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Baseball Prospectus Predicts 79 Wins For the Pirates
Baseball Prospectus has released their pre-season playoff odds and predictions, and have the Pittsburgh Pirates projected for a 79-83 record. The odds give the Pirates a 17% chance of making… Read more
Travis Snider Picked as a Breakout Candidate
Baseball Prospectus released a list of nine breakout candidates, with each writer picking one player to have a breakout season in the majors in 2013 (h/t Rumbunter). One of the… Read more
Another Steroid Controversy For Ryan Braun
Last week several big names were involved in the latest steroid controversy surrounding Major League Baseball. Tim Brown and Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports have a new name — Milwaukee’s… Read more
Is Cost Certainty Better Than Roster Flexibility?
Is it better to have cost certainty or payroll flexibility when building a team?
Breaking Down the Justin Upton Trade to the Braves
We’ve been hearing a lot of Justin Upton rumors over the last two years. The Pirates were involved in some of those discussions around the trade deadline. Today Upton was… Read more
Pittsburgh Pirates Playing in the World Baseball Classic
The 2013 World Baseball Classic rosters were announced today on MLB.com. Below are the players in the Pittsburgh Pirates system who are playing in the event. Australia Stefan Welch -… Read more
Pittsburgh Pirates 2013 Spring Training Tracker
Today I uploaded the Pittsburgh Pirates 2013 Spring Training Tracker to the site. This is the third year in a row that we’ve had the tracker on the site. Prior to… Read more
Gregory Polanco and Josh Bell Q&A on MiLB.com
MiLB.com held a Q&A with two Pirates prospects, Gregory Polanco and Josh Bell. To read the Q&A, click here. Some of the highlights: **Polanco mentioned that he’s trying to get… Read more
Pittsburgh Pirates 2013 ZiPS Projections Released
Over at FanGraphs, Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projections for the 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates have been released. A few of the highlights from the projections. **Andrew McCutchen is projected to lead the… Read more
Link Roundup: Kyle McPherson, Jameson Taillon, Kris Johnson, Gerrit Cole
A few links to check out this morning. **Rob Biertempfel spoke with Kyle McPherson, and notes that the right-hander will be ready for Spring Training. McPherson made one start in… Read more
