Pirates Trade Eric Hinske to Yankees, Could Trade Nyjer Morgan
Bucs Dugout — ... The Pirates have traded Eric Hinske and cash to the Yankees for minor league pitcher Casey Erickson and minor league outfielder/catcher Eric Fryer. Garrett Jones will replace Hinske on the 25-man roster. Erickson was mostly used as a starter last year and he pitched well, but he was too old for his level. He struggled in a few starts this year but took off upon being sent to Class A+ Tampa's bullpen, where he's struck out a batter per inning and posted a 1.10 ERA. Fryer had a strong year in ...

The Pirates Are Dealing, Why Can't The Cubs? Cubs vs. Pirates Preview, Tuesday 6/30, 6:05 CT
Bleed Cubbie Blue — ... for a couple of minor leaguers. They'll recall a Triple-A journeyman, 28-year-old Garrett Jones, to take Hinske's place on the roster. ...

Cubs vs. Pirates, 1 July 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF Ryan Theriot - SS Freddy Sanchez - 2B Derrek Lee - 1B Garrett Jones - LF Milton Bradley - RF Adam LaRoche - 1B ...

Cubs 4, Pirates 1: Cubs Pile Up Extra-Base Hits in Pittsburgh Loss
Bucs Dugout — ... , who chugged to third after Garrett Jones narrowly missed a diving catch in left. Jones isn't nearly as unathletic as you'd think from such a big guy, but he's certainly no ...

Open Thread: Mets vs Pirates
Amazin' Avenue — ... Adam LaRoche - 1B Fernando Tatis - LF Garrett Jones - LF Ryan ...

News Roundup: Huntington: We Acquired Milledge Because We Could
Bucs Dugout — MLB - New York Mets/Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score Thursday July 2, 2009 - Yahoo! Sports Garrett Jones came within a single of the cycle today. Huntington answers fans' questions | pirates.com: News An unusually blunt answer from Neal Huntington: Why trade an outfielder for an outfielder when we need middle infielders? -- Josh J., Bethel Park, Pa. Huntington: Because Milledge was available. He was a premier prospect in baseball (the No. 1 prospect with Mets in 2005-06) with five tools. ...

Pirates at Marlins, 3 July 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Freddy Sanchez - 2B Hanley Ramirez - SS Adam LaRoche - 1B Jorge Cantu - 1B Garrett Jones - LF Jeremy Hermida - RF Andy LaRoche - 3B ...

Garrett Jones: Let's Not Get Carried Away Here
Bucs Dugout — ... As nice as it is to see a guy be rewarded for persistence, Garrett Jones should not be mistaken for a good player, and the last thing I'd want to see is a Tike-Redman-2003 situation where Jones gets off to a hot start, then gets way more playing time than he should for a year or so after that.  ...

A Tour Around SB Nation
Amazin' Avenue — ... - Crawfish Boxes:  Vote for your favorite Astros uniform in history. Brewers - Brew Crew Ball:  Brewers pictures of the week. Cardinals - Viva El Birdos:  What's going on with Ryan Ludwick? Cubs - Bleed Cubbie Blue: This FanPost has 58 recs.  See if it reminds you of someone else. Pirates - Bucs Dugout: Garrett Jones, who homered off Pedro Feliciano last week, is not as good as ...

Pirates vs. Astros, 6 July 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Jack Wilson - SS Miguel Tejada - SS Delwyn Young - LF Lance Berkman - 1B Garrett Jones - RF Carlos Lee - LF Andy LaRoche - 3B ...

Astros 4, Pirates 1: Offense Vanishes Again
Bucs Dugout — ... in this one, and you could see from the beginning that the offense just wasn't going to hit. Mike Hampton allowed only three hits despite struggling with his command early and, you know, not being very good. It was also clear from this game that the outfield has slowed down a lot in the past couple weeks. Delwyn Young took what seemed to be an eternity to get to a double hit to the left field corner--or maybe we've just been spoiled by Nyjer Morgan. And Garrett Jones narrowly avoided a Jose Canseco situation--Jones pulled back a ...

Pirates 6, Astros 3: Finally, Some Runs!
Bucs Dugout — ... might blow it after they each put on a bunch of baserunners. Ultimately, though, none of that happened. And there was also some less anxiety-inducing stuff here, two, like Garrett Jones' two stolen bases (which you can chalk up to getting good jumps), a spectacular play by Wilson deep in the hole, and a gap double by ...

Low Slugging Teams, High Scoring Phils and Hampton's Improvement
The Crawfish Boxes — ... When I saw the lineup that the Pirates sent out on Monday, I was surprised to see many names I wasn't all that familiar with. Delwyn Young hitting third? Steve Pearce and Garrett Jones starting? This was no major league caliber lineup that Mike Hampton faced that night, and he responded by pitching quite well. The Pirates have basically waved the white flag on 2009. They have a fairly young roster though, who will be under their control for years to come. It's sort of the anti-Astros way of operating, but they ...

