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Yearly Archives: 2012

First Pitch: Why Do Bad Pirates Hitters Become All-Stars Elsewhere?

The Pirates have been frustrating lately. The offense has struggled, losing a lot of close games, and failing to come up with runs in...

2012 Pittsburgh Pirates Fall Instructional League Roster

The Fall Instructional Leagues ("instructs") will start at the end of this month, starting on September 17th and ending October 19th. Instructs is a...

Pittsburgh Pirates Projected Super Two Players

According to CAA on Twitter (via MLBTR), the projected cutoff date for Super Two players is expected to be two years and 139 days. This...

This Date in Pirates History: September 13

Four former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date, including two that were traded for Jason Schmidt. In his Jolly Roger Rewind, John Fredland...

First Pitch: A Few Cases of Increased Velocity, and the More Important Skill

Today I wrapped up the West Virginia Power 2012 season recap. The three lowest levels in the farm system are now complete, which covers...

Pirates Notebook: Streak Gets to Six; Karstens Moved to Bullpen

The Pittsburgh Pirates losing streak reached a season-high six games on Wednesday after falling 2-1 to Cincinnati. While the pitching staff kept the club in...

West Virginia Power 2012 Season Recap: Top Prospects

Complete West Virginia Coverage The Hitters The Pitchers Top Prospects 1t. Alen Hanson, SS 1t. Gregory Polanco, OF I had a tough time picking the top prospect from this pair....

West Virginia Power 2012 Season Recap: Pitchers

When doing these recaps I notice trends for each team. One trend I noticed this year is that State College has a lot of...

West Virginia Power 2012 Season Recap: Hitters

Heading in to the season I had the West Virginia Power as the team to watch in the Pittsburgh Pirates farm system, due to...

Pittsburgh Pirates Release 2013 Regular Season Schedule

The Pirates today released the 2013 regular season schedule. The Bucs open up the season at PNC Park versus Chicago Cubs on Monday, April 1. In addition...

Exploring the Arsenal – Homer Bailey

Exploring the Arsenal will run prior to each game, providing you with a brief scouting report on the starting pitcher expected to oppose the...

This Date in Pirates History: September 12

Four former Pittsburgh Pirates born on this date, including a pitcher for the 1990 team that won the NL East and another that was...

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