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bucsdugout.com - 12/12/2008
Rule 5 Roundup: Pirates Take Donald Veal, Lose Kyle Bloom
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The Pirates took Cubs starter Donald Veal with the fourth pick in the Rule 5 draft today. Veal looked like an excellent prospect after dominating Classes A and A+ in 2006, but he has always struggled with control, and those struggles bit him badly in Class AA in 2007 and then even worse at AA ...
Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel: The Walkoff Walk Interview
walkoffwalk.com - 12/12/2008
Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel: The Walkoff Walk Interview
— walkoffwalk.com — Previous installments of The Walkoff Walk Interview have been straight transcripts of conversations that I had with... my subjects. Both Alberta Griffey and Helene Sovern proved charming and engaging, and me, even more so. Both interviews had a flow ... (more) Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel: The Walkoff Walk Interview

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In Defense of the Jason Bay Trade
bucsdugout.com - 12/17/2008
In Defense of the Jason Bay Trade
— bucsdugout.com — Jason Bay after the trade (photo: Keith Allison ) There's a really interesting and somewhat maddening discussion... in the Post-Gazette's Q+A today : Q: Is it smart for the Pirates to be avoiding free agents and targeting prospects? In honor ... (more) In Defense of the Jason Bay Trade

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community.post-gazette.com - 12/17/2008
Pirates Q&A: Not playing the market
— community.post-gazette.com — By Dejan Kovacevic | 11 a.m. Wednesday Click here to submit question. We have Qs ... __________... Q: Is it smart for the Pirates to be avoiding free agents and targeting prospects? In honor of 'Moneyball' and its premise that teams like the A's (and ... (more) Pirates Q&A: Not playing the market

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Rule 5 Draft
3rd Down & Full Count — ... make some sort of positive impact in the majors, and impressed in the fall this year. And given the lack of quality players on the Pirates 40-man, it’s surprising that he wasn’t protected. In the AAA portion of the draft, the Pirates added SP Andres Santos of the Yankees (here), RP Rafael Quintero from the Indians (here) and SP Gerardo Esparza from the Mariners (here). For more on those 3, I turn you to Bucs Dugout… Anyway, in the first round of the AAA phase, the Bucs took ...

Podcast No. 2: Vazquez Signs, Paulino is Traded and Rule 5 Picks are Made
MVN RSS — ... to the Tigers. Bucs Dugout likes Veal's upside but says losing Bloom "is a shame": Pirate Revolution agrees on one call, but raises an argument against the other. ...

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