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Dimitri Young Works out for Hurdle at Pirate City
PITTSBURGH — Veteran Dmitri Young worked out in front of Pirates Manager Clint Hurdle and staff today at Pirate City, according to Tom Singer of MLB.com.
It was reported last week that Young, who hasn’t played in the Majors since 2008, would travel to Bradenton, Fla., to work out in front of the Pirates.
According to Singer, the 38-year-old Young held up well to rigorous...
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A.J. Burnett Trade Likely to Get Done
The A.J. Burnett rumors have been quiet today, although Jon Heyman of CBS Sports has an update. Heyman says the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Yankees are still talking, and that a deal is likely to get done. He reports that the Pirates will be paying $13-15 M of Burnett’s remaining $33 M, and that they will be giving up two players who aren’t on the 40-man roster...
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Six Pirates Rank in Baseball Prospectus Top 101 Prospects
Jameson Taillon was rated as the 13th best prospect in the majors by Baseball Prospectus.
Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus has released his top 101 prospects for the 2012 season, and in the biggest showing for the team yet, six Pittsburgh Pirates prospects have made the list. You can view the whole list here, as well as a brief explanation as to how Goldstein approaches his...
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This Date in Pirates History: February 12
There have been eight former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date, among them two very recent ones. Chris Snyder(1981) spent the last two seasons with the Pirates after coming over in the five player deal the Pirates made at the 2010 trading deadline with the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Pirates gave up DJ Carrasco, Ryan Church and Bobby Crosby in the deal and along with Snyder...
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Winter League Final Wrap: Perth Repeats In Australia
The Perth Heat have won the Australian Baseball League’s Claxton Shield for the second time, taking the best-of-three series with the Melbourne Aces.
The Heat beat the Aces in Game 1, by a 4-1 score, and the hero of that game was former Pirate Virgil Vasquez. Vasquez was a late addition to the Heat, appearing in only two regular-season games for them in January. He began...
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Pirates and Yankees Have Framework For Possible Deal
The A.J. Burnett saga may be coming to a close, with Buster Olney reporting that the two sides have a framework for a deal in place, and that they are working through the conditions of that framework. Olney mentions that the deal isn’t done, but the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Yankees have a lot of common ground. He adds that Pittsburgh is the front runner for Burnett...
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The 1908 Pittsburgh Pirates: Season Recap
Last week we covered the tight playoff race that lasted nearly the entire 1908 season between the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and New York Giants. This week we will take a look at who those players were that battled all season, won 98 games, yet still fell short of winning the National League title.
Wagner struck out just 22 times in 1908
We start off with the returning players...
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A.J. Burnett Rumors: Saturday
There was a lot of talk about A.J. Burnett on Friday, but at the end of the day we heard that the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Yankees were separated by money. The Pirates have agreed to pick up $10 M of Burnett’s salary, while the Yankees want closer to a 50/50 split. Here are the latest rumors on the potential trade:
-Ken Rosenthal reports that the Pirates are one...
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This Date in Pirates History. February 11
On this date in 1928 the Pittsburgh Pirates traded pitcher Vic Aldridge to the New York Giants in exchange for future Hall of Fame pitcher Burleigh Grimes. Aldridge was 34 at the time of the trade and had won 15 games for the Pirates in 1927, helping them to their fourth World Series appearance. There were signs of a drop in his stuff, he posted his highest ERA that season at 4.25...
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The Pirates Have Options To Choose From
We’ve heard a lot of rumors surrounding A.J. Burnett the last few days, and the latest rumors to come out suggest that the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Yankees are debating over how much money each team should pick up. The latest has the Pirates agreeing to pick up $10 M, with the Yankees wanting the Pirates to pick up closer to half of the $33 M owed to Burnett. There...
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Clayton Holmes: Sleeper Prospect
Clayton Holmes is Keith Law's sleeper pick to break in to the top 100 next year.
As part of his 2012 preview of the top prospects in baseball, Keith Law has released his sleeper prospects for all 30 teams. Yesterday he released his top 100 prospects list. Five Pirates prospects were on the list, and Luis Heredia ended up on the list of ten players who just missed. Today’...
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Pirates Equipment truck headed for Bradenton, Fla
PITTSBURGH — Although spring training isn’t officially underway until the first workout held on February 19th in Bradenton, Fla., there was a sign on Friday that it isn’t too much longer until Pirate City and McKechnie field begin to see the full-squad in action.
Scott Bonnett, who has been the Pirates equipment manager for the past 12 years, along with other employees...
