Tag Archives: Pedro Alvarez
Jim Callis on Taillon, Heredia, Rendon, Cole
Jim Callis held a chat on Baseball America yesterday, talking about the 2011 draft, as well as other topics. He covered several topics relating to the Pirates. A summary follows,… Read more
Game 6 Recap: Correia Sharp as Bucs Best Birds
This club is 4-2 and needs just 78 more wins to a season above .500. Early returns on Kevin Correia are beyond my expectations. The Pirates starter and winner on… Read more
Game 5 Recap: Cards Scratch Out One Run Win
There will be better days for Pedro Alvarez. There will be – and already have been in his short career – stellar days. This was not one of them. Alvarez… Read more
Early Look at the 2012 Payroll
Earlier this week the 2011 40-man roster and payroll page was updated, giving the estimated payroll for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2011, based off of the Opening Day roster. A… Read more
Game 1 Recap: McCutchen and Walker Power Pirates to Win
If there is one trend the Pittsburgh Pirates have had over the years, it’s that they haven’t capitalized when the opposing pitcher is on the ropes. Today, with the Chicago… Read more
Historical Context For The Big Four
In the second half of the 2010 season, the Pirates offense was paced by Andrew McCutchen, Neil Walker, Jose Tabata and Pedro Alvarez. The success of these young players was… Read more
Two Years Ago and One Year Ago Today
Looking through the site archives, I noticed two noteworthy items that happened on this date in the last two years: -Two years ago today, the Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to an… Read more
Piratefest 2011 – Backstage Blogger Q&A (2 of 2)
Click here to read part one. As the 7 p.m. General Public Q&A was starting to wind down, I made my way to side of the stage to meet up… Read more
Keith Law’s Prospect Rankings
Keith Law has released his top 100 prospects in baseball, along with his organizational top 10 prospects, both on ESPN Insider. In the top 100, Law ranks Jameson Taillon 30th,… Read more
Should the Pirates Have More Top 50 Prospects?
The MLB.com top 50 prospect list came out yesterday, and the Pittsburgh Pirates only had one player on the list, with Jameson Taillon coming in at the #18 spot. With… Read more
