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Pirates Notebook: The Issue of Trust
In light of the contract offers to Jack Wilson and Freddy Sanchez, which have since been rejected, I decided to do a rundown of the current estimated 2010 payroll, taking… Read more
Pirates Notebook: How much are Jack and Freddy worth?
According to Dejan Kovacevic, the Pirates have asked Jack Wilson and Freddy Sanchez to take “sizeable cuts”. I can understand this. It’s not like this is a booming market for… Read more
Pirates Notebook: The 2008 State College Spikes
2008 was not a good year for the State College Spikes. The short season team combined for a 18-56 record, a .243 winning percentage. The pitching staff put up a… Read more
Pirates Notebook: State College Spikes
Don’t look now, but the State College Spikes are 10-10. That may not seem like much, but it’s an amazing feat, considering they only won 10 games in all of… Read more
Pirates Notebook: Could Garrett Jones be part of the future?
One thing that always frustrates me as a Pittsburgh Pirates fan is the fact that we never seem to stumble on to the “where did that come from” major league… Read more
Pirates Notebook: Three Roster Situations
Here’s a look at three roster situations the Pittsburgh Pirates have to deal with: 1. Donald Veal Returns Veal has been on the 15-day DL, and started his rehab on… Read more
Pirates Notebook: Five Big Surprises
Ever since the new management group took over, the theme has been re-building the minor league system. We’ve seen this process through trades, such as the Jason Bay, Xavier Nady,… Read more
Pirates Notebook: Recap on Sano News
While browsing around for notes on the status of Miguel Angel Sano, aka, Hanley Pujols, I noticed that no two media outlets had the same information. One source said the… Read more
Pirates Notebook: The Pursuit of Hanley Pujols
Today marks the start of the international signing period, which means one thing for Pittsburgh Pirates fans: the market is open for Miguel Angel Sano, aka “Hanley Pujols”. The month… Read more
Pirates Notebook: Post Trade Thoughts
I wrote on the Eric Hinske trade and the Nyjer Morgan/Sean Burnett trade earlier today. Check out those links for my thoughts on the deals. In the aftermath of the… Read more