Clint Hurdle

From the second the National League Manager of the Year was announced I was shaking my head. Don’t get me wrong, I love Clint Hurdle and what he has done with the Pittsburgh Pirates. It’s just that there is no [...]

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PITTSBURGH PIRATES

David Price

The usually low-budget Pittsburgh Pirates are rumored to be interested in what would be a franchise-defining trade. David Price has been dangling on the trade market for the better part of two years, and now the Pirates have emerged as [...]

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James Loney

Jayson Stark of ESPN has reported that James Loney is emerging as the Pittsburgh Pirates‘ top choice at first base. He also points out that they have contacted the Toronto Blue Jays about Adam Lind and the Texas Rangers about [...]

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Charlie Morton

The guys over at MLBTradeRumors.com do a great job with their salary projections for arbitration-eligible players. The projected salaries I am going to use in this piece are all from their site, and I am simply going to give my [...]

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Jhonny Peralta

As we all know, the Pittsburgh Pirates aren’t going to give out any big-time contracts to superstar free agents; it just isn’t possible with their market size. That’s fine though, that is just how it works in MLB; the large [...]

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A.J. Burnett

In a way, the Pittsburgh Pirates are being held hostage by one of their own free agents. They have been patiently waiting for A.J. Burnett to decide if he is going to retire or play another season for the Bucs. [...]

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Gregory Polanco

Gregory Polanco is on a fast-track to the MLB. The 22-year-old Dominican outfielder had a breakout campaign in 2012, leading to him being ranked among the top 100 prospects according to both “Baseball America” and MLB.com. Polanco is virtually a [...]

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Austin Meadows

The Pittsburgh Pirates had two first round picks in the 2013 MLB draft, and so far, it looks like they used both picks very wisely. With their second pick in the first round, 14 overall, the Pirates selected prep catcher Reese [...]

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