Minor League Roundup: Owens Dominating Without Two-Seamer
Bucs Dugout — ... and sent him to Indianapolis. Bozied is a pretty generic AAAA slugger; he hit 50 homers combined in 2007 (in Memphis) and 2008 (in Albuquerque), but he lacks secondary skills. But if Garrett Jones can be mistaken, however briefly, for a real big-leaguer, I'm not really sure why Bozied can't.  ...

Shiver me timbers: Phillies 3, Pirates 2
The Good Phight — ... The Phillies were a couple parts good last night (Joe Blanton, Jayson Werth), a couple parts bad (the offense generally) and a couple parts lucky (poor Pirates outfield defense), but nonetheless came away with a 3-2 victory in Friday night's contest. Blanton went 7 1/3, allowing just one run on a mammoth centerfield home run from Garrett Jones.  Zach Duke was almost as effective for the Pirates, but fell victim to some poor outfield defense on a bobbled Chase Utley single by centerfielder Andrew ...

Everybody Happ-y: Phillies 5, Pirates 2
The Good Phight — ... worked the last two innings, with Romero surrendering another monster home run to Pirates journeyman Garrett Jones--whose three homers in this series nearly doubled his career total--but allowing no additional damage. ...

Everybody Happ-y: Phillies 5, Pirates 2
The Good Phight — ... worked the last two innings, with Romero surrendering another monster home run to Pirates journeyman Garrett Jones--whose three homers in this series nearly doubled his career total--but allowing no additional damage. ...

Giants vs. Pirates, 7:05 PM.
Bucs Dugout — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF Randy Winn - RF Freddy Sanchez - 2B Pablo Sandoval - 3B Garrett Jones - RF Bengie Molina - C Ryan Doumit - C ...

Pirates 2, Giants 1: Garrett Jones, Superhero
Bucs Dugout — ... Garrett Jones! Garrett Jones and the Pirates' pitchers won this game pretty much by themselves. Jones homered off Tim Lincecum early in the game, then hit a walkoff jack into the Allegheny in the 14th. Paul Maholm had an excellent start, and if the Pirates' hitters didn't hit (literally, they didn't record a single hit for several innings after the seventh) or run the bases well (Brandon Moss was out by a mile on a bizarre decision by Tony Beasley early in the game, and he also got caught stealing before that), at least ...

Giants vs. Pirates, 18 July 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF John Bowker - LF Freddy Sanchez - 2B Pablo Sandoval - 3B Garrett Jones - LF Nate Schierholtz - RF Ryan Doumit - C ...

Pirates 2, Giants 0: Morton Delivers
Bucs Dugout — ... Offensively, the Pirates' only extra-base hit went to--guess who?--Garrett Jones, whose double in the first set up ...

Pirates Deal Adam LaRoche to Red Sox
Bucs Dugout — ... also isn't in the game, so we'll see how this shakes out. Garrett Jones could potentially move to first to make way for Milledge, or Pearce could take over at first. ...

Neal Huntington Interview
Bucs Dugout — ... He was asked directly if Garrett Jones' recent success had anything to do with the transaction and he again talked about building the organization and having financial control over players--essentially saying no, Jones' performance did not drive the thought process.  He said the organization was very pleased with Jones' success thus far and was encouraged by his ability to make adjustments as opposing teams make adjustments in how they approach him. ...

Pirates 8, Brewers 7
Brew Crew Ball — ... W: Matt Capps (2-5) L: Mitch Stetter (2-1) HR: Ryan Braun (18), Casey McGehee (7), Ryan Doumit 2 (4), Andrew McCutchen (3), Garrett Jones (9), Brandon Moss (5) MVP: Mike Cameron (+.212) LVP: Jeff Suppan (-.371) Win Expectancy Graph SBNation Coverage If the Brewers won this one, we'd call it a "classic." Instead, I'll just make the recap quick so we can get onto the off day and start talking about the Braves series. The ...

Update and Suggestions Thread
Minor League Ball — ... I'm going to do a Garrett Jones profile this weekend. I'm also trying to finish up a couple of research projects before August 1st....I want to do a lot of travelling in August and need to get things cleared off my desk first. One of those projects is the Rotowire 100 update, which I should have finished by the end of next week. I'll also post updates at Rotowire on any trades involving prospects, and will also have "quick takes" here. ...

Thinking about Garrett Jones
Minor League Ball — ... I was all set to write up a piece on Garrett Jones, but found that Matthew Carruth at Fangraphs beat me to the punch.  Carruth sets up the historical background and performance for Jones very well.  Looking through my past books, his first mention from me was in the 2005 Baseball Prospect Book, where he garnered a Grade C. I wrote that the improvement he showed that year in Double-A "could be for real" but that he was trapped behind Justin Morneau. I didn't put him in the 2006 or 2007 books. He re-appeared in ...

