During the 2004 season, Oliver Perez had one of the best pitching seasons I can recall from a Pittsburgh Pirates starter in the last few decades. The Pirates don't have a lot of great pitching performances...
The Pittsburgh Pirates are struggling at the plate at the Major League level. Fortunately for them, a lot of their hitters in Triple-A are performing well. This means they have some internal solutions if they wish...
Armed with the fourth overall pick, the Pittsburgh Pirates went away from their blueprint from the previous two years under Ben Cherington and drafted...
Late last night, Chris Cotillo reported that the San Diego Padres had agreed to a four-year deal with James Shields.
https://twitter.com/ChrisCotillo/status/564677363855032320
The side effect to this...
"I feel like if I want to be a major leaguer, I have to improve in every aspect of my game," Tucker said. "There's nothing I do right now that's good enough to be out there on that field right now."