Post archive for ‘Pittsburgh Pirates’
April 20th, 2010 •
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Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, Fantasy, Florida Marlins, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Teams, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals • Tagged as Adam Jones, Alcides Escobar, Andrew McCutchen, Aroldis Chapman, Asdrubal Cabrera, Austin Jackson, Billy Butler, Cameron Maybin, Carlos Gonzalez, Chris Coghlan, Chris Davis, Colby Rasmus, Cristian Guzman, Curtis Granderson, Delmon Young, Dexter Fowler, Elvis Andrus, Evan Longoria, Everth Cabrera, Gordon Beckham, Ian Desmond, Ike Davis, Jason Heyward, Jay Bruce, Julio Borbon, Justin Smoak, Justin Upton, Kyle Blanks, Matt Wieters, Pablo Sandoval, Reid Brignac, Sean Rodriguez, Starlin Castro, Stephen Strasburg, Tyler Colvin
Baseball is like no other sport in terms of its fans embracing their favorite teams young talent making an impact in the big leagues. Already in this brief season, Jason Heyward of the Atlanta Braves and Ike Davis of the New York Mets have sent their teams fans into a frenzy over their successful debuts. [...]
February 15th, 2010 •
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Florida Marlins, Free Agents, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Tampa Bay Rays, Teams • Tagged as Bud Selig
“Well to all teams that didn’t make the playoffs, the Yankees have set the precedent on how to bounce back and win the World Series… Spend $500 million on the best Free Agents available…. Wait.. Your team cant do that??? Sorry, thanks for playing.” I found this post the other day as I was browsing [...]
February 11th, 2010 •
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Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, Fantasy, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Teams • Tagged as Adam Wainwright, Andrew McCutchen, Carlos Gonzalez, Clayton Kershaw, Grady Sizemore, Jay Bruce, Jayson Werth, Joey Votto, Justin Upton, Mark Reynolds, Matt Kemp, Tommy Hanson, Yovani Gallardo
Yesterday, I took a look at some potential breakout candidates in the American League for 2010. Today, I want to focus on the National League, where the chances for some breakout performances are great. Last season, such names as Jayson Werth, Matt Kemp, Justin Upton, Mark Reynolds, and Adam Wainwright had breakout seasons that have [...]
February 2nd, 2010 •
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Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Fantasy, Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays, Teams, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals • Tagged as Bengie Molina, Brian Matusz, Buster Posey, Cliff Lee, Desmond Jennings, Frank Francisco, Jason Heyward, Justin Smoak, Madison Bumgarner, Mark Prior, Mark Teixeira, Matt Cain, Mike Stanton, Neftali Feliz, Pedro Alvarez, Stephen Strasburg, Tim Lincecum
As the Hot Stove season starts to come to an end with pitchers and catchers due to report to camp within a few weeks, it is now time to start taking a look at the 2010 season. Last week, Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com and Keith Law of ESPN.com released their top prospects list for the [...]
January 5th, 2010 •
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Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Free Agents, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Rumors, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Teams, Texas Rangers • Tagged as Adrian Beltre, Carlos Beltran, David Wright, Jason Bay, Jose Reyes, Kelly Johnson, Mark DeRosa, Marlon Byrd, Mike Lowell, Milton Bradley, Pablo Sandoval
Like last offseason, we are seeing a late developing free agent market as there are still many names without homes. However, recently there have been a few prominent players that have decided on their futures for next season and beyond. Here is a recap from the last few days and holiday season. Jason Bay to the [...]
December 30th, 2009 •
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Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Florida Marlins, Los Angeles Angels, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Teams, Washington Nationals • Tagged as Alex Rodriguez, Aramis Ramirez, Chipper Jones, David Wright, Eric Chavez, Evan Longoria, Mike Lowell, Ryan Zimmerman, Scott Rolen, Troy Glaus
It’s time to round out the infield in the next installment of the MLB Network’s Top 9 players of the decade. We shift gears to third base where there are a few interesting names on the list. Here is the list: 9. Ryan Zimmerman – The current face of the Washington Nationals starts off our [...]
December 15th, 2009 •
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Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Florida Marlins, Free Agents, Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Pirates, Rumors, Washington Nationals • Tagged as Eddie Guardardo, Fernando Rodney, Jose Valverde, Kevin Gregg, Matt Capps, Mike Gonzalez, Mike MacDougal, Octavio Dotel, Raphael Soriano
With some surprising non-tenders this past week the free agent relief pitching options have become even more robust. With most teams pretty much set at the closer position, some of these players are going to have to settle for setup positions or even middle relief. Raphael Soriano is looking like a genius for accepting arbitration [...]
December 13th, 2009 •
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Atlanta Braves, Free Agents, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates • Tagged as Chien-Ming Wang, Kelly Johnson, Martin Prado, Matt Capps
Tim Dierkes of mlbtraderumors.com provides us with the list of players that have under six years of service time that were not tendered contracts and are now free agents. Non-tenders such as Matt Capps (RP), Kelly Johnson (2B), and Chien-Ming Wang (SP) should rebound from their 2009 injuries and poor performance and could be impact [...]
December 10th, 2009 •
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Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Florida Marlins, Free Agents, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Rumors, Tampa Bay Rays, Teams, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays • Tagged as Adrian Beltre, Andy Pettitte, Bengie Molina, Brandon Lyon, Chris Ray, Dan Uggla, Derek Lowe, Erick Aybar, J.J. Putz, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jesse Chavez, Joe Saunders, Johan Santana, John Lackey, Jose Valverde, kenny williams, Kevin Millwood, LaTroy Hawkins, Matt Lindstrom, Max Ramirez, Michael Young, Mike Lowell, Milton Bradley, Peter Bourjos, Rafael Soriano, Randy Wolf, Rich Harden, Roberto Clemente, roy halladay, Rule 5 Draft, Shane Victorino, Taylor Teagarden, Trevor Hoffman
Day three of the Winter Meetings was filled with plenty of activity. Many rumors and signings were reported on Wednesday as teams started to accomplish things before heading home tomorrow. Here is a rundown from a busy day from Indianapolis. Astros sign Brandon Lyon – Ken Rosenthal tweeted that Brandon Lyon (RHP) has agreed to [...]
December 9th, 2009 •
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Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Florida Marlins, Free Agents, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Rumors, Tampa Bay Rays, Teams, Texas Rangers • Tagged as Austin Jackson, Bobby Crosby, Chris Getz, Curtis Granderson, Edwin Jackson, Jorge Cantu, Josh Fields, Josh Johnson, Justin Smoak, Mark Teahen, Max Scherzer, Milton Bradley, Neftali Feliz, Pat Burrell, Peter Gammons, Ronny Cedeno, Ross Gload
Business picked up in Idianapolis on day two of the Winter Meetings. One blockbuster trade is all but completed and more rumors and signings were announced along the way. Here is a recap of Tuesday’s news: 3 Team Blockbuster Completed – The rumored 3 team deal between the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, and Arizona [...]