Who Could the Pirates and Tigers Be Talking Trade About?
Bless You Boys — ... that might not have been mentioned?  (Garrett Jones is hitting .345/.396/.798 with 10 homers.  Or does he have "sell high" written all over him?) ...

Open GameThread, 7/28
McCovey Chronicles — ... Fred Lewis - CF Andrew McCutchen - CF Delwyn Young - 2B Nate Schierholtz- RF Randy Winn - RF Pablo Sandoval - 3B Buster Posey - C Bengie ...

Pirates vs. Giants, 29 July 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Andy LaRoche - 3B Randy Winn - RF Delwyn Young - 2B Pablo Sandoval - 3B Garrett Jones - LF Bengie Molina - C Steve Pearce - 1B ...

Ryan Doumit: A Possible Alternative To Victor Martinez?
DRaysBay — ... a Ray!). The Pirates have been unloading their players even before the deadline was the hot topic of the league. They've already traded Nate McClouth, Adam LaRoche and yesterday moved Jack Wilson, Ian Snell and Freddy Sanchez. Doumit would be a logic choice as next on the chopping block. The Pirates are also running out of room for first base/catcher types. They acquired Jeff Clement, who technically is still a catcher. They have Garrett Jones at first base with Steve Pearce roaming in the ...

Hit and Run, July 30, 2009
Minor League Ball — ... he started off .306/.380/.489 in 55 games for Midland, then went on a tear after being promoted to Sacramento: .382/.436/.636 in 43 games. The high batting average is out of context with the rest of his career, but he has reduced his strikeout rate this year, and if he can maintain that then perhaps this isn't just an age 26 fluke. He's not toolsy, but I like the fact that he's getting a shot. Let's see if he can make the most of it. He is fun to root for, but don't expect another Garrett Jones just yet. ...

Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 Over The Washington Nationals, Lastings Milledge Knocks In Winning Run...
Federal Baseball — ... Ross Ohlendorf gets the second out with one pitch when Cristian Guzman flies out to center. Ryan Zimmerman flies to short left and Lastings Milledge charges in (after a bad first step) to make the catch...Ryan Zimmerman fields and throws to first in time to get Andrew McCutchen. Lastings Milledge gets a polite applause from the crowd as he steps to the plate. Milledge grounds out to Alberto Gonzalez at second. DC left-hander John Lannan has a 1-2-3 first after Garrett Jones flies out to right.    Adam Dunn ...

On Garrett Jones, Nyjer Morgan and Steve Pearce
Bucs Dugout — ... Nice to see Lastings Milledge grab a couple of hits in his Pirates debut today... There was a discussion earlier today in the Adam LaRoche thread about my position regarding Garrett Jones, Steve Pearce and Nyjer Morgan, and this seems as relevant as ever, what with Nyjer in town and Milledge's arrival potentially jeopardizing some of Jones' playing time.  If I seem wishy-washy about these three guys, it's because I don't think any of them are very good. We can't get too excited about small ...

Andrew McCutchen Launches 3 HR's, Pittsburgh Pirates 11, Washington Nationals 6.
Federal Baseball — ... to strand two, 2-0...Craig Stammen gives up a long fly ball to left that won’t come down, Josh Willingham leaps at the wall but comes up empty, Andrew McCutchen homers to start the bottom of the first. 2-1 DC. Lastings Milledge flies out to Nyjer Morgan. Garrett Jones takes a 1-2 fastball outside to center for a single. Ryan Doumit grounds to short, Guzman to ...

Josh Willingham's HR, RBI Double Lift Washington Nationals, 5-3 Over Pittsburgh Pirates.
Federal Baseball — ... unedited)... Washington Nationals At Pittsburgh Pirates. Game 105 Of 162.    Delwyn Young throws to first in front of Nyjer Morgan to give Pirates’ lefty Paul Maholm his first out of the afternoon. Cristian Guzman drops a mistake pop inside the right field line for a one-out single. Ryan Zimmerman grounds to short, Ronny Cedeno to Delwyn Young to Garrett Jones at first, double play...Andrew McCutchen chases a two-strike ...

Nationals vs. Pirates, 3 August 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF Cristian Guzman - SS Lastings Milledge - LF Ryan Zimmerman - 3B Garrett Jones - RF Adam Dunn - 1B Ryan Doumit - C ...

Tyler Clippard Escapes Jam, Adam Dunn Leaves Yard, Washington Nationals 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 4.
Federal Baseball — ... • E: 96 - Already 1-0 DC after right-hander Garrett Mock surrenders a leadoff HR in the first. Mock walks Garrett Jones. Bucs' backstop ...

