A very busy day for Pittsburgh Pirates birthdays, ten in all, with some interesting(and tragic) stories among the group. John Fredland recaps a spectacular ending to a game from the Pirates' first World Series winning team...
With the recent slump by the Pittsburgh Pirates, there have been a few claims that the Pirates should have made a big trade at the deadline. The Pirates did make a big move that most people...
DALLAS McPHERSON
THIRD BASEMAN
Born: July 23, 1980
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 225
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Drafted: 2nd Round, 57th Overall, 2001 (Angels)
How Acquired: Minor League Free Agent
College: The Citadel
Agent: Sosnick/Cobbe
WTM'S PIRATE PLAYER PROFILES
McPherson at one time was considered one of the top power hitting prospects in baseball, although...
Exploring the Arsenal will run prior to each game, providing you with a brief scouting report on the starting pitcher expected to oppose the Pirates. The chart below shows the horizontal and vertical movement of every...
Top prospect Gerrit Cole gets the start tonight for Altoona. In six starts since the Eastern League All-Star game, he has gone 1-3 2.97 in 30.1 innings. Cole ranks third in the Pirates farm system in...
Since the Pirates acquired Wandy Rodriguez from the Houston Astros for three prospects, the left-hander hasn't pitched well. After allowing five earned runs to Los Angeles in the Pirates third straight loss and their sixth of...
Rochester Red Wings 6, Indianapolis Indians 2
(Box)
It was another tough night for the Indianapolis Indians tonight at Frontier Field in Rochester, NY. The Rochester Red Wings' starting pitcher Esmerling Vasquez held the Indians scoreless for 7...
TOP OF THE SYSTEM
A look at how the current top 20 prospects did today. Note that this list doesn't include players currently in the majors. Rankings are from the post trade deadline update.
1. Gerrit Cole, RHP,...
Neil Walker was removed from the game in the top of the first inning on Wednesday after suffering a finger dislocation on his right hand.
Walker suffered the injury when Mark Ellis hit a broken bat grounder up...
The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded Daniel Cabrera to the Arizona Diamondbacks and have signed Dallas McPherson, per an Indianapolis press release.
McPherson hit for a .253/.335/.463 line in 229 at-bats in Triple-A for the Chicago White Sox...
The Dominican Winter League is currently holding a draft for the rights to the top international prospects in baseball for the 2012 season. A total of 100 players will be drafted to the reserve teams for...
Andrew McCutchen is currently in the lead for the batting title in the National League, and his .359 average leads the majors. The biggest threat to his league leading average this year has been Melky Cabrera,...
