bats from the four hole. He's walked five times and struck out just as many. 20 plate appearances is...
Via The "Mc" Effect
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20 days ago
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20 days ago
Batting Fourth and Playing First Base: Pedro Alvarez
Remember back in 2010 when Pedro Alvarez was a rookie, hitting the ball all over the place and giving Pittsburgh hope for a huge 2011 offensive season? Remember when he was booting balls and throwing potential put outs into the seats? That's when we were all talking about moving him to first base in the offseason and having him start there come Opening Day in 2011. The Pirates...
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21 days ago
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21 days ago
Today in 'Crazy Pedro Alvarez Stats'
How much power do you need to offset a bad on-base percentage and still be a good hitter in 2012? You don't need to look any further than Pedro Alvarez's FanGraphs page to find out! Pedro's .349 ISO is higher than the batting averages of all but five qualified players in the National League. Jose Bautista lead all of baseball with a .306 ISO last year and after Curtis...
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29 days ago
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29 days ago
Pirates still believe in Alvarez
Is Pedro Alvarez finally coming around? That's always a dangerous forecast to make, but the Pittsburgh Pirates' beleaguered young third baseman is on a 5-for-15 run, with a home run in both games of the doubleheader split with the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday. For a guy whose average is still stuck at .156, it's a start. This came in the same week that the Baseball...
Via Pro Sports Daily
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April 27, 2012
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April 27, 2012
Jim Callis on Pedro Alvarez
A week or so ago, Baseball America's JJ Cooper published subscriber-only a piece that discusses Pedro Alvarez. An American League scout opined that if he didn't know Alvarez's pedigree, he'd be tempted to call him a non-prospect. Jim Callis follows up on that today by discussing some of the biggest position player draft busts and concluding:
Perhaps if Alvarez can...
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April 24, 2012
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April 24, 2012
Pedro Alvarez out with knee injury
Pedro Alvarez exited yesterday’s game due to inflammation in his left knee, says Dejan Kovacevic.
According to reports, the injury does not seem to be very serious and should only sideline Alvarez for a couple games this weekend.
Alvarez has been far from spectacular hitting .133/.156/.333 with two home runs in 30 at-bats this spring. This doesn’t change the fact that...
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March 23, 2012
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March 23, 2012
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