Diamondbacks vs. Pirates, 5 August 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Lastings Milledge - LF Justin Upton - RF Delwyn Young - 2B Mark Reynolds - 3B Garrett Jones - RF Miguel Montero - C Steve Pearce - 1B ...

Omaha Scouting Report
Minor League Ball — ...     Hitting .291/.355/.521 in 70 games. He has some juice in his bat, but doesn't control the strike zone well and isn't much of a defensive outfielder. His MLE this year is about .251/.299/.428 translated from Omaha to Kansas City. Thorman is 27 this year, and it would not surprise me to see him have an age 28 performance spike in 2010 along Garrett Jones lines. ...

Pirates' ship decimated by trades
Purple Row — ... Lastings Milledge - LF .293 0 5 .310 .341 .271 Garrett Jones - RF .291 ...

Game #113: Ross Ohlendorf vs. Jhoulys Chacin
Purple Row — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF Seth Smith - LF Lastings Milledge - LF Carlos Gonzalez - CF Garrett Jones - RF Todd Helton - 1B Ryan Doumit - C Troy ...

Game #114: Kevin Hart vs. Ubaldo Jimenez
Purple Row — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF Seth Smith - LF Lastings Milledge - LF Carlos Gonzalez - CF Garrett Jones - 1B Todd Helton - 1B Ryan Doumit - C Troy ...

Game #115: Paul Maholm vs. Jason Marquis
Purple Row — ... Andy LaRoche - 3B Clint Barmes - 2B Delwyn Young - 2B Todd Helton - 1B Garrett Jones - RF Troy Tulowitzki - SS Steve Pearce - 1B ...

Brewers vs. Pirates, 17 August 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF Craig Counsell - 3B Delwyn Young - 2B Ryan Braun - LF Garrett Jones - RF Prince Fielder - 1B Ryan Doumit - C ...

Pirates 9, Brewers 5
Brew Crew Ball — ... W: Kevin Hart (4-2) L: Carlos Villanueva (2-10) HR: Prince Fielder (31), Mike Cameron (17), Andy LaRoche (6), Garrett Jones (13), Ronny Cedeno (8) MVP: Felipe Lopez (+.168) LVP: Carlos Villanueva (-.349) Win Expectancy Graph SBNation Coverage Well, apparently the Brewers don't dominate the Pirates anymore. This one was over early, as the Pirates scored one in the second and five more in the third off of Carlos Villanueva to take a ...

Pirates 9, Brewers 5, Bucs Homer Three Times, Hold Lead
Bucs Dugout — ... I don't know what's weirdest about this game: -That the Pirates beat the Brewers? -That the Pirates actually hit very well? -That Andy LaRoche and Ronny Cedeno (and Garrett Jones) homered? -That Matt Capps didn't blow the game? -That Lastings Milledge somehow looked reasonably fast in stealing a base. All in all, the Pirates played pretty well, even if no lead felt safe. Kevin Hart allowed four runs but generally was decent; he ran out of steam in the sixth but ...

Brewers vs. Pirates, 19 August 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF Mike Cameron - CF Delwyn Young - 2B Ryan Braun - LF Garrett Jones - 1B Prince Fielder - 1B Andy LaRoche - 3B ...

Pirates' Q+A Portion of Season Continues
Bucs Dugout — ... hit enough to stick as a starter at shortstop? (Maybe.) Can Garrett Jones play? (No comment, although he's certainly done little to prove me right so far.) Can ...

Reds vs. Pirates, 21 August 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF Drew Stubbs - CF Delwyn Young - 2B Joey Votto - 1B Garrett Jones - RF Laynce Nix - RF Andy LaRoche - 3B ...

Pirates Win Fourth Straight, 5-2
Bucs Dugout — ... , who seems destined to be famed more for his hitting than his pitching. Garrett Jones contributed a homer to right that finally occurred with two men on; nearly all of Jones' previous homers had been solo shots, which I don't think is anything we should gnash our teach over, but it's got to be nice for him to hit a three-run bomb for once. Also, ...

Pirates 12, Reds 2: Bucs Escape Cellar
Bucs Dugout — ... The Pirates' 12-2 victory over the Reds today drops Cincinnati to last place and bumps the Pirates up to fifth. Everyone in the Bucs' lineup contributed--Ryan Doumit and Garrett Jones both had three hits to lead the team, but Lastings Milledge also had two hits (plus a great diving catch), Andrew McCutchen reached base three times, and everyone else in the starting lineup reached at least once. The Bucs got some help from Reds pitchers Justin Lehr and Danny Herrera, who both struggled to find the strike ...

