Author Archives: Kristy Robinson
Pittsburgh Pirates 2012 Rule 5 Eligible Players
While the Rule 5 draft doesn’t take place until December, when Winter Meetings are being held in Nashville, Tennessee during the 3rd through the 6th, General Manager Neal Huntington and… Read more
Pittsburgh Pirates 2012 Off-Season Contract Issues and Projections
The Pirates are going to have an interesting arbitration class this offseason. Several players — Garrett Jones, James McDonald, Neil Walker — could all stand to get pretty heavy pay… Read more
Pirates Notebook: Burnett and McCutchen Finish With Ovations
A.J. Burnett didn’t have his best stuff in the final game of the 2012 season on Wednesday, but that didn’t stop the home crowd from giving him a standing ovation when he… Read more
Pirates Hitting Coach Gregg Ritchie Will Not Return in 2013
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — According to a source, Pirates hitting coach Gregg Ritchie will not return to Pittsburgh’s staff for the 2013 season. The Pirates enter game action with a team… Read more
Pirates Notebook: Correia’s Final Start as a Bucco?
Kevin Correia walked off the mound with two-outs in the seventh inning to a warm applause from the home crowd at PNC Park. The right-hander held the postseason bound Atlanta… Read more
McDonald Steps Away From Game to Get on Track
James McDonald has made just one appearance out of the bullpen after he was replaced in the rotation with Kyle McPherson on Sept 16, two days after his final start of… Read more
Evaluations Being Completed On Second Straight Collapse
‘I’m easy to please, and hard to satisfy,’ has been Manager Clint Hurdle’s MO since he took over as skipper prior to the 2011 season. And prior to Sunday’s finale with… Read more
Pirates Notebook: Locke Gets First Big League Win in Final Start
It took a while –10 big league starts and 67.2 innings to be exact — for Jeff Locke to notch his first Major League win, but the lefty rookie was able to… Read more
Pirates Exploring How Karstens Fits in the Picture
After battling through several injuries this season — a right shoulder injury that sidelined him for nearly two months and a hip flexor injury twice — when Jeff Karstens finally got back… Read more
Pirates Notebook: Twenty
Heading in to 2012 it was 19-consecutive losing seasons since the Pirates have fielded a winning team in Pittsburgh. And after a painful loss from a blown save and a… Read more
