Tag Archives: John Bowker
Battle of the Bench and Today’s Pitchers
Today’s spring training game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies allowed us to see all of the players battling for bench spots on the Pirates’ roster as well as… Read more
Update On Players Who Are Out Of Options
With a handful of players who are both on the bubble and out of options, the Pirates will be facing some tough roster decisions at the end of March…. Read more
Injury Updates: McCutchen, McDonald, Doumit, Bowker
Jenifer Langosch has some injury updates from Spring Training… -Andrew McCutchen, who left yesterday’s game with a sore wrist, is back in the lineup today. -James McDonald, who also left… Read more
Notes: Taillon, Bowker, Rodriguez, Kubitza
I’ve been a little busy today, so here are some notes to catch up: -Kristy from Hands Off My Pirate Booty was at Pirate City today, and passed along a… Read more
2011 Indianapolis Indians Preview: The Outfield
Yesterday I previewed the 2011 Indianapolis Indians infield, looking at players who could open the season with the Pittsburgh Pirates’ AAA affiliate, and looking at players who could make the… Read more
2011 Spring Training Battles: Bench
Every year the battles in Spring Training are pretty much limited to the same three areas: the 5th starter role, the bullpen, and the bench. It only makes sense that… Read more
Why Overbay addition should not keep Bowker, Pearce off the field
Many Pirates fans were angry when the team signed Lyle Overbay earlier this week, because he will likely take playing time from younger players. But I’m not sure his addition should necessarily keep those younger players off the field.
Winter Meetings Notebook: Platoons
The lone move the Pittsburgh Pirates made on day two was the signing of outfielder Matt Diaz. The Pirates were reported to have interest in Diaz last week after he… Read more
2010 Pittsburgh Pirates Winter Meetings Preview
The 2010 MLB Winter Meetings kick off tomorrow, and run through Thursday afternoon, finishing off with the 2010 Rule 5 draft. Leading up to the meetings, the Pittsburgh Pirates have… Read more
Steve Pearce Granted Fourth Option Year
Rob Biertempfel reports that the Pittsburgh Pirates have been granted a fourth option year for Steve Pearce, after the first baseman/right fielder spent most of the 2010 season on the… Read more