Fantasy Baseball: NL OPS Leaders Since the All-Star Break
FakeTeams — ... for example, strikes out almost 3 times for every walk he takes. Another hitter who is surprising on this list is the Rockies OFer Carlos Gonzalez. In fact, CarGo was involved in the trade that sent the OPS leader, Matt Holliday, from the Rockies to the A's in the offseason. Gonzalez is starting to show signs of the potential the Rockies saw in him when they traded for him. Can he keep it up? A couple other guys that stand out are Miguel Montero, Garrett Jones, and Kyle Blanks. These are hitters that were not drafted ...

Reds Avoid Sweep With 4-1 Victory Over Pirates
Bucs Dugout — ... Somewhat relatedly, there have been some interesting arguments here in the past couple of weeks about Walker's other favorite person--himself. In fact, it seems like nearly every thread here recently turns into a discussion about Garrett Jones, ...

Andrew McCutchen or Garrett Jones for Rookie of the Year?
Bucs Dugout — ... and Garrett Jones who could legitimately fit into the N.L. Rookie of the Year discussion. Unfortunately, I don't think they'll make it past the first round. As pretty much everyone here knows, I'm not overly high on Jones' long-term potential, but his performance so far has been indisputable. Unfortunately, he's only played in 45 games, which isn't, and shouldn't be, long enough to make an impression on most voters. It's extremely hard to sustain a .982 OPS over a long period, and Jones isn't a great bet to do it. Just ask the ...

Tuesday Afternoon Astros, etc Round Up
The Crawfish Boxes — ... JR Towles is set to make his return, while Doug Brocail and Wes Wright are making rehab stints. Get this: Mike Hampton can hit! Gabriel Garcia an Astro minor leaguer is the most recent Astros prospect to be suspended for using performance enhancing drugs. He is not alone, as drug related suspensions have increased 44% from 2008 to this season. Did the Pirates do something right this season? I would have guessed no, but apparently Garrett Jones is absolutely raking of late. It almost pains me to ...

Phillies vs. Pirates, 25 August 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF Shane Victorino - CF Delwyn Young - 2B Chase Utley - 2B Garrett Jones - RF Ryan Howard - 1B Andy LaRoche - 3B ...

Rookies of the Yeah...: Pirates 3, Phillies 2
The Good Phight — ... Happ surrendered a leadoff single in the eighth, then proceeded to retire the next two hitters and appeared poised to escape the inning and take a one run lead into the ninth.  But, Garrett Jones, another rookie, connected on a bomb to centerfield that gave the Pirates a 3-2 lead. ...

Brewers 4, Pirates 1
Brew Crew Ball — ... W: Jeff Suppan (6-8) L: Ross Ohlendorf (11-9) S: Trevor Hoffman (29) HR: Casey McGehee (11), Garrett Jones (16) MVP: Jeff Suppan (+.248) LVP: Felipe Lopez (-.114) Win Expectancy Graph SBNation Coverage A series sweep, a well-pitched Jeff Suppan start and the Brewers' 21st consecutive home victory against the Pirates. It was a day of unlikely events. Jeff Suppan probably saved the lives of countless Jeff Suppan bobbleheads by putting in one of ...

Pirates vs. Reds, 2 September 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Neil Walker - 3B Paul Janish - SS Delwyn Young - 2B Joey Votto - 1B Garrett Jones - 1B Brandon Phillips - 2B Lastings Milledge - LF ...

Brandon Phillips Bruises Pirates With Home Run, Breaks Them With a Ground Out. Reds Win 5-3.
Red Reporter — ... 4, HR) and Homer Bailey (6.1 IP, 3 ER, 3 BB, 8 K) are honorable mentions. Key Plays The Reds kicked off the scoring in the first inning after Joey Votto coaxed a walk and then moved to second on a balk by Zach Duke.  Brandon Phillips followed that up with a single to score Votto, but Phillips was thrown out trying to take second base to end the inning. The first batter in the second inning for the Pirates, Garrett Jones, homered to tie the game up at one. Phillips ...

Pirates Swept by Reds
Bucs Dugout — ... There were bright spots to this series--No Relation McCutchen's good major league debut, Garrett Jones' continued mashing, ...

ZiPS Player Profile, Garrett Jones
Bucs Dugout — ZiPS Profile - Garrett Jones, RF (28) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Year AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRANSLATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2002 226 5 31 6 0 6 20 9 100 2 .137 .169 .243 6 2003 413 20 70 10 3 13 48 22 125 3 .169 .213 .303 35 2004 ...

Cardinals vs. Pirates, 4 September 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF Colby Rasmus - CF Delwyn Young - 2B Albert Pujols - 1B Garrett Jones - 1B Matt Holliday - LF Lastings Milledge - LF ...

