Author Archives: Tim Williams
P3 Episode 4: Are the Pirates For Real? Plus a Jameson Taillon Interview
Episode three of The Pirates Prospects Podcast can be downloaded or streamed below. This week’s episode includes analysis from Tom Bragg (@TomBraggSports) and James Santelli (@JamesSantelli) on the Pirates, John… Read more
Pirates Trade Brian Jeroloman to the Nationals
Rob Biertempfel reports that Brian Jeroloman has been traded to the Washington Nationals. #Pirates have traded Triple-A C Brian Jeroloman to #Nationals — Rob Biertempfel (@BiertempfelTrib) May 17, 2013 The… Read more
First Pitch: Thursday Thoughts on Liriano, Martin, Wilson, Milwaukee, Sanchez
Thursday is podcast recording day. Today it was also “Go see Luis Heredia at Pirate City” day (article coming tomorrow), and “Ten Articles Will Go Up on the Site Today”… Read more
Prospect Watch: Tony Sanchez Keeps Hitting, Gregory Polanco Homers
Top Pitcher: David Bromberg, Top Hitter: Charlie Cutler, HR: Gregory Polanco
What Are the Odds the Pirates Draft a Future Major League Hitter?
The 2013 draft is a few weeks away, and if you haven’t followed our draft coverage, I suggest you start now. Last night John Dreker and I recorded a segment… Read more
First Pitch: Wandy Rodriguez Will Most Likely Land the Pirates a Draft Pick
When the Wandy Rodriguez trade first went down, I wasn’t a big fan of the deal. Rodriguez had been struggling with the Astros in the two months leading up to… Read more
Prospect Notebook: Cole Making Progress, But Still Needs Those Strikeouts
At the start of the year, the expectation from most Pirates fans was for Gerrit Cole to go to Triple-A as a formality, just long enough to get an extra… Read more
Red Sox Knew Joel Hanrahan Was an Injury Risk
Per MLBTR, Buster Olney was on the Mut & Merloni radio show in Boston, and spoke during the interview about the Joel Hanrahan trade. Olney mentioned that the Red… Read more
Prospect Watch: Big Days From Pie and Carroll, Pimentel Struggles Again
Top Pitcher: Eliecer Navarro, Top Hitter: Felix Pie, HR: Brett Carroll (2), Ivan De Jesus
Jonathan Sanchez Signs With the Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers have signed Jonathan Sanchez, according to Jon Heyman. jonathan sanchez agrees to terms with #dodgers. @pedrogomezespn 1st said close — Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) May 15, 2013… Read more
