Tag Archives: Michael Crotta
Pittsburgh Pirates Prospect Watch 5/24/10
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS (AAA) Indianapolis lost to Gwinnett 6-5. Michael Crotta struggled in his second start in a row, allowing five runs on nine hits in five innings of work, with… Read more
Pittsburgh Pirates Prospect Watch 5/19/10
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS (AAA) Indianapolis lost 7-5 to Scranton-Wilkes Barre. Michael Crotta had his worst start of the season, allowing seven runs on 12 hits in five innings of work, with… Read more
Pittsburgh Pirates Prospect Watch 5/14/10
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS (AAA) Indianapolis beat Toledo 8-1. Michael Crotta continued his impressive season, going seven innings and allowing just one run on seven hits, with no walks and five strikeouts…. Read more
Pittsburgh Pirates Prospect Watch 5/8/10
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS (AAA) Indianapolis lost 4-3 to Buffalo. Michael Crotta made his second start at the AAA level, allowing four runs on eight hits in eight innings of work, with… Read more
April Prospects Rundown: Altoona Curve
Altoona is a very interesting team to watch for the 2010 season. It is host to some of the top prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates farm system. The starting rotation… Read more
Pittsburgh Pirates Prospect Watch 5/2/10
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS (AAA) Indianapolis beat Lehigh Valley 5-4. Michael Crotta made his first start at the AAA level, and picked up right where he left off from his AA success…. Read more
Pirates Notebook: Morton needs to lay off the curveball
I was looking over Charlie Morton’s numbers on his FanGraphs page, and noticed a major difference between 2009 and 2010. No, not the ERA, something else. I was looking at… Read more
Michael Crotta promoted to Indianapolis
The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted starting pitcher Michael Crotta from Altoona to Indianapolis today, according to Dejan Kovacevic. Crotta was scheduled to start tonight for Altoona, but was replaced by… Read more
Pittsburgh Pirates Prospect Watch 4/24/10
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS (AAA) Indianapolis was postponed due to rain. ALTOONA CURVE (AA) Altoona got a strong start from Michael Crotta, but lost 4-3 to Erie thanks to a three run… Read more
Michael Crotta 4/13 Video Recap
I was in attendance for Michael Crotta’s start on Tuesday, April 13th against the Richmond Flying Squirrels. Crotta had an excellent outing, taking a no-hitter in to the sixth inning,… Read more