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Monthly Archives: September, 2011

Pirates Who Are Out of Options in 2012

The option status of players on the 40-man roster is always an important situation to follow.  Remaining options play a big role in who...

Game 151 Recap: Bucs Fall to Kuroda

In Jeff Locke's Major League debut, the Pirates were beaten on a one hit shutout. They got five more hits in his second start....

2011 Pittsburgh Pirates Instructional League Rosters

The Pittsburgh Pirates will be holding instructional leagues from September 18th to October 21st this year.  Staff and players report on Sunday, September 18th,...

Pirates Announce Baseball Operations Promotions

The Pittsburgh Pirates have announced the following promotions for their Baseball Operations department. -Greg Smith has been promoted from Director of Scouting to Assistant General...

2011 Pirates Prospects Hitter of the Year

Earlier this week we named Kyle McPherson as our 2011 Pirates Prospects Pitcher of the Year.  The voting was unanimous, which reflected how McPherson...

Jordy Mercer Named to Team USA Roster

Team USA has announced their roster for the 2011 World Cup and the Pan Am tournaments, with Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Jordy Mercer being named...

Game 150 Recap: Ohlendorf Pitches, Powers Bucs to Win

Ross Ohlendorf made the case for the rotation in 2012 (there will be a lot to sort through Spring Training) with a fantastic seven...

The Odds of Losing a Player to the Rule 5 Draft

I talked on Wednesday about the Pirates players that are eligible for the upcoming Rule 5 draft in December.  When talking about who needs...

International Signing Updates

  Back in June we heard about the Pittsburgh Pirates signing two kids from Taiwan, catcher Chin-De Chang and LHP Wei-Chung Wang. We have...

What Will Matt Pagnozzi’s Role Be in 2012?

The last few years any time there has been a September waiver claim, the general thought has been that the Pittsburgh Pirates claimed the...

Game 149 Recap: Bats Quiet in 82nd Loss

  In the same way that Don Henley once wrote, "Nobody on the road. Nobody on the beach. I feel it in the air. The...

Pirates Release 2012 Schedule

 The Pittsburgh Pirates have announced their 2012 schedule today. They open up their season at home against the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday, April 5th....

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