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Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 18 - Victor Black
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To cap off the end of the 2009 season, I'm going to be counting down my list of the top 50 prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates' system. I'll be counting down one prospect per day, with an extensive recap on each player, until I reach number one. Check out the previous installments...
Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 19 - Jarek Cunningham
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To cap off the end of the 2009 season, I'm going to be counting down my list of the top 50 prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates' system. I'll be counting down one prospect per day, with an extensive recap on each player, until I reach number one. Check out the previous installments...
Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 20 - Ronald Uviedo
2 days ago by
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To cap off the end of the 2009 season, I'm going to be counting down my list of the top 50 prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates' system. I'll be counting down one prospect per day, with an extensive recap on each player, until I reach number one. Check out the previous installments...
Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 21 - Daniel McCutchen
5 days ago by
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To cap off the end of the 2009 season, I'm going to be counting down my list of the top 50 prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates' system. I'll be counting down one prospect per day, with an extensive recap on each player, until I reach number one. Check out the previous installments...
Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 23 - Daniel Moskos
7 days ago by
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To cap off the end of the 2009 season, I'm going to be counting down my list of the top 50 prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates' system. I'll be counting down one prospect per day, with an extensive recap on each player, until I reach number one. Check out the previous installments...
Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 24 - Justin Wilson
8 days ago by
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To cap off the end of the 2009 season, I'm going to be counting down my list of the top 50 prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates' system. I'll be counting down one prospect per day, with an extensive recap on each player, until I reach number one. Check out the previous installments...
Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 22 - Donald Veal
6 days ago by
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To cap off the end of the 2009 season, I'm going to be counting down my list of the top 50 prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates' system. I'll be counting down one prospect per day, with an extensive recap on each player, until I reach number one. Check out the previous installments...
Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 26 - Brooks Pounders
12 days ago by
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To cap off the end of the 2009 season, I'm going to be counting down my list of the top 50 prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates' system. I'll be counting down one prospect per day, with an extensive recap on each player, until I reach number one. Check out the previous installments...
Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 25 - Trent Stevenson
9 days ago by
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To cap off the end of the 2009 season, I'm going to be counting down my list of the top 50 prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates' system. I'll be counting down one prospect per day, with an extensive recap on each player, until I reach number one. Check out the previous installments...
Erie SeaWolves Pound Altoona Curve 10-7 - EL
April 10, 2009 by
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ERIE - The SeaWolves blasted out 10 runs en route to a 10-7 victory over the Altoona Curve on Thursday night at Jerry Uht Park. The win improves the Howlers to 2-0 on the season.
For the second consecutive night, Altoona jumped ahead with an early 2-0 lead. In the top of the first...
Ross Ohlendorf Participating in Department of Agriculture Internship
18 days ago by
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by David Zalubowski - AP
4 months ago:
Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Ross Ohlendorf works against the Colorado Rockies in the first inning of a baseball game on Friday, June 19, 2009, in Denver. (AP...
Fall and winter baseball update
18 days ago by
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Time to catch up with the various Pirates still playing baseball across the Western Hemisphere.
In the Arizona Fall League, Jose Tabata is killing the ball, hitting .333/.429/.542 with a double and two triples in six games. Brian Friday and Chase D'Arnaud are hitting terribly,...
Three Pirates to go up against Stephen Strasburg
25 days ago by
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As if there wasn’t enough to watch tonight with both playoff series in action and Pitt-Rutgers at 8, three Bucs prospects will battle the phenom this evening in an epic Arizona Fall League showdown.
The Phoenix Desert Dogs host the Scottsdale Scorpions at 6:35 MST. The Scorpions...
Jose Tabata, Bad Pitchers to Represent Bucs in Arizona Fall League
August 25, 2009 by
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If you ever wonder why so many runs are scored in Arizona Fall League games, well, here's one reason.
The Pirates will stock the Arizona Fall League's Scottsdale Scorpions with six prospects: outfielder Jose Tabata, shortstops Brian Friday and Chase D'Arnaud...
Jorge Has a Great Day, Says He's 100%
March 22, 2009 by
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From Marc Carig:Jorge Posada declared himself 100 percent on Sunday. The results made it difficult to argue with him. The New York Yankees catcher offered solid evidence that his surgically repaired right shoulder will stand up to the rigors of 110 games this season - as the organization...
Minor League Roundup: 6-4-09:
June 04, 2009 by
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AAA Indianapolis had its game postponed.
AA Altoona had a 10-8 victory over Erie to improve its record to 17-35. Crotta was hit hard, and gave up 5 earned runs in 4.2 innings. Brian Friday went 3 for 6 with 2 doubles and is now hitting .330. Pacheco, Gimenez, Delaney, and Lerud all...
Fall/winter baseball roundup
24 days ago by
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Quick announcement first: since Bloguin switched me over to the new commenting system a few months ago, the number of comments here have plummetted. I assume this has a lot to do with it taking like 20 seconds for each comment to post after you send it it. That shouldn't happen...
Minor League update: 5/22
May 26, 2009 by
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Haven't done one of these in a while, so let's check in on the farm clubs.
Indianapolis
Andrew McCutchen broke out of his slump nicely and is sitting at .284/.350/.466. It's not quite the "domination" that some wanted to see, but his increase in extra base hits...
Pride, Passion, Patience. Patience?
June 08, 2009 by
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After watching Ramon Vazquez yesterday, I became angry. What a tough game to lose. He set the shortstop position back a little bit didn’t he? We have to wait how long until Brian Friday is here?
Andrew McCutchen looks so comfortable at the plate.
And rather uncomfortable...
Friday Farm Update
April 17, 2009 by
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Updates from all over the Pirates' farm system.
Indy
Neil Walker homered last night. After his hot start, his line is headed right towards where it was last year. He's currently at .243/.282/.486 with two homers. Brian Bixler was hitless last night, but is still zipping along...
Winter Ball Update: Tabata's starting to hit
December 02, 2008 by
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Time for another look at the winter ball stats. Jose Tabata's got his OPS up to .729 and he just hit his first homer. He seems to be slowly coming around since his slump that followed his hot start. Jorge Cortes is hitting well in Venezuela, but he's almost 30 and been in the...
Winter Ball Update: Tabata's starting to hit
November 13, 2008 by
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Time for another look at the winter ball stats. Jose Tabata's got his OPS up to .729 and he just hit his first homer. He seems to be slowly coming around since his slump that followed his hot start. Jorge Cortes is hitting well in Venezuela, but he's almost 30 and been in the...
2009 In Review: Altoona Curve
September 10, 2009 by
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I've been doing these in order from the bottom to the top, but since Lynchburg is still in the playoffs, I'll skip them in return to them later.
Altoona finished last in the Southern division of the Class AA Eastern League, and it's the first affiliate we've reviewed...
Series Preview: Astros (16-18) v Cubs (20-14)
May 15, 2009 by
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The Cubs have a favorable schedule for the month of May, and have taken care of business with a 10-3 record thus far. The Cubs have 9 more games this month against teams projected to have losing records (Astros, Pirates, Padres) with 2 games against the coming-back-down-to-earth...
New Protective Helmets to be Mandatory for Arizona Fall League
September 06, 2009 by
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The new Rawlings s100 batting helmet, being worn here by the Mets' David Wright, will become mandatory head gear for the Arizona Fall League this October.
The Arizona Fall League players are literally getting a “head start” on the competition according to MLB...
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