Author Archives: WTM
Pitching Depth – Looking Back
Three years ago, Neal Huntington took over a team with a farm system widely regarded as barren. Seven years of poor drafting, unwillingness to spend any money in Latin America,… Read more
Candidates To Be Added To The 40-Man Roster
The Pirates not only will face a lot of difficult decisions in removing players from the 40-man roster, but also in adding them. Two factors contributing to the crunch are… Read more
Candidates To Be Removed From 40-Man Roster
This off-season the Pirates will probably face a much tougher set of roster decisions than they have in years. Several factors are coming together to create a lot of those… Read more
A Loan That’s Not a Loan
In all the furor over the Pirates’ leaked financial records, one aspect that’s enraged some Pirate fans yet received little attention outside Pittsburgh was the loan by the Nutting family… Read more
Out of Nowhere – Sleeper Prospects
Much of the discussion of the Pirates’ farm system the last couple years has centered on GM Neal Huntington’s efforts to restock the system after years of neglect under his… Read more
Nutting Opens the Books, But Will It Make a Difference?
As detailed by Dejan Kovacevic in the Post-Gazette, the Pirates have opened their books as a pre-emptive strike, due to the leaking of team financial records to the Associated Press. … Read more
Changes at the Top — Impact of the Pirates’ Draft
The Pirates’ 2010 draft signings changed the profile of their farm system in a hurry. Earlier in the season, the system had graduated several top prospects in Pedro Alvarez, Jose… Read more
State College at Aberdeen, August 13-14
Aberdeen 3, State College 2 (11 inn.) State College 1, Aberdeen 0
West Virginia @ Hagerstown (DH) – July 26
Game One – West Virginia 8, Hagerstown 4
Game Two – Hagerstown 9, West Virginia 3
