Tag: Delwyn Young

Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs  7,  Indianapolis Indians  6 The Indians could not overcome a 4-run 6th inning by the Iron Pigs, as the Pigs won...

Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs  3,  Indianapolis Indians  1 The Indianapolis Indians scored early tonight at Victory Field, but the Iron Pigs came from behind to...

The non-tender deadline is tonight, Thursday night, at midnight.  Teams must decide whether to tender their arbitration eligible players contracts, or non-tender them and...

The big news from today is that Jorge De La Rosa is close to a three year deal with the Colorado Rockies.  We heard...

Andy LaRoche and Delwyn Young have both elected free agency, after both players were designated for assignment last Friday.  Both players had more than...

In a somewhat surprising move, the Pirates designated Zach Duke, Andy LaRoche and Delwyn Young for assignment on Friday to make room on the 40-man roster. It was not surprising that those players were let go, bit I figured the front office would hang on to them until the non-tender deadline in an attempt to make a trade.

With the news that the Pirates have designated Zach Duke, Andy LaRoche and Delwyn Young for assignment, I'm reminded of a long-since-gone article I penned at the old MVN site when the Pirates released Josh Fogg rather than re-sign him.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have added five players to the 40-man roster to protect them from the upcoming Rule 5 draft, and designated Zach Duke,...

One of the biggest topics heading in to the off-season will be the roster crunch.  The big focus here is who the Pittsburgh Pirates...

This off-season the Pirates will probably face a much tougher set of roster decisions than they have in years.  Several factors are coming together...

Rob Biertempfel reports that Delwyn Young has begun working out at third base, in hopes of adding the position to his repertoire.

Last season, Delwyn Young was red-hot off the bench after Neal Huntington acquired him in an April trade. When Freddy Sanchez was dealt in July, the Pirates gave Young an opportunity to play every day at second base. He responded by slumping badly for the remainder of the season. Many attributed this nose-dive to the extra defensive work Young was putting in daily with Perry Hill. But simple regression was more likely the issue.