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Pirates Notebook: Gerrit Cole Dominates, But Don’t Expect Him To Make the Team
Gerrit Cole didn’t have much trouble taking on Spain. The right-hander threw three shutout innings in his second Spring Training appearance, giving up two hits, walking one, and striking out… Read more
Pirates Notebook: Clichés Are True in the Short Term, Useless in the Long Term
It’s very cliché. You hear it all the time during Spring Training right after a starter had a bad outing. “This is one of those outings in Spring Training, you… Read more
Pirates Notebook: A Comeback For Jose Tabata, Or A Small Sample Size?
Spring Training usually means two things. One is that you’ll hear a lot of stories about how a player is reviving their career. This comes in many forms. There’s the… Read more
Pirates Notebook: Gaby Sanchez Plays Third; Sands Talks Power
In the second half of Thursday’s blow-out loss to the Boston Red Sox, the Pittsburgh Pirates sent Gaby Sanchez out to play third base. The infielder has played third base… Read more
Pirates Notebook: Leroux Getting His Strength Back; Burnett’s Spring Prep
When I was looking over Chris Leroux’s stats for the 2013 Annual, I noticed two red flags in his pitch selection. First, I noticed that he was leaning more on… 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 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
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 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
Pirates Notebook: McPherson Makes A Lasting Impression
Kyle McPherson may have only thrown 20.1 innings in the Majors before taking the mound on Saturday night in Pittsburgh, but the 24-year-old looked nothing like a rookie against the… Read more
