Tag Archives: 2009 25 man roster
Pirates Promote Five
The Pittsburgh Pirates promoted five players following the final game of Indianapolis’ season today. Those players are Robinzon Diaz, Brian Bixler, Jeff Karstens, Donald Veal, and Eric Hacker. Diaz and… Read more
2009 Pirates Preview: The Opening Day Roster
With the 25-Man roster set, and assuming no trades will be made, let’s go player by player and review the expectations for each guy this season. STARTING LINEUP C –… Read more
Pirates cut eight players
The Pirates cut eight players from their major league camp today, most notably Pedro Alvarez and Daniel McCutchen. Here is a list of the players who were cut, and their… Read more
Did Craig Monroe win a starting job yesterday?
I know it’s only Spring Training and the games and stats normally don’t mean anything, but Craig Monroe’s three homers against the Twins yesterday might have an impact on the… Read more
Pittsburgh Pirates Spring Training Tracker
UPDATE 4/3/09: Sean Burnett, Donald Veal, Craig Hansen, and Jesse Chavez win the final spots.UPDATE 4/1/09: The Pirates cut eight players. The only spots not finalized are the bullpen spots…. Read more
Does Will Ohman make sense?
The Pirates are reportedly one of three teams to have interest in left handed reliever Will Ohman, with the Marlins and Padres being the other two teams. Dejan Kovacevic of… Read more
Pirates a fallback for Pedro?
Jon Heyman of SI.com wrote a note today about Pedro Martinez (scroll down to the bottom of the first page). Heyman mentioned Pedro’s desire to use the World Baseball Classic… Read more
Minor League Options
I’ve updated the minor league options on the 40-man roster and payroll page, as well as the Spring Training Tracker page. There were a few that were wrong before, mainly… Read more
