Prospect Watch: Pirates Farm System Combines For 15 Home Runs On the Day
TOP OF THE SYSTEM
A look at how the current top 20 prospects did today. Note that this list doesn’t include players currently in the majors. If a player is in the majors, he will be removed, everyone below him will be shifted up a spot, and a new player will be added to the bottom of the list. Rankings are from the pre-season rankings, and links to each prospect writeup can be...
Winners and losers in the Red Sox/Dodgers trade from last August
Last August, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox completed one of the most famous post trading deadline trades in history. The Red Sox sent first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, left fielder Carl Crawford, right-hander Josh Beckett and infielder Nick Punto to the Dodgers in exchange for first baseman James Loney, infielder Ivan DeJesus Jr., outfielder/first baseman Jerry...
Clippers trounced by Indians, 11-0
COLUMBUS- In retrospective, the Clippers might have wished that the downpour prior to Friday’s action would have canceled the game all together. After the hour and 15 minute rain delay, Columbus was beat up in an 11-0 routing by the Indianapolis Indians.
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ Triple-A affiliate demonstrated why they are the best team in the International League, dominating...
My 1st Card Show: The Damage.
I attended a card show Saturday in my neck of the woods, the first card show I've ever been to. It was promoted as a heavily vintage show and it certainly lived up to that billing. It's times like these I wish I had a massive budget because there was so, so much I wanted to buy. I spent about half of what I brought, but most importantly, I had a wonderful time with excellent...
Prospect Notebook: Jerry Sands Could Be a Good In-Season Addition For the Pirates
Jerry Sands has three homers in his last four games.
A few weeks ago I wrote about how Jerry Sands was struggling all around, and how there were no silver linings to his game. He wasn’t hitting right-handers or left-handers. He wasn’t hitting for power. It wasn’t a home/road split, or a situation where you could point to the most recent games with hope that he was turning things...
Prospect Watch: Stetson Allie Homers Twice; Sands, Sanchez, and Herrera Also Homer
TOP OF THE SYSTEM
A look at how the current top 20 prospects did today. Note that this list doesn’t include players currently in the majors. If a player is in the majors, he will be removed, everyone below him will be shifted up a spot, and a new player will be added to the bottom of the list. Rankings are from the pre-season rankings, and links to each prospect writeup can be...
Prospect Watch: Pimentel Gets Hit Again, Bell and Allie Lead West Virginia Offense
TOP OF THE SYSTEM
A look at how the current top 20 prospects did today. Note that this list doesn’t include players currently in the majors. If a player is in the majors, he will be removed, everyone below him will be shifted up a spot, and a new player will be added to the bottom of the list. Rankings are from the pre-season rankings, and links to each prospect writeup can be...
Prospect Watch: Glasnow Continues to Strike Everyone Out; Karstens Rehabs
TOP OF THE SYSTEM
A look at how the current top 20 prospects did today. Note that this list doesn’t include players currently in the majors. If a player is in the majors, he will be removed, everyone below him will be shifted up a spot, and a new player will be added to the bottom of the list. Rankings are from the pre-season rankings, and links to each prospect writeup can be...
First Pitch: Who Wants to Hit a Left-Hander?
The Pittsburgh Pirates have a problem. The team has four spots on the field which could require a platoon, due to the fact that they have so many players who can’t hit left-handers.
The obvious player is Garrett Jones, who is established as a platoon player at this point. In his career, Jones has an .851 OPS against right-handers, and a .590 OPS against left-handers. The Pirates...
Sands of Gold.
I recently added a sweet new Jerry Sands to my modest collection of the former Dodgers' prospect. It's a sort-of-rainbow I'm sort of working on, and the price was right on my newest piece to that colorful puzzle.Numbered 06/75, it's the gold parallel of Jerry's '11 Topps Finest RC Auto. I have this gold to go along with the Refractor (/499) and XFractor (...
Boston Red Sox: Harsh Realities and Hot Start
Little relief in sight
When the Red Sox shipped out Mark Melancon for Joel Hanrahan, I ripped it as being a bad trade. As a brief reminder, via ESPN.com:
“In the deal, the Red Sox sent pitchers Mark Melancon, Stolmy Pimentel, infielder Ivan De Jesus and first baseman/outfielder Jerry Sands to Pittsburgh. Along with Hanrahan, the Red Sox received infielder Brock Holt.”
Putting...
Prospect Notebook: The Other Guys From the Hanrahan Trade
Joel Hanrahan was placed on the disabled list in Boston yesterday with right forearm tightness. I’ve pointed out in the past that the Hanrahan trade is looking good, simply because of how Hanrahan’s value has plummeted, Mark Melancon has rebounded to a top reliever, and Stolmy Pimentel has gotten off to a great start in Altoona. The fact that the Pirates got four years of Melancon...