Sunday Morning Breakfast & Baseball: Glen Perkins' Grievance, September Callups, Garrett Jones
Twinkie Town — ... well, and he'll be utilized out of the bullpen.  I'm interested to see how he responds in this role, a role he hasn't played since a pair of relief appearances for the Twins in late 2005.  If he succeeds, does it change how the Twins see him contributing the team going forward, or is it irrelevant and we'll see him back in the rotation in 2010 no matter what happens? Chuck Finder of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a nice piece on former Twins and AAAA-hitter Garrett Jones.  In 56 games for the Pirates, Jones is hitting ...

Cubs vs. Pirates, 7 September 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF Ryan Theriot - SS Ronny Cedeno - SS Derrek Lee - 1B Garrett Jones - 1B Aramis Ramirez - 3B Lastings Milledge - LF ...

Meet: Justin Huber
Twinkie Town — ... There's a lot of raw hitting talent about to be sitting on Minnesota's bench tonight, and although he hasn't really shown anything at the major league level so far, he hasn't really been given a decent chance.  Huber could be seen as just "another one of those guys", in the mold of a Garrett Jones or ...

Cubs vs. Pirates, 8 September 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF Milton Bradley - RF Ramon Vazquez - 2B Derrek Lee - 1B Garrett Jones - RF Aramis Ramirez - 3B Lastings Milledge - LF ...

Cubs vs. Pirates, 9 September 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF Ryan Theriot - SS Delwyn Young - 2B Derrek Lee - 1B Garrett Jones - RF Micah Hoffpauir - RF Brandon Moss - LF ...

2009 In Review: Indianapolis Indians
Bucs Dugout — ... This will undoubtedly be the most controversial of the minor league reviews I've written, because it involves perhaps the two most controversial Pirates right now, Garrett Jones and Neil Walker. A note before we begin: I believe minor league stats matter, and I believe minor league stats, and particularly AAA stats, are very valuable tools. See here for a good primer on Minor League Equivalencies, which Bill James showed closely approximate major league statistics. I also believe that what you did over the last ...

Pittsburgh Pirates at Houston Astros, Sep 12, 2009 6:05 PM CDT
The Crawfish Boxes — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF Michael Bourn - CF Andy LaRoche - 3B Kazuo Matsui - 2B Garrett Jones - RF Lance Berkman - 1B Ryan Doumit - C Carlos ...

Pittsburgh Pirates at Houston Astros, Sep 13, 2009 1:05 PM CDT
The Crawfish Boxes — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF Michael Bourn - CF Andy LaRoche - 3B Kazuo Matsui - 2B Garrett Jones - 1B Lance Berkman - 1B Ryan Doumit - C Carlos ...

Pirates vs. Dodgers, 14 September 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF Rafael Furcal - SS Andy LaRoche - 3B Matt Kemp - CF Garrett Jones - 1B Andre Ethier - RF Ryan Doumit - C Manny Ramirez ...

Game Thread: 9/18, Padres vs. Pirates
Gaslamp Ball — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF David Eckstein - 2B Andy LaRoche - 3B Adrian Gonzalez - 1B Garrett Jones - 1B Chase Headley - 3B Ryan Doumit - C ...

Pirates Lose Again, 4-0
Bucs Dugout — ... There's been something deeply strange about the couple of weeks I've spent in Morgantown, prevented from watching the games, while checking box score after box score in which the Bucs score one run at most. Today, the Bucs were missing Garrett Jones, ...

Padres vs. Pirates, 21 September 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF David Eckstein - 2B Andy LaRoche - 3B Adrian Gonzalez - 1B Garrett Jones - RF Chase Headley - 3B Ryan Doumit - C ...

Open Game Thread: Padres @ Pittsburgh 09/21
Gaslamp Ball — ... It's the top of the second; Adrian hit a two run blast and Garrett Jones responded in the bottom of the first with a solo shot, his twentieth of the year. ...

Pirates Finding New Ways To Lose; Also, No More "Scholarship"
Bucs Dugout — ... In the meantime, the Bucs' offense did the team no favors by leaving a ridiculous number of batters on base--the Bucs wrangled eleven hits and nine walks, but only scored six times. Garrett Jones hit his 20th home run of the season but, as has so often been the case for him (and I'm not bashing him for this because I don't think it represents a skill, just pointing out a fact), it was a solo job. ...

Reds vs. Pirates, 23 September 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF Paul Janish - SS Lastings Milledge - LF Joey Votto - 1B Garrett Jones - 1B Brandon Phillips - 2B Ryan Doumit - C ...

Reds vs. Pirates, 24 September, 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF Drew Sutton - SS Delwyn Young - 2B Joey Votto - 1B Garrett Jones - 1B Brandon Phillips - 2B Lastings Milledge - LF ...

Could the Pirates Lose 110 Games in 2010?
Bucs Dugout — ... , who's a plain old good player. They have Garrett Jones who, while due for some serious regression next year, has probably staked a pretty reasonable claim that he's at least going to be useful. They have ...

