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Daily Archives: Feb 15, 2012

The Pittsburgh Pirates won in extra innings on Opening Day, beating the Miami Marlins by a 6-5 score after a Jared Triolo RBI single in the top of the 12th inning. The Pirates played comeback the entire...
Normally, I do a pre-season analysis, where I fill in my own depth chart and playing time estimates for the upcoming Pittsburgh Pirates season, along with ZiPS projected WAR totals. This year, I'm looking at the...

Pirates Sign David Valesente

Matt Eddy of Baseball America, in his latest minor league transactions update, reports that the Pittsburgh Pirates have signed David Valesente out of independent...

Jones arbitration ruling expected Thursday

PITTSBURGH -- First baseman Garrett Jones' arbitration ruling is expected tomorrow, according to the Associated Press. Jones, 30, asked for $2.5 million in his first...

Minor League Signing

According to Baseball America, the Pirates have signed third baseman David Valesente to a minor league contract.  Valensente was a four-year starter at St....

TV Contracts — The Next Frontier of Revenue

Over on the main site, I did an article in December about what the potential value of Pittsburgh's local TV contract could be, since it...

The 2012 Annual Will Be Released Next Week

The Pirates Prospects 2012 Annual is expected to be released next week. The book is currently in the final proof and editing process, and...

A.J. Burnett Rumors: Wednesday

Kicking off today's A.J. Burnett watch with an update of my own. Last night I wrote in my blog that the Pittsburgh Pirates shouldn't...

Pittsburgh Pirates 2012 Draft Prospect Trackers

In the past few years it has been easy to follow the potential draft prospects for the Pittsburgh Pirates. They were usually picking at...

This Date in Pirates History: February 15

Only three former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date although two of them most people remember. There is one very interesting fact on...

This Date in Pirates History: February 14

I didn't get a chance to write up the This Date article for today due to the changeover to blogs so quickly I will...

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