john van benschoten Stories - Bucs Dugout
Pirates Outright John Van Benschoten, Ronald Belisario
Pitchers John Van Benschoten and Ronald Belisario have been removed from the 40-man roster. They must have cleared waivers, because they've been assigned to the minors (as Yoslan Herrera and Marino Salas were a few days ago). Van Benschoten's case is well known. As a pitcher with at least decent...
Odds and Ends
-P- Jeff Karstens will join the Pirates' rotation very soon, perhaps replacing John Van Benschoten, who was smacked around again tonight. Also, Ross Ohlendorf will also soon join the rotation, but he'll pitch for a while at Indianapolis first because he's been pitching in relief a lot recently....
Pirates Promote Luis Munoz, Lose Bryan Bullington
The Pirates have promoted pitcher Luis Munoz and sent John Van Benschoten back to Indianapolis. Munoz had actually was demoted from Indianapolis to Altoona in June and hasn't pitched well at either level, so there's no particular reason to think things will get better in the big leagues. He's a...
Astros 6, Pirates 4
John Van Benschoten racked up six walks today. He allowed four runs in 4.2 innings, which lowered his ERA. John Russell before the game: “There is a difference between Class AAA and the major leagues because you’re now playing at the highest level of baseball but a lot of it is...
John Van Benschoten Likely to Start Tomorrow
What an odd bit of speculation this is: The fact that pitcher Paul Maholm batted eighth in the Pirates' lineup last night could be an indication that John Van Benschoten will be the Pirates' starting pitcher tomorrow night. You'll recall that Van Benschoten was an outstanding hitter in college at...
Well!
Other than the whole thirteen-innings-and-six-pitchers thing, this worked out shockingly well. Ty Taubenheim, Tyler Yates, T.J. Beam and John Van Benschoten pitched ten of those innings, struck out seven, and only allowed two runs. Taubenheim probably earned himself another start. The trick, now,...
More Transactions!
The Pirates made several more transactions yesterday. Between all these and my travel schedule (completely incidentally, I sat next to this guy today on the flight from Minneapolis; why the Vikings didn't get him out of coach and the row in front of the bathrooms and into first class, I have no...
Bucs Call Up Marino Salas
The Bucs have called up Marino Salas to take John Van Benschoten's spot on the roster. Salas was one of the pitchers acquired in the Salomon Torres trade. I'm no great fan of Salas, but he's certainly performed well in Indianapolis, with an 0.77 ERA and 20 strikeouts against seven walks in 23.1...
Pirates Demote John Van Benschoten
He stunk -- who'd have thought? The Bucs will call up a pitcher tomorrow. You know, I'm kind of looking forward to the day -- hopefully in the next several months -- when neither Van Benschoten nor Bryan Bullington will be on the 40-man roster anymore. Not that I have anything against them...
Mets 5, Pirates 4
There are only two types of Pirates games. This one was both. The first, and most common, type is the one in which the Pirates completely undo themselves with terrible defense, and allow a relatively harmless inning to blossom into a six-run stinkweed when Luis Rivas or someone all but dances out...
Showing 1 - 10 of 11 Next
Certain photos copyright © 2012 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
