hyzduhq.blogspot.com - 27 days ago
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Today the Bucs removed Virgil Vasquez, Eric Hacker, and Steve Lerud off the 40 man. All three were on the roster for about a year or so. The removing of Lerud makes the most sense of them all. He was added last year as a worst case scenario backup at catcher. A team needs to have one and since ...
Pirates drop 3 from 40-man roster
northsidenotch.com 27 days ago — The Pirates outrighted right handed pitchers Virgil Vasquez and Eric Hacker to AAA-Indianapolis today along with outrighting C Steve Lerud to AA-Altoona.This means the Pirates now have 36 people on their 40-man roster. Evan Meek and Jose Ascanio both remain on the 40-day DL.Vasquez, 27, pitched ...
Pirates DFA Vasquez, Hacker, and Lerud
buccofans.com 27 days ago — According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pittsburgh Pirates have designated three players for assignment. Those players are Virgil Vasquez, Eric Hacker, and Steve Lerud. All three players will have ten days to be traded, claimed by another team, or released. The likely outcome would be that ...
News and Notes
raisethejollyroger.com 27 days ago — Couple of quick hits, now that it’s officially the offseason:
The Pirates removed three players from the 40-man roster : Virgil Vasquez, Eric Hacker, and Steve Lerud. Vasquez, of course, pitched horribly in the second half as an emergency starter/bullpen guy with the Bucs. Hacker was ...
Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 21 - Daniel McCutchen
buccofans.com 28 days ago — To cap off the end of the 2009 season, I'm going to be counting down my list of the top 50 prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates' system. I'll be counting down one prospect per day, with an extensive recap on each player, until I reach number one. Check out the previous ...
Some Links and Things...
northsidenotch.com 11/3/2009 — - Mark from Fantasy Baseball Hot Stove has an interview with our recent 1st round pick Tony Sanchez. In it, Sanchez discusses his plate approach, calling pitches, the Pirates future, and other things. It's definitely worth the click over there.- John Perroto is back at it. His Pirates coverage ...
Pirates designate three for assignment
post-gazette.com 27 days ago — The Pirates today assigned pitchers Virgil Vasquez and Eric Hacker to Triple-A Indianapolis, and catcher Steve Larud to Double-A Altoona.
Minor Movement
hyzduhq.blogspot.com 10/30/2009 — The news sort of broke yesterday in the Cincinnati newspapers. Then today it was in the Lynchburg and Pittsburgh papers . It looks as though the Pirates are going to end their longest affiliation relationship after 2010 and leave Lynchburg and the Carolina League. It turns out that with the Reds ...
Pirates Prospect Tony Sanchez On the Hot Seat
fantasybaseballhotstove.blogspot.com 11/3/2009 — Tony Sanchez was taken fourth overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates this past June. He was a freshman at Boston College while I was a senior there and was kind enough to do a little Q & A with Fantasy Baseball Hot Stove. If you want to check out some ...
Pirates acquire 2B Iwamura from Rays (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 29 days ago
Akinori Iwamura apparently didn't check the standings after being traded from the Tampa Bay Rays to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Iwamura, acquired to be the Pirates' starting second baseman, is hoping his new team can be a contender soon. Really. "I ...
Bondy: Yeah, Yanks! Boo, parade! —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 27 days ago
The Creatures don't want to complain. We really don't. But that parade Friday was so badly paced, so bogus, it looked like it was produced by Fox Sports. It could have been a parade for the Kansas City Royals, or the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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