Monthly Archives: October 2011
Gerrit Cole Pictures and Videos From Today’s Start
Gerrit Cole made his debut in the Arizona Fall League today, which I wrote about earlier. Pirates Prospects reader “AngelsFan4Ever” was at the game today, and was nice enough to… Read more
AFL Recap 10/14: Gerrit Cole’s Debut
Gerrit Cole, the first overall pick in the 2011 draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates, made his Arizona Fall League debut this afternoon against the Surprise Saguaros. Cole started off… Read more
Team USA Defeats South Korea And Venezuela; Mercer Homers
USA 3, South Korea 1 Three US pitchers combined to hold South Korea to just one run on 4 hits this afternoon in World Cub/Pan Am tournament Second Round play. … Read more
Pittsburgh Pirates 2011 Position Recap: Second Base
The Pittsburgh Pirates didn’t have many positions on the field that were held down by just one person throughout the 2011 season. Second base was one of those rare positions…. Read more
This Date in Pirates History: October 14
On this date in both 1971 and 1979, the Pirates defeated the Baltimore Orioles in game five of the World Series. Both games occurred at Three Rivers Stadium but under… Read more
Winter Leagues 10/13
Pirates’ players and friends in winter league play: VENEZUELAN LEAGUE Tiburones de La Guaira 4, Caribes de Anzoategui 3 Los Tiburones had a 4-0 lead going in to the… Read more
Arizona Fall League Recap: 10/13 With PITCHf/x Data
The Mesa Solar Sox won 6-3 today, with four Pirates prospects playing a big part in the win. Robbie Grossman bounced back from his 0-for-4 performance yesterday, going 3-for-5 with… Read more
Team USA Beats Australia In Pitching Duel
USA 2, Australia 1 US starter Drew Smyly (Tigers) and Australian starter Clayton Tanner dueled through 5 scoreless innings this afternoon in World Cup/Pan Am tournament play. Tanner allowed Team… Read more
Derrek Lee is the Best First Baseman “Available”
In looking at the numbers for the upcoming first basemen, one thing stood out to me: Derrek Lee is good. That’s kind of obvious if you watched what Lee did… Read more
Gerrit Cole Makes His AFL Debut Tomorrow
Jonathan Mayo reports that Gerrit Cole will make his Arizona Fall League debut Friday for the Mesa Solar Sox. The Pittsburgh Pirates held Cole back in the instructional leagues to… Read more
