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Link Roundup: Kyle Bloom Dominates in Hawaii
-P- Starting pitching prospect Kyle Bloom is kicking his race to make the 40-man roster into high gear: After issuing a leadoff walk to Shintaro Masuda in the bottom of the first, Bloom (2-0) retired the next 14 batters... Bloom lowered his Hawaii Winter Baseball ERA to 1.80 and ranks third in...
Community Projection Review: Xavier Nady
PLAYER POS. COMMUNITY ZiPS ACTUAL Xavier Nady RF .272/.331/.454 .259/.319/.449 .305/.357/.510 As with the Jason Bay projection, we were wrong here but still did better than ZiPS. (PECOTA actually deserves a gold star here for actually being more optimistic than we were,...
Jose Tabata Off to Great Start
Jose Tabata with the Curve: .372/.400/.512, with a homer and four stolen bases in 43 at bats. Obviously, it would be just as dumb to judge Tabata solely on his great start as it would to judge Andy LaRoche solely on his poor one, but look what Ken Rosenthal had to say this week: So far, so good...
Bucs Dugout / WHYGAVS Crossover: The New Guys
With the trading deadline now behind us, I got together with Pat from WHYGAVS to discuss the eight players the Pirates acquired. We put aside the question of whether or not the Bucs made good deals and talked about our expectations for each of the eight new guys, beginning with the four acquired...
I Guess It's Pick On ESPN Day...
But, at least on this score, they started it. There's nothing more embarrassing than smarmy writers who don't know what they're talking about. Where to start with this one? Please, someone, tell me what I'm missing here... The two most covered Pirates players, outfielder/first baseman Nady and...
Link Roundup: Freddy Sanchez, Adam LaRoche Injured
-P- The Post-Gazette reports that Freddy Sanchez and Adam LaRoche were both hurt today. Both have back spasms (weird--did they both take Greyhound to the game or something