Tag Archives: Spring Training
Demoting Jeff Clement to AAA
I want to preface this by saying that I don’t place much value on Spring Training numbers. There are some stats that can provide encouragement, such as John Raynor’s high… Read more
Spring Training Live Blog: Pirates vs Yankees
The Pirates play the Yankees today in their first real Spring Training game after the 6-1 revenge victory over the Hated Manatees, who are better known now as the State… Read more
Spring Training Updates: Kevin Hart, Neil Walker, Jean Machi
Going in to Spring Training, it seemed that there would only be four positions up for grabs. Those were the starting first base position, the fifth rotation spot, the final… Read more
Pirates Videos, 2010 Draft Prospects, Willy Garcia, Player Pages
A few notes before I call it a night: -Jennifer Langosch has some YouTube videos up of the Pirates’ Spring Training workouts, along with some information, including a tour of… Read more
Joel Hanrahan Injured
Some bad news coming out of Spring Training this morning as Joel Hanrahan is reported to be out with a right flexor-pronator strain, and will visit Dr. James Andrews next… Read more
Spring Training Begins
Pitchers and catchers officially reported today, and we already have some updates from this morning. -The official Pirates Twitter account reports that Akinori Iwamura has arrived at Pirate City. -Rob… Read more
Notes: Takahashi, 2010 Draft, Player Pages, Best Pittsburgh Blog
A few notes for the afternoon, some of them are to play catchup on some recent news: -There’s been a lot of talk about Japanese left hander Hisanori Takahashi and… Read more
Robinzon Diaz released, Jeff Karstens and Justin Thomas to AAA
Robinzon Diaz, Jeff Karstens, and Justin Thomas were all designated for assignment ten days ago, and all three cleared waivers today. The Pittsburgh Pirates unconditionally released Diaz, while sending Karstens… Read more
Pirates cut eight, roster almost set
The Pirates cut eight players today, according to Dejan Kovacevic of the PPG. Those eight players were Virgil Vasquez, Chris Bootcheck, Denny Bautista, Jason Davis, Jeff Salazar, Garrett Jones, Andy… Read more
McCutchen and Bixler demoted
The Pirates demoted Andrew McCutchen and Brian Bixler, two of their hottest hitters in Spring Training, sending both to AAA. The impact of the moves can be seen on the… Read more