Dodgers vs. Pirates, 25 September 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF Andre Ethier - RF Andy LaRoche - 3B Manny Ramirez - LF Garrett Jones - 1B Matt Kemp - CF Ryan Doumit - C ...

Dodgers vs. Pirates, 26 September 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF Juan Pierre - CF Andy LaRoche - 3B Manny Ramirez - LF Garrett Jones - RF Matt Kemp - RF Ryan Doumit - C ...

Pirates Improbably Beat Dodgers on Lastings Milledge's Walk-Off Hit
Bucs Dugout — ... just leave Hanrahan in. Anyway, Capps gave up three runs, leaving behind a 5-2 deficit. Delwyn Young began the bottom of the inning with a single off the Dodgers' excellent closer Jonathan Broxton, though, and Brandon Moss and Andy LaRoche followed that with singles of their own. LaRoche's brought in Young and left the Bucs with men at second and third following an error by Rafael Furcal. The Dodgers intentionally walked Garrett Jones for the third time in the game--it was a weird game--and ...

Dodgers Can't Finish, Magic Number Still at One
True Blue LA — ... then hit a double play ball to Furcal but he didn't play it cleanly and so the Dodgers only got one out. Andy Laroche then hit an infield single which Furcal threw away, allowing a run to score and the runners to move to second and third. Broxton intentionally walked Garrett Jones, bringing up ...

Dodgers Order A Side Of Division Title With Breakfast
True Blue LA — ... Garrett Jones, who has hit 20 home runs for the Pirates since being called up on June 30, is hitting .333/.424/.556 in September.  He will definitely get some votes for NL Rookie of the Year. ...

Pirates vs. Cubs, 30 September 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF Ryan Theriot - SS Andy LaRoche - 3B Kosuke Fukudome - CF Garrett Jones - RF Jeff Baker - 3B Lastings Milledge - LF Micah ...

Fantasy Baseball: 2009 Breakout Hitters-NL Central
FakeTeams — ... -Garrett Jones-it took Jones 11 minor league season to make it to the majors, but like Casey McGehee, he will make the NL ROY voting very interesting this season. In the minors, Jones displayed pretty good power, but his career .312 OBP and .450 SLG lead many to believe that 2009 is an aberration, and he won't duplicate his 2009 production in 2010 and beyond. But Jones numbers are quite impressive. In 296 ABs, he has gone 21-44-10-.301-.375-.588-.963. Over a full season, that works out to 40+HRs and 20 SBs. ...

Pirates Sweep Split-Squad Games From Cubs, 4-0 And 8-2
Bleed Cubbie Blue — ... 's looping line drive, allowing it to bounce in front of him. Then he nearly got Garrett Jones having taken too long a turn past second base; if this play had worked, ...

Pirates vs. Cubs, 1 October 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... Andrew McCutchen - CF Ryan Theriot - SS Andy LaRoche - 3B So Taguchi - LF Garrett Jones - 1B Derrek Lee - 1B Ryan Doumit - C Aramis Ramirez ...

Cueto goes to 11! Reds win, 8-4.
Red Reporter — ... Know what?  I haven't really missed Edwin since we traded him. McDonald led off the fourth inning with a single, and went to third on Ramon Hernandez's single.  Then he scored on a passed ball.  After Cueto and Stubbs made outs, Paul Janish walked, and he and Hernandez scored on Joey Votto's double.  Votto was thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a triple. Cueto ran into trouble in the sixth inning.  He gave up a leadoff single to Garrett Jones, and a walk to Brandon Moss one out later.  Then ...

Pirates' Season Ends With 6-0 Loss
Bucs Dugout — ... came to the plate and swung at about a million pitches outside the strike zone, fouling off most of them before finally striking out swinging. Garrett Jones and ...

Pirates' TV ratings up in 2009
Bucs Dugout — ... and Garrett Jones. Maybe the increased volume in high definition broadcasts. Maybe the fireworks and bobblehead crowds that propelled attendance to almost break-even against 2008 were starting to tune in on TV. Or those of us that actually watch baseball stayed away from the park and watched at home (I personally only made it to the home opener this year but every evening we were home I had the Buccos on). Maybe it was passersby rubbernecking at the trainwreck. Maybe there was nothing to watch all summer. Maybe all the lifelong Penguins fans that ...

Baseball Bloggers Alliance NL Rookie of the Year Ballot
Red Reporter — ... 2.93 ERA over 166 innings.  Doing it all for a team that was on its way to winning the division makes that much more special. 3. Tommy Hanson - Atlanta Braves Hanson went 11-4 with a 2.89 ERA in 21 big league starts.  Despite the fact that he pitched nearly 40 fewer innings than Happ, he only had 3 fewer strikeouts and fell just short of leading NL rookies in wins and ERA+.  What's scary is that he's only 22. Honorable mentions: Garrett Jones - Pirates (led all NL rookies with 149 OPS+ and 21 HR), ...

