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Pittsburgh Pirates 2009 Rule 5 Eligible Players
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With the 40-man roster now set, the following Pittsburgh Pirates players are eligible for the 2009 Rule 5 draft, straight from the BUCCO Fans.com Wiki page:Eligible from Previous DraftsJean MachiErik KratzKyle BloomDerek HankinsMoises RoblesJeff CorsalettiCiro RoseroRafael De Los SantosAdenson...
40-Man Roster is set
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The Pittsburgh Pirates have set their 40-man roster, by adding Brad Lincoln, Gorkys Hernandez, Bryan Morris, and Ramon Aguero today. To make room for these players, the Pirates designated Jeff Karstens, Justin Thomas, and Robinzon Diaz for assignment.I'm surprised that Diaz was...
Looking at the free agent market
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The past two years the Pittsburgh Pirates have done very little to make any changes in the off-season through the free agent market.Last year we saw them unsuccessfully try to sign Daniel Cabrera, Rocco Baldelli, and Derrick Turnbow, although in hindsight, none of those deals looked...
Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 11 - Jeff Locke
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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: 12 - Robbie Grossman
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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: 13 - Bryan Morris
4 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...
Pirates Minor League Free Agents
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The list of players who have filed for minor league free agency has been released. I've updated the full list of Pittsburgh Pirates players who have declared on the BUCCO Fans.com Wiki. Here are some of the notable names:Jorge JulioTy TaubenheimRay ChangEric HackerSteven LerudJamie...
Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 14 - Quinton Miller
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...
Upcoming 40-Man Roster Decisions
6 days ago by
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This week should be a very active week as far as roster moves go. Taking a look at the calendar on the BUCCO Fans.com Wiki site, we see that Friday November 20th marks two important periods: the deadline for 40-man rosters to be set, and the start of free agency. I don't expect...
Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 15 - Brett Lorin
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...
Selling low on Ryan Doumit
8 days ago by
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Word came out this week that the Pirates would be interested in trading their starting catcher, Ryan Doumit, if the price was right. Before I continue, the Pirates haven't said they are shopping Doumit. They haven't said they've gotten any offers. We don't even know...
Let the Ryan Doumit rumors begin
9 days ago by
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It should be no surprise that the Pittsburgh Pirates would be interested in trading Ryan Doumit. The Pirates have two major league catchers who showed they were capable of holding down the position without Doumit last season. The Pirates used their 2009 first round pick on Tony Sanchez...
Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 16 - Jordy Mercer
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...
Jordy Mercer Video Recap
9 days ago by
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The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Jordy Mercer in the third round of the 2008 MLB draft. He signed right away, and got his career started in A-ball, with 216 at-bats between State College and Hickory in 2008. In that time he hit for a .250/.297/.366 line, with five homers, and a 47:13...
Pirates interested in Ryota Igarashi
10 days ago by
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According to Patrick Newman of NPB Tracker, the Pittsburgh Pirates are interested in Japanese relief pitcher Ryota Igarashi. The following quote came from Pirates general manager, Neal Huntington:“In acquiring(Akinori) Iwamura, we opened the door to getting Japanese players. We gave...
Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 17 - Colton Cain
10 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...
Pirates release Yoslan Herrera and others
10 days ago by
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According to Baseball America, the Pittsburgh Pirates have released the following players from their minor league system: RHP Yoslan Herrera, RHP Tyler Herron, 1B Kent Sakamoto, 3B Eddie Prasch, 3B Bobby Spain, 3B Brett Willemburg, OF Butch Biela, OF Justin Byler, OF Jason Delaney...
Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 18 - Victor Black
11 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...
Pirates offered Capps for J.J. Hardy
11 days ago by
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The Milwaukee Brewers traded J.J. Hardy to the Minnesota Twins last week for center field prospect Carlos Gomez. Today, Dejan Kovacevic reported that the Pittsburgh Pirates offered closer Matt Capps to the Brewers for Hardy, before Milwaukee traded Hardy to the Twins.I wrote a few...
Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 19 - Jarek Cunningham
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: 20 - Ronald Uviedo
13 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...
Pirates DFA Vasquez, Hacker, and Lerud
15 days ago by
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According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pittsburgh Pirates have designated three players for assignment. Those players are Virgil Vasquez, Eric Hacker, and Steve Lerud. All three players will have ten days to be traded, claimed by another team, or released. The likely outcome...
Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 21 - Daniel McCutchen
16 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
17 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...
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