Jamie Moyer, Brandon Wood headline Rockies' non-roster invitees
Among the 21 non-roster players the Rockies invited to spring training are eight players with major league experience.
Via Denver Post
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10 days ago
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Baseball ProGUESTus: The Advantage of Low Expectations by M.J. Lloyd
Believe it or not, most of our writers didn't enter the world sporting an @baseballprospectus.com address; with a few exceptions, they started out somewhere else. In an effort to up your reading pleasure while tipping our caps to some of the most illuminating work being done elsewhere on the internet, we'll be yielding the stage once a week to the best and brightest baseball...
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26 days ago
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26 days ago
The Colorado Rockies have added quite a bit of new faces for the 2012 season
The Colorado Rockies have underwent a lot of change since last September and a lot of it is positive. Here is a look at the new guys for 2012:
In the field: The Rockies could have four new starters in 2012 in the field. Ramon Hernandez is the likely starting catcher for the Rockies and he should love playing at Coors Field. Michael Cuddyer will be the new RF for the Rockies in...
Via Rockies Locker
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29 days ago
Fall League ends; Rockies sign Wood to minor-league deal
SCOTTSDALE — The third baseman of the future plays one more Arizona Fall League game tonight. Nolan Arenado has gone from intriguing prospect to a legtimate competitor for a big league roster spot in spring training. Such is the case when a 20-year-old dominates the fall league after driving in 122 RBIs for Class-A Modesto.
Still, jumping from Class-A to the big leagues is a quantum...
Via All Things Rockies
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November 18, 2011
Offseason Notes for November 18th
A Best Buy in Ranch Cucamonga at which Brandon Wood probably shopped while hitting 43 homers.
Table of Contents
Here’s the table of contents for today’s edition of Offseason Notes.
1. Assorted Headlines
2. SCOUT Leaderboards: Arizona Fall League
3. Projecting: ZiPS for Chicago (AL)
Assorted Headlines
All the nerd that’s fit to print.
Colorado Signs Former Uberprospect...
Via Fangraphs
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November 18, 2011
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November 18, 2011
Rule 5 Decision Day
As you likely know by now, today is the day the Pirates have to finalize their 40-man roster for the Winter Meetings and the Rule 5 draft. Both WTM and Tim have good preveiws (Bucs Dugout, Pirates Prospects) and I'd recommend that you read them, because the Pirates have quite a few decisions to make today. As it stands right now, the Bucs have 34 players on the 40-man roster...
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November 18, 2011
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November 18, 2011
Rule 5 Decision Day
As you likely know by now, today is the day the Pirates have to finalize their 40-man roster for the Winter Meetings and the Rule 5 draft. Both WTM and Tim have good preveiws (Bucs Dugout, Pirates Prospects) and I'd recommend that you read them, because the Pirates have quite a few decisions to make today. As it stands right now, the Bucs have 34 players on the 40-man roster...
Via Where Is Andy Van Slyke
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November 18, 2011
The Colorado Rockies sign Brandon Wood
The Rockies have signed 26-year old righty swinging infielder Brandon Wood to a minor league deal. Wood played in 105 games for the Angels & Pirates last year and he was 54 for 250 (.216 avg, .610 OPS) with 26 runs scored, 7 homers and 31 RBIs. He has now played in 272 games in his first five years in the majors and he is 130 for 700 (.186 avg, .513 OPS) with 65 runs scored...
Via Rockies Locker
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November 18, 2011
Rox sign Wood to compete for third-base job
The Rockies have reached a Minor League agreement with infielder Brandon Wood, who hit .216 with seven home runs and 31 RBIs in 105 games last season with the Angels and Pirates.
Via mlb.com
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November 17, 2011
Discussion: Potential minor league free agents of note
I’m going to focus on the external options here, as we’ve already reviewed the Phillies minor league free agents. You can check all minor league free agents using BA’s tracker here. I just picked out a few guys I find interesting. None of these guys are likely to be big time MLB contributors in 2012 or any time, for that matter, but they might be good depth guys...
Via Phuture Phillies
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November 14, 2011
Offseason Primer - Part 4: The Hot Corner
By Jonathan Northrop - Angelswin.com Columnist
This is the fourth part in a seven-part series. The previous three parts can be found here:Part One: Intro and Catcher
Part Two: First Base and Designated Hitter
Part Three: The Middle Infield
There's No Glausing Over It: A Troublesome Recent PastAs I mentioned in Part One, recent history for the Angels has been particularly problematic...
Via Angelswin
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November 13, 2011
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November 13, 2011
Pittsburgh Pirates Minor League Free Agents
The following Pittsburgh Pirates have elected for minor league free agency, per Baseball America:
RHP: Jose Ascanio (AAA), Anthony Claggett (AA), Nelson Figueroa (AAA), Sean Gallagher (AAA), Kevin Hart (AAA), Aaron Heilman (AAA), Steven Jackson (AAA), Brett Sinkbeil (AA), Tyler Yates (AAA)
LHP: Dan Meyer (AAA), Garrett Olson (AAA), Justin Thomas (AAA), Aaron Thompson (AAA), Donald...
