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First Pitch: Is Chris Stewart the Best Catching Option If the Pirates Can’t Re-Sign Martin?

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The Pittsburgh Pirates brought in Chris Stewart last year to serve as a defensive specialist behind Russell Martin. Stewart did not exactly specialize in...

First Pitch: How Baseball is Still Unfair to Small Markets, Despite Small Market Success

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I've written a lot about how baseball is unfair to small market teams. The fact that some teams can spend double or triple what...

First Pitch: Sorting Out the Mixed Reviews For Nick Kingham

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In the last two days, Baseball America released their top 20 lists for the Eastern League and the International League. With their first five...

First Pitch: Despite a Career Year, the Pirates Still Shouldn’t Extend Neil Walker

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The topic of extending Neil Walker gets brought up every off-season. It's always a subject that causes a huge divide. To some, Walker is...

First Pitch: In Discussing the Best Players in MLB, Andrew McCutchen is Second to One

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In 2012, Andrew McCutchen had his first big breakout season, hitting for a .327/.400/.553 line and putting up a 6.8 WAR. The fear at...

First Pitch: Russell Martin’s Long-Term Affordability and Early Extension Chances

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I was going to write about Russell Martin tonight, and more specifically, how the Pittsburgh Pirates can easily afford Martin in the future. I...

First Pitch: What Are the Pirates’ Needs This Off-Season?

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By the end of the month, we'll be getting a good idea of who will be available as free agents, and who might make...

First Pitch: Why There Should Be No Issues Giving Qualifying Offers to Martin and Liriano

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The AP released the information today that a qualifying offer in 2015 will be worth $15.3 M (via MLBTR). That's up from the $14.1...

First Pitch: Maybe No Move Was the Right Move

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"No move was the right move." That's a quote that was destined to be tossed around by message board critics from the moment it was...

First Pitch: 14 Pirates Questions For the 2014 Off-Season

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The 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates off-season was full of the same discussion over and over and over: A.J. Burnett. The 2014 Pittsburgh Pirates off-season will probably...

First Pitch: Why You Should Now Cheer For the Royals as a Pirates Fan

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I started working on a Pittsburgh Pirates 2014 season recap today, but truthfully I need a few days to digest the end of the...

First Pitch: No One to Blame For Pirates’ Wild Card Game Loss

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Heading into the Wild Card game, there was a lot of debate about whether the Pittsburgh Pirates should have held Gerrit Cole back on...
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