Pirates made a small splash today, optioning OF Nyjer Morgan to AAA Indy to make room for recently acquired OF Jason Michaels, who was recently waived by the Cleveland Indians.
Michaels is a career .270 hitter, with an impressive .351 OBP. The corner outfielder has struggled so far in 2008, however, collecting just 12 hits over [...]
Russell announced his opening day line-up for tonight’s game, and to the pleasure of many Pirate faithful, C Ronny Paulino has been sent a message: his spot is definitely not safe.
Nate McLouth, CF
Freddy Sanchez, 2B
Jason Bay, LF
Adam LaRoche, 1B
Xavier Nady, RF
Ryan Doumit, C
Jose Bautista, 3B
Jack Wilson, SS
Ian Snell, P
The Post-Gazette is reporting that the Pirates have reacquired infielder Matt Kata, signing the former Bucco to a minor league deal and assigning him to AAA Indianapolis.
The Pirates also picked up starter Jason Davis with a minor-league contract.
Davis, a 27 year old righty, has made 52 MLB starts and 130 MLB appearances, touting a 20-22 [...]
This won’t be a long post, just something I thought was worth sharing.
This from Tim Dierkes over at MLBtraderumors.com..
“Joe Smith of the St. Petersburg Times says the Rays’ trade talks for an outfielder ’should intensify in the next couple days.’ Smith suggests the Mariners, Dodgers, and Angels as teams with outfielders to spare. [...]
The retirement of Masumi Kuwata, coupled with the now official demotion of veteran Hector Carrasco to minor league camp, leave just four pitchers — Sean Burnett, Phil Dumatrait, Franquelis Osoria, and Rule-V pick Evan Meek.
The Pirates are now down to 27 men in camp — one of whom is injured OF Chris Duffy. Thus, beyond [...]
Roster moves galore by Neal and Co. today.
- The Bucs have traded pitching prospect Todd Redmond to the Atlanta Braves for reliever Tyler Yates. The 30-year old righty has a 5.15 career ERA in 162.2 MLB innings. He did, however, hold right-handed hitters to a meager .213 BA last season.
- The Pirates released pitcher Jaret [...]
According to a story running on the Pirates MLB.com page, second baseman Freddy Sanchez is still experiencing noticeable pain in his throwing shoulder.
Sanchez was cleared yesterday by orthopedist James Andrews, and supposedly should be ready to go opening day, but right now, things are not looking good for the two-time all-star.
So what happens at second [...]
I was going to just post this on my blog, but I figured I’d get more readers here. I know this is supposed to be a Pirates site, but hey, we’re all baseball fans right??1.
New York Mets – This team could be in trouble in a couple of years, as guys like Luis Castillo, [...]
Time to take a look at how the NLCD should shape up in 2008
1. Chicago Cubs – The Cubs get my vote for NLCD favorite, just edging the young Brew Crew for a second year in a row. The addition of Kosuke Fukudome (pronounce with caution) bolsters what was already one of the most dangerous [...]
The Pirates have signed 29 year old Byung-Hyun Kim to what is presumed to be a major league deal, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pirate fans and reporters everywhere are enraged to have to learn to spell another ridiculous name, following the signing of Doug Meintkeiwicz.
Kim went 10-8 with a 6.08 ERA last season with [...]
