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Daily Archives: May 11, 2012

Pirates Prospect Watch: Carlson Reed Leads a Shutout in Bradenton

Prospect Watch
The decision to move former reliever Carlson Reed to the rotation continues to look like a good one. The Pirates drafted Reed in the fourth round last season, after he put up a 2.61 ERA in...

Pirates Split Series With Brewers

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The Pirates couldn't hold the lead against the Brewers on Thursday, dropping the final game 7-5 to split a four game series. Milwaukee got on the board immediately against Mitch Keller with a solo homer in the...

Prospect Watch: Gift Hits His Fourth Homer

Prospect Watch
TOP OF THE SYSTEM A look at how the current top 10 prospects did today.  Note that this list doesn't include players currently in the...

Pittsburgh Pirates VS Cy Young

Pirates History
If you're anything like me with baseball history, some numbers just instantly bring baseball players to mind because of historic stats. If I see...

Pregame: Bedard, Karstens Injury Updates; Beating One’s and Two’s, Alvarez Hitless In Four Spot

Analysis
Pirates skipper Clint Hurdle and staff will have a meeting after batting practice this afternoon to discuss the status of lefty Erik Bedard and whether...

This Date in Pirates History: May 11

Pirates History
We have five Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date, including teammates from the 1990 squad that were born on the exact same day....

Exploring the Arsenal: Previewing the Astros’ Probable Starting Pitchers

Analysis
Exploring the Arsenal will run prior to each series, providing you with a brief scouting report on the starting pitchers expected to oppose the...

Pirates Notebook: Presley Working to Regain Last Seasons Swing

Injury Updates
PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- After starting the season off hot -- hitting for a .303/.321/.395 line in 76 at-bats over his first 19 games of...

Pirates Pitching Great, Rip Sewell

Pirates History
Truett "Rip" Sewell was born on May 11,1907 in Decatur,Alabama. He came from a family with plenty of baseball tradition. His cousin is Hall...

Minor League Schedule: 5/11/12

Analysis
Just a note on when the short-season teams begin their play. The two teams from the Dominican Summer League will begin their 72 game...

First Pitch: Why I’d Remove Correia From the Rotation, Despite the Good Start

Analysis
Earlier in the week I wrote that the Pirates should take the first excuse they get to remove Kevin Correia from the rotation. My...

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