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Daily Archives: May 20, 2012

The Pittsburgh Pirates won in extra innings on Opening Day, beating the Miami Marlins by a 6-5 score after a Jared Triolo RBI single in the top of the 12th inning. The Pirates played comeback the entire...
Normally, I do a pre-season analysis, where I fill in my own depth chart and playing time estimates for the upcoming Pittsburgh Pirates season, along with ZiPS projected WAR totals. This year, I'm looking at the...

The Indianapolis Roster is Getting Crowded

The Pittsburgh Pirates added infielder Drew Sutton today, and will assign him to Indianapolis. The club acquired Jeff Larish last week, and at the...

Pirates Acquire Drew Sutton from Atlanta

The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired infielder Drew Sutton from the Atlanta Braves organization on Sunday in exchange for cash considerations. Sutton will be assigned to Triple-A...

Indians Snap Losing Streak With Two-Hit Pitching

Indianapolis Indians  4,  Buffalo Bison  1 (Box)   After losing 5 games in a row, the Indians snapped their losing streak this afternoon at Coca-Cola Park in...

Pirates Notebook: Why are Teams Pitching to McCutchen?

Center fielder Andrew McCutchen is having a huge month of May. Even after going 0-for-3 on Sunday, McCutchen is hitting for a .396 average...

This Date in Pirates History: May 20

Two former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date, they were both teammates on the 1927-28 teams and they both played the same position....

What Has Jeff Locke Been Working on Since We Last Saw Him?

Jeff Locke got the call to the majors today, although it doesn't look like he will be replacing Kevin Correia in the rotation, which...

Jeff Locke Called Up

The Pittsburgh Pirates will call up left-hander Jeff Locke, Pirates Prospects has learned. Locke was scheduled to make his start today for the Indianapolis...

The 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates: World Series Champs

As covered here yesterday, the Pittsburgh Pirates took game seven of the 1909 World Series, bringing home their first World Series title. They were...

First Pitch: Pirates Should Be Smart, Not Desperate

Earlier tonight I wrote about how Adam Lind wouldn't help the Pittsburgh Pirates. In the article, I mentioned that my initial reaction was that...

Minor League Schedule: 5/20/12

The highlights of today's schedule are the second start of the year for Tim Alderson and Jeff Locke making his ninth start in Indianapolis....

Prospect Watch: Good Starts From Kingham, Waldron; Rojas and Osuna Homer

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...

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