Via Pirates Prospects
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November 04, 2011
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November 04, 2011
Five Bucs sent to AAA
The Pirates declined four options this morning, sending Ronny Cedeno, Paul Maholm, Ryan Doumit, and Chris Snyder into the free agent market. It looks like there will be more joining them, as the Bucs outrighted five more players to AAA – giving them the option to declare free agency as well.
None are big surprises or big losses:
Brandon Wood – The former top prospect...
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October 31, 2011
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October 31, 2011
Pirates outright four players
The Pirates outrighted infielders Brandon Wood and Steve Pearce and pitchers Brian Burres and Kevin Hart to Class AAA Indianapolis, removing the players from the 40-man roster, the team announced Monday.
Via Post-Gazette
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October 31, 2011
Sent to Triple-A, four Bucs likely to test market
The Pirates began clearing space on the club's 40-man roster Monday by outrighting four players -- pitchers Brian Burres and Kevin Hart and infielders Brandon Wood and Steve Pearce -- to Triple-A. All four have the option to declare free agency and are expected to do so.
Via mlb.com
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October 31, 2011
Pirates Outright Four Players to AAA
The Pittsburgh Pirates have outrighted left handed pitcher Brian Burres, right handed pitcher Kevin Hart, infielder Brandon Wood, and outfielder Steve Pearce to AAA Indianapolis, according to a team press release. All four players have the option of electing for minor league free agency.
Pearce was eligible for Super Two status, but had trouble staying on the field the last two...
Via Pirates Prospects
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October 31, 2011
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October 31, 2011
Pittsburgh Pirates 2011 Position Recap: Shortstop
Cedeno put up strong defense in 2011.
The Pittsburgh Pirates came in to the 2011 season looking for a long term option to emerge at the shortstop position. They had signed Ronny Cedeno to a one year, $1.85 M deal, replacing his final year of arbitration. The deal also included an option for $3 M in 2012. Despite the option, the expectation at the start of the year was that...
Via Pirates Prospects
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October 11, 2011
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October 11, 2011
#32 Michigan State Spartans: College Basketball 111 in 111
Welcome to The Sports Bank’s second annual college basketball season preview series. Last year we looked at 99 teams in 99 days. This year, we are being slightly more aggressive and expanding to 111 teams in 111 days. We will rank the 74 power conference teams and top 37 mid-majors in reverse power ranking order. We’ll break down rosters, non-conference schedules, and...
Via The Sports Bank
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October 10, 2011
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October 10, 2011
2011 Pittsburgh Pirates Estimated Year End Payroll
The Pittsburgh Pirates finished the 2011 season with an estimated 40-man payroll of $53,441,206, according to Pirates Prospects calculations. The estimate is based on all announced salaries, estimated salaries, pro-rated salaries based on how much time players spent in the majors and minors, performance bonuses, signing bonuses, and any other contract details that have been made...
Via Pirates Prospects
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October 06, 2011
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October 06, 2011
Pirates Who Are Out of Options in 2012
The option status of players on the 40-man roster is always an important situation to follow. Remaining options play a big role in who gets roster spots. A guy who is out of options is usually going to win a roster spot over a guy with options if the two players are close. They can determine what kind of development plan a player can expect to see. For example, Chris Leroux...
Via Pirates Prospects
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September 17, 2011
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September 17, 2011
Game 133: Astros 7 Pirates 4
This is the time of year when one ugly Pirate loss begins to bleed into the next. The Pirates had one good inning against [Wandy Rodriguez] who was otherwise excellent, striking out [13 ... holy crap, thirteen, really?] in [seven] innings of work. That lead was good for a [3-0] lead early on, but it slowly wore away until some questionable defense by [Brandon Wood and Ryan Doumit...
Via Where Is Andy Van Slyke
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August 29, 2011
An Early Look At 2012
After a very exciting first half of the 2011 season, the Pirates have fallen back under .500 with little hope of getting back to it, and are headed towards their 19th straight losing season. The good news is that the Pirates will be back to 0 wins and 0 losses at the start of the 2012 season, and there should be some pretty high expectations for that club. Let's take a look at...
Via The "Mc" Effect
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August 28, 2011
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August 28, 2011
McKenry gets first taste of third base in bigs
On Monday, manager Clint Hurdle had already used one third baseman, Brandon Wood, when his replacement, Steve Pearce, left with a broken right index finger. Josh Harrison, the Pirates' other option at third, had started the game at second and had already been replaced. So Hurdle turned to catcher Michael McKenry.
Via mlb.com
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August 23, 2011
Super Saturday afternoon
In front of a not-so-national TV audience (and some dreadful announcers, from what I’m being told), the Bucs battled to a solid victory in what had to be PNC Park’s first ever mid-afternoon Pirates game.
Charlie Morton still owns the Reds. He actually did allow two runs (in the first and sixth innings), but he still did a very solid job and left the game with the lead...
Via Raise the Jolly Roger!
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August 20, 2011
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August 20, 2011
Walker, Morton help Pirates beat Reds (AP)
Neil Walker had two RBI singles, the second driving in Andrew McCutchen with the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-3 Saturday. Walker's hit off of Aroldis Chapman (2-1) was his third hit of the game, and Brandon Wood followed with an RBI double, allowing Pittsburgh to improve to 8-3 against the Reds this season.
Via Yahoo! Sports
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August 20, 2011
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