Author Archives: Kevin Creagh
Pirates Prospects Interview with Matt Curry
Pirates Prospects was able to procure an interview with Curry, who was kind enough to complete the e-interview while riding the bus from West Virginia to Augusta.
Pirates Prospects on 93.7 The Fan on Saturday Morning
Kevin Creagh will be on 93.7 The Fan on Saturday morning at 9:40 for Vinnie Richichi’s “Bucco Talk” show. He will be discussing Rudy Owens, the potential draft pick Anthony Rendon, and the season’s early breakout players.
Matt Curry – Top 1B prospect in the system?
The early part of the 2011 minor league season has seen more than a few players get off to hot starts, but leading the pack so far is West Virginia Power first baseman Matt Curry.
The Quixotic Search for a Shortstop – Part 2
The second and final part of this series will look at the state of shortstops around the major leagues.
Pirates Prospects on 93.7 The Fan on Saturday
Kevin Creagh will be on 93.7 The Fan on Saturday morning at 9:20 for Vinnie Richichi’s “Bucco Talk” show.
The Quixotic Search for a Shortstop
Let’s look around the minors for players that may project to be better both offensively and defensively than the Pirates leading in-house contender at shortstop, Chase d’Arnaud.
Interview with Frank Coonelly – Follow-up from Piratefest
At last month’s Piratefest, Pirates Prospects and some of the other leading Pirate blogs, were able to have a backstage joint interview with Paul Maholm, Neal Huntington, and Frank Coonelly. It was a great event, but I was left with a ton of questions still on my page and felt that some answers needed more detail.
Piratefest 2011 – Backstage Blogger Q&A (2 of 2)
Click here to read part one. As the 7 p.m. General Public Q&A was starting to wind down, I made my way to side of the stage to meet up… Read more
Piratefest 2011 – General Public Q&A (1 of 2)
On Friday, I went down to the Convention Center to represent Pirates Prospects at Piratefest 2011. The goal was to take in the general feel of the event and sit… Read more
The Prestige of Small Payroll Baseball – Tampa Bay Rays 2008-10
This is the 4th and final article in a series of articles examining how small payroll teams have found success in recent years. The goal is to try and determine what methods were successful in an attempt for the Pirates to emulate them.
