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Free Agency: No Compensation Picks for Pirates This Year
ESPN lists this offseason's free agents, including its Type A and Type B free agents. Unsurprisingly, none of the Pirates free agents (Chris Gomez, Jason Michaels, Doug Mientkiewicz and Luis Rivas) ar...
Nyjer Morgan Could Start Next Year
Oh no, please please no. After being promoted from Class AAA Indianapolis Aug. 19, Morgan batted .347 -- 41 for 118 -- with 11 doubles and 20 runs. He reached base safely in 25 of 27 starts...
Steve Pearce Sent to Indianapolis
Doug Mientkiewicz has been activated from the bereavement list; Steve Pearce has been sent to Indianapolis to make room for him, because having three backup infielders, or three thirty-something bench...
Pirates 12, Cardinals 11
I don't have time to really write this up properly right now, but if you've got MLB.tv, you need to watch this one. This was the most exciting Pirates game in years. Yoslan Herrera was about as expect...
Orioles 9, Pirates 6
Well, that stunk. The Bucs piled up a 6-1 lead early against O's starter Brian Burres, highlighted by a three-run homer by the suddenly-awesome Jason Michaels. But the Phil Dumatrait (who struggled wi...
Pirates 5, Cardinals 4
There were probably more comments in the gamethread about the Penguins than about this one, but this was a pretty interesting game too. Early on, it looked like a typical Gorzelanny implosion--ugly, b...
Pirates 5, Braves 2
This was a nice step forward for Tom Gorzelanny, not only in that he only allowed two walks, but in that his velocity was better than it's been recently. He got his fastball up to 91 MPH, which still ...
Pirates Acquire Jason Michaels
Well, I guess I was wrong about Kevin Thompson. The Pirates have traded a player to be named to the Indians for outfielder Jason Michaels. Thunder actually predicted this a few days ago in a comment t...
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