Tag Archives: Dustin Ackley
Pirates Notebook: Drafting for signability to get Sano?
A lot of rumors have come about lately, mostly from ESPN’s Keith Law, stating that the Pirates are looking to take a high school player like 3B Bobby Borchering, C/3B… Read more
2009 Draft Prospects Rundown: Elimination Style Part 2
Last week I cut a list of 15 draft prospects down to nine players. The college regular season is coming to a close, and the draft is a little over… Read more
Pirates Notebook: The Dominican Debate
Dejan Kovacevic of the PPG wrote last week about top Dominican prospect Miguel Angel Sano, who I like to call Hanley Pujols, and the Pirates currently positioned on the inside… Read more
2009 Draft Prospects Rundown: Elimination Style
Let’s play a little game. Personally I’m tired of talking about a few of the guys I’m tracking in the Draft Prospects Tracker. It’s not that they’re bad players. It’s… Read more
Pirates Notebook: Brandon Moss, The Draft, and Twitter
There’s no questioning the fact that Brandon Moss had a horrible start to the season. His .203 average in 59 April at bats, with no homers during that stretch, really… Read more
Pirates Notebook: Crow and Scheppers start tomorrow
The Indy league regular season starts tomorrow, which should mark the debut of Aaron Crow and Tanner Scheppers, two prospects in the 2009 draft. I say debut meaning the regular… Read more
Pirates Notebook: Nice start to a long stretch
Yesterday I posted about the controversy over Freddy Sanchez being benched in my “Mythbusters” post. After posting I thought of one more reason why it makes sense to bench Sanchez… Read more
2009 Draft Prospects Rundown 5/10
The draft is less than a month away, and we’re starting to hear more certainty about how the first round is going to shape up. Not that this is a… Read more
Pirates Notebook: A New Site
Some brief updates on the site below, but first I wanted to talk about my new blog. As most of you know, I used to be a writer/analyst with AccuScore.com… Read more
Pirates Notebook: The future of LaRoche
Adam LaRoche had been with the Pirates for two years heading in to the 2009 season. In that time he combined for a .271 average and 46 homers in 1055… Read more
