Tag Archives: Chris Leroux
WBC Notes: Welch Homers In Opener
The World Baseball Classic began last night and Pittsburgh Pirates minor league third baseman Stefan Welch provided Australia’s only run with a seventh inning solo homer. Australia was shut down… 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
WBC Final Rosters Out: De Jesus Withdraws
According to Rob Biertempfel on Twitter, the final rosters have been released for the 2013 World Baseball Classic and the only change among Pittsburgh Pirates players is Ivan De Jesus… Read more
Spring Training 2013 Position Battles: The Bullpen
With pitchers and catchers reporting today, and Spring Training starting up this week, we will be previewing the position battles to follow throughout the Spring. To keep track of the… Read more
First Pitch: The Starting Pitching Depth
With yesterday’s news that the Pirates were adding Jonathan Sanchez, and today’s news that they’re still on track to sign Francisco Liriano, the starting pitching scene is getting crowded. Here… Read more
The Updated 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates Bullpen
The Pittsburgh Pirates have made some big changes to their bullpen over the last few weeks. They traded Chris Resop, signed Jason Grilli, traded Joel Hanrahan, and acquired Mark Melancon… Read more
Pirates Recall Fryer, Locke, Wilson; Selected Holt, Leroux From Triple-A
The Pittsburgh Pirates made the recalls of Eric Fryer, Jeff Locke, Justin Wilson, and the selection of the contracts of Brock Holt and Chris Leroux official. It was reported late last… Read more
Chris Leroux to Join the Pirates
Chris Leroux will join the Pirates in Milwaukee Pirates Prospects has learned. The right-hander is not on the 40-man roster, but the club outrighted Jeff Clement earlier today, so a… Read more
Fifteen Hits, Homers By Sanchez And McPherson Boost Leroux For Indians’ Win
Indianapolis Indians 8, Columbus Clippers 5 (Box) Tribe SS Chase d’Arnaud and 2B Brock Holt combined for 7 hits and scored 4 runs, while C Tony Sanchez and DH… Read more
Minor League Schedule: 8/27/12
Altoona has a doubleheader today with top prospect Gerrit Cole pitching one of the games. State College was rained out last night. They will make the game up as part… Read more