Prospect Trends: Some Fast Starts for West Virginia Hitters
Allie’s fast start has stirred much talk
The season’s first two weeks have produced some noteworthy performances in the Pirates’ farm system, both good and bad. It’s way too early to start drawing any conclusions from these performances, but it’s not too early to scope out some players who’ll be interesting to follow closely, either with enthusiasm or concern. The biggest...
Fan targets Inge and teammates in Toledo
TOLEDO, Ohio -- Excitement seems to follow Brandon Inge around.
During Tuesday night's game in Toledo between the Mud Hens and Indianapolis Indians, a couple of unidentified fans were reportedly tossing peanuts and insults toward the Indians' dugout.
An eyewitness said when an usher tried to intervene, the fans started threatening him in addition to continuing to insult...
Indianapolis Has Their Own Comeback, Scoring Nine Runs in the Seventh to Win 12-7
When starting pitcher Corey Kluber struck out Jerry Sands to open the top of the seventh inning of Sunday afternoon’s game at Huntington Park, the Columbus Clippers appeared to have seized the high ground over the Indianapolis Indians. Five Clippers’ tallies over the fourth and fifth innings had cooled off hot Indianapolis starter Andy Oliver. Columbus’ 5-2 lead presented a...
Minor League Schedule: 4/4/13
Today is Opening Day of the 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates minor league season. All four full-season affiliates open their schedule tonight, two at home and two on the road. Starting tomorrow, I will include a link for the Prospect Watch in this section everyday, where we give a summary of every game played by a Pirates affiliate from the previous day. It will be posted nightly throughout...
2013 Indianapolis Indians Season Preview
The 2013 minor league season begins on Thursday. In the days leading up to the opener, I will be previewing the full season affiliates of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Here is a look at the 2013 Indianapolis Indians, who will feature top prospect Gerrit Cole on their Opening Day roster.
Lineup
C – Tony Sanchez
1B – Matt Hague
2B – Ivan De Jesus Jr.
SS – Jordy Mercer
3B – Jared...
Positional Power Rankings: Relief Pitchers (#1-#15)
For an explanation of this series, please read the introductory post. The data is a hybrid projection of the ZIPS and Steamer systems with playing time determined through depth charts created by our team of authors. The rankings are based on aggregate projected WAR for each team at a given position.
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been going position by position around the...
Is there any upside left to Jose Tabata?
With Jerry Sands' demotion earlier this week, it became pretty clear that Jose Tabata will start 2013 out in Pittsburgh, most likely as Travis Snider's primary backup/platoon partner in right field. Tabata's only 24, but this is almost certainly his last chance to play regularly for for the Pirates. If he can't hack it in the early part of this season, Sands will...
Pirate City Notes: Curry, Rowland, Rivera, Von Rosenberg, Wang
Here is a look at today’s lineups for the minor league games. The teams will be taking on Toronto’s farm system this afternoon. The upper level teams are on the road, which means I’ll be watching the lower level guys at Pirate City. I’ve included the lineups, pitchers, and some notes on a few players below.
Matt Curry is playing with the Triple-A team for now.
Triple-A
Lineup...
First Pitch: Today’s Cuts Bring Up the Hanrahan Trade Again
Mark Melancon was one of the main pieces in the Joel Hanrahan trade.
The Pittsburgh Pirates made their first round of cuts today at the major league level. Two of the players who were cut were Jerry Sands and Stolmy Pimentel, who made up half of the return for Joel Hanrahan over the winter. Almost immediately the complaints started on Twitter about the Hanrahan trade. Most of them...
A Corey Seager (Blue) White Whale.
Corey Seager is the young Dodgers' prospect I've decided to Super-Collect. Well, he and Jerry Sands, but of course Jerry is no longer a Dodger. Anyhoo, I think Seager has the potential and raw talent to be an excellent player and I've accordingly begun to pursue as many of his autographs as possible.I was recently able to land what is thus far the pinnacle of my collection...
Season Preview: Los Angeles Dodgers
The new Dodgers owners said they’d spend, and it appears that they will. After last year’s deadline blockbuster, the Dodgers have continued to bring in players and spend recklessly, according to some. Can they overtake the defending champion Giants?
Key Losses:
Joe Blanton, RHP (Angels, Free Agent)
Randy Choate, LHP (Cardinals, Free Agent)
Rubby de la Rosa, RHP (Red Sox, Trade...
Pirates 8, Astros 6
Jose Tabata made strides toward regaining his starting right fielder's job, keying a five-run second inning Sunday with a two-run double and helping the Pittsburgh Pirates build a big lead before holding on for an 8-6 victory over the Houston Astros.
Tabata lost his starting job last season when he hit just .243 with three home runs in 103 games. He is competing with Travis...
Pirates Notebook: Gaby Sanchez Plays Third; Sands Talks Power
Gaby Sanchez got time at third base today.
In the second half of Thursday’s blow-out loss to the Boston Red Sox, the Pittsburgh Pirates sent Gaby Sanchez out to play third base. The infielder has played third base in the past, with his last appearance at the position coming in 2009 in Triple-A. The playing time didn’t start today. The Pirates have been working Sanchez at third...
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