BtB Power Rankings Season Review: NL Central
Beyond the Box Score — ... decent season, at least by their standards, until Neal Huntington traded away virtually every established player he controlled that had value.  Most observers that I respect think he did exactly what he should have, but it also destroyed anything positive that could have happened for the Pirates in '09.  That's not completely fair--McCutcheon should win the rookie of the year (in my opinion, anyway), and he had a fabulous first season following McLouth's departure.  And Garrett Jones had an improbable year at the plate.  But, as a team, ...

Purple Row Awards: National League Rookie of the Year Award
Purple Row — ... Andrew McCutchen Andrew McCutchen Tommy Hanson Colby Rasmus 3 J.A. Happ Randy Wells Garrett Jones Dexter Fowler Andrew McCutchen ...

All Ex-Twins Team, 2009
Twinkie Town — ... .302 .387 .346 1 40 Mets '06 - '07 Garrett Jones RF .293 ...

McCutchen is Baseball America's ROY!
Bucs Dugout — ... it's 2009 Major League Rookie Of The Year.  McCutchen is on the cover of the magazine and is joined on the All-Rookie team by first baseman Garrett Jones.  It's nice to see these two get some national recognition.  I'm excited to see what these two can do over a full season in 2010.   ...

Twins Non-Tender Candidates
Twinkie Town — ... Justin had a fine season in Rochester, and while he's getting on a bit in age it's interesting that both Randy Ruiz and Garrett Jones (players of a similar makeup) went on to have career years with the Blue Jays and Pirates respectively.  Huber is capable of that kind of production if we're looking at his minor league numbers.  But it's unlikely a player of his limited defensive skills would be able to find regular playing time with the Twins, and no doubt a guy like Erik Lis is due a ...

SB Nation NL Rookie of the Year: Tommy Hanson
Bucs Dugout — ... 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - ...

SBN Baseball Awards: Rookie Of The Year
Over the Monster — ... 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - ...

2009 SBN Rookie of the Year
Viva El Birdos — ... 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - ...

SB Nations Rookie of the Year Awards
Bluebird Banter — ... 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - ...

2009 SB Nation Awards: Rookies of the Year (Brett Anderson was Robbed)
Royals Review — ... 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - ...

2009 SBNation Awards: Rookie Of The Year
Bleed Cubbie Blue — ... - 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - ...

The Braves' Tommy Hanson wins the SBN NL Rookie of the Year
Talking Chop — ... 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - ...

SBN Awards: Rookie of the Year awarded to Elvis Andrus and Tommy Hanson
Camden Chat — ... 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - ...

SB Nation Awards: Rookie of the Year
AZ Snakepit — ... 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - ...

2009 SBN Baseball Awards: Rookies of the Year
Purple Row — ... 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - ...

2009 SBN Baseball Awards: AL Rookie of the Year
Bless You Boys — ... 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - ...

SBN A.L. ROY Award
Lone Star Ball — ... 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - ...

SBN Awards: NL ROY
The Crawfish Boxes — ... 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - ...

SBN Baseball Postseason Awards -- National League Rookie of the Year
The Good Phight — ... 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - ...

2009 SB Nation Baseball Awards: Rookie Of The Year
Amazin' Avenue — ... 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - ...

SB Nation NL Rookie of the Year
True Blue LA — ... 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - ...

2009 SBN Baseball Awards - NL Rookie Of The Year.
Federal Baseball — ... 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - ...

SB Nation Baseball Awards (ROY Edition)
FishStripes — ... 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - ...

A boatload of postseason awards
Brew Crew Ball — ... 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - ...

2009 SB Nation Baseball Awards: The Non-A's Ones
Athletics Nation — ... - 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - ...

BBWAA Awards
FishStripes — The Baseball Writers Association of America awards announcements begin today and first up is Rookie of the Year for the NL and AL. The announcement comes at 2:00 p.m. And the Marlins have a dog in the hunt. The folks at ESPN has made their picks and they ended up as follows. VOTING TOTALS: Coghlan (12), Tommy Hanson (3), Andrew McCutchen (3), J.A. Happ (1), Garrett Jones (1). Of course, they were only selecting the winner of ...

Arizona Fall League: Jose Tabata Goes 6-for-7, Posey Drives in 4
FakeTeams — ... on Thursday. Highlighting the day was the Pirates outfield prospect Jose Tabata going 6 for 7 with 4 runs scored and 3 RBI. Quite a day for a prospect I just traded for in the UBA league. I am just curious if he will make it to Pittsburgh in 2010. Here is what ESPN's Keith Law had to say when I asked this question in a recent chat: rayg (burlington, nj) Will Tabata take over RF in Pitt over Garrett Jones in 2010? Klaw ...