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First Pitch: Looking at the Bigger Picture
Earlier today, Grant Brisbee of SB Nation wrote about “the perfectly whelming offseason of the Pirates“. As the title indicates, the article talks about how the Pirates haven’t done much… Read more
First Pitch: How Can the Pirates Catch the Cardinals?
Earlier today, John Sickels released his farm system rankings and had the Pittsburgh Pirates fifth overall. He also had the St. Louis Cardinals first overall. The Cardinals seem to be… Read more
First Pitch: The FanGraphs Reports, and Luis Urena as a Sleeper
Over the last month, Kiley McDaniel has been posting some great reports over at FanGraphs. I’ve been retweeting them on Twitter, but keep forgetting to link to them in the… Read more
First Pitch: Some Poor Roster Management by the Pirates
In minor news today, the Pirates lost Zach Stewart through waivers to the Chicago White Sox. It was the second time this off-season that the Pirates completed a string of… Read more
First Pitch: Do the Pirates Have a Two-Way Catcher in Their Future?
Yesterday I was going over the traffic reports on the site, and noticed something interesting about the recent top 20 prospects countdown. The top three prospects, according to traffic, were… Read more
First Pitch: Where Will All of the 1B/OF Options Fit?
The Pittsburgh Pirates have added a lot of 1B/OF options for their major league squad in the last year. They traded for Travis Snider and Gaby Sanchez at the trade… Read more
First Pitch: Will Karstens Push Locke and McPherson to Indianapolis?
When the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Jeff Karstens last week, a lot of people assumed they were moving on from Francisco Liriano. Now that the team has agreed to a revised… Read more
First Pitch: The Long-Term Costs Of Arbitration Decisions
The Pittsburgh Pirates exchanged arbitration figures with two players today, giving us a look at what each side is asking for in each individual case. The players who exchanged figures… Read more
First Pitch: Aggressively Ranking Prospects
Today I posted the profile for the number 12 prospect in the system, Dilson Herrera. In the write-up I mentioned that Herrera was the favorite to be the 2013 version… Read more
First Pitch: Is Jeff Karstens Over-Rated or Under-Rated?
Back at the end of November the Pittsburgh Pirates non-tendered right-handed pitcher Jeff Karstens. The move was pretty controversial at the time. Karstens was projected to make $3.8 M through… Read more
