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by Elaine Thompson - AP
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Chris Jakubauskas throws against the Angels in the third inning of a game Wednesday, May 20, 2009, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine ...
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Now that teams are starting to finalize their rosters prior to today's deadline, I thought it might be fun to create a thread and look at some of the players who will be available to us in this year's Rule 5 draft. We'll be picking second in the draft order, and as such, should have a good ...
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Baseball Prospectus: Minor League Free Agents
It's subscription-only, unfortunately. This is a nifty writeup of the available minor league free agents. Picking up strikeout-and-walk guy Alexander Smit , formerly of the Reds, and turning him into a full-time reliever seems like the sort ...
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Insanity . Jose Tabata is now 6-for-6 with two doubles in Scottsdale's game against the Peoria Javelinas. Also, Chase D'Arnaud has reached base five times in the game. Scottsdale leads 17-8. None of the Pirates ' pitchers have entered the game, fortunately.
Tabata is now hitting .395 in ...
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by Lenny Ignelzi - AP
6 months ago:
Pittsburgh Pirates' John Grabow, right, and Robinson Diaz high-five after the Pirates' 8-3 victory over the San Diego Padres in a baseball game ...
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Jason Bay
Bay rejects $60M over 4 years
I am not sure he will get more than $15M per, although I guess he wants more years. My first reaction was, it will never happen. My second reaction is, it probably will, and someone is going to regret it two years down the line.
Fenway Park fits Bay very ...
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Alfonso Soriano
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"[Chase D'Arnaud] does everything well enough," said an American League scout. "He doesn’t have a standout tool, but he has some bat speed and he can square it up. He’s got gap power, but he can turn on one and hit it out."
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Added another AL scout: "He has to not get out on his front ...
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Pirates hire Steve Williams as Major League scout
Williams, 45, most recently served the Kansas City Royals as their Assistant Director of Scouting, a position he held since August 15, 2006. Prior to joining the Royals, Williams worked for the Detroit Tigers as their Midwest Scouting ...
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Jim Tracy, Baby! NL Manager of the Year!
Also, Mike Scioscia received the AL award.
If the opinions on the ROY were strong, I expect stronger reactions on Tracy's award. Unfortunately, even if what happened with the Rockies was just a case of Tracy taking over when a good team was ...
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bucsdugout.com - 4 days ago
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A bunch of Pirates minor leaguers have become
free agents. Indulge your inner minor-league geek here :
Pittsburgh Pitchers : RHP Jason Davis, RHP Eric Hacker , LHP Corey Hamman, RHP Lincoln Holdzkom, RHP Jorge Julio, LHP Bobby Livingston, ...
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Pirates Minor Leaguers Become Free Agents
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NL Rookie of the Year: Chris Coghlan
McCutchen got a total of 7 votes, 2 first place, 5 second place. Garrett Jones got 2 third place votes. (This is out of a total of 32 ballots.)
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40-man rosters have to be set by Friday , so expect some fun stuff to happen this week.
The Bucs currently have 36 players on their 40-man roster. That doesn't include Jose Ascanio and Evan Meek , who will both need to be protected by Friday. The Pirates will also have to ...
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Chase D'Arnaud went 3-for-4 for Scottsdale today, raising his Arizona Fall League average to .286. He got off to a slow start, but he's come on very strong recently, hitting .393 in his last seven games. Given his lack of experience in the high minors, his line so far ...
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Chase Utley
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3 months ago: Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Ryan Doumit, back,
turns to apply a late tag as Colorado Rockies' ...
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FOX Sports: Pirates, Brewers Discussed Ryan Doumit, J.J. ...
Mariners Sign Jack Wilson
For $5M per for 2 years.
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by Tom Gannam - AP
St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols connects for a two-run home run in the in the third inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates in a game on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 in St. ...
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Pirates interested in Japanese Reliever Ryota Igarashi
"In acquiring Iwamura, we opened the door to getting Japanese players. We gave up a middle reliever to get Iwamura, so he [Igarashi] is a player we have interest in."
UPDATE by Charlie: Here are some stats.
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Via Baseball America, the Pirates have released a number of failed prospects:
RHP Yoslan Herrera - The big prizewinner in Dave Littlefield's weird experiment with international talent. Most teams attempt to sign Latin American amateurs at a young age and move them through ...
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by Jeff Chiu - AP
San Francisco Giants' Tim Lincecum pitches to the Oakland Athletics in the first inning of a game in San Francisco, Friday, June 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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