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This Date in Pirates History: February 10
There are six former Pittsburgh Pirates who have been born on this date. I will start with the two most recent ones, Cesar Izturis(1980) played for the 2007 Pirates and Ruben Mateo(1978) played for the 2004 Pirates. Both of them spent less than half the season with the team. Izturis joined the Pirates in July, coming over from the Cubs and Mateo began the 2004 season with the Pirates...
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A.J. Burnett Rumors: Friday
Here is the latest on the A.J. Burnett rumors:
-Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reports that the two sides continue discussing a possible deal that would send Burnett to the Pirates. Heyman reports that the Yankees are willing to pay a substantial portion of Burnett’s remaining salary, but that the two sides are still a few million apart. Heyman mentions that the Yankees first offered...
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Trade Values: A.J. Burnett and Garrett Jones
There’s been a lot of talk lately about the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Yankees discussing a A.J. Burnett trade. A big hold up with any Burnett trade is money, as the right hander is due $33 M total over the next two years, and is coming off two bad seasons with New York.
Yesterday there was some talk that the Pirates could be interested in Burnett, with the Yankees...
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Keith Law’s Top 10 Pirates Prospects
Law has Zack Dodson rated higher than any other outlet.
Along with his top 100 prospect list, Keith Law has released his top ten prospects for each team.
The list for the Pittsburgh Pirates starts out in the exact order as order in the top 100 list. Gerrit Cole comes in first, followed in order by Jameson Taillon, Josh Bell, Starling Marte, and Robbie Grossman. Luis Heredia, who...
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Five Pirates Ranked in Keith Law’s Top 100
Gerrit Cole is the tenth best prospect in baseball, according to Keith Law.
Keith Law has released his top 100 prospects list, and five Pirates prospects are ranked. The list is for ESPN Insiders only, and can be viewed here.
The top Pirates prospect, according to Law, is Gerrit Cole, who was named the 10th best prospect in the game. Law has always been high on Cole, ranking him...
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This Date in Pirates History: February 9
There have been seven former Pittsburgh Pirates born on this date, one being a recent player who, as Pirates fans, we don’t need to rehash the career of, so I’ll just mention that Aki Iwamura turns 33 today. As for the other players, starting with the youngest first, we have the following gentlemen.
Eddie Solomon(1951) pitcher for the Pirates from 1980-82. He began his...
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A.J. Burnett A Match For the Pirates?
There has been talk all off-season that the New York Yankees are trying to unload right handed pitcher A.J. Burnett. Recently, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reported that the Yankees were still trying to deal Burnett so that they could add additional payroll flexibility to retain Eric Chavez and one of Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui, or Raul Ibanez.
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MLB.com’s Top 20 Pirates Prospects Released
Jameson Taillon was named the Pirates' top prospect by MLB.com
Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com released his top 20 Pittsburgh Pirates prospects for the 2012 season today on MLB.com. Click the link to go over and check out the rankings, along with a video on each player. Mayo also breaks down the Pirates’ system in this article.
The top four prospects are no surprise. Jameson Taillon...
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Keith Law Ranks the Pirates Farm System Eighth
The latest farm system rankings to come out belong to Keith Law, who released his top 30 farm system rankings today (ESPN Insider subscription required). In the description, Law noted that the top tier of talent for the Pirates was very strong, but that the system lacked depth, which he said was surprising considering the high draft positions and the amount of money they’ve...
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This Date in Pirates History: February 8
Four former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date but before I get to them I will briefly mention four players I inadvertently left off yesterday. Charlie Jackson(1894) outfielder for the 1917 Pirates, Bill Steinecke(1907) a catcher for the 1931 Pirates, Felipe Montemayor(1928) outfielder for the 1953,1955 Pirates and Juan Pizzaro(1937) pitcher for the 1967-68 Pirates were...
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Winter Leagues 2/7 — Dominicans Take Caribbean Series Championship
Despite losing their last series game to Puerto Rico by a score of 3-1, the Dominican Republic (Los Leones del Escogido) has won the Caribbean Series. This is their lucky 13th series championship in the past 22 years, more than any other team in the competition. The Dominicans finished the round-robin championship series with a 4-2 record.
In tonight’s game, the first three...
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Pirates working out Dmitri Young
Dmitri Young has been out of MLB since 2008 after battling diabetes and alcoholism. He's reportedly set to work out for the Pirates.
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This Date in Pirates History: February 7
On this date in Pittsburgh Pirates history, two teammates from the 2001-02 Pirates celebrate birthdays. Starting off with Adrian Brown(1974) who was a 48th round draft pick by Pittsburgh in the 1992 amateur draft that played for the team from 1997 until 2002. As a low draft pick he worked his way slowly through the minors, not making it to AA until the middle of his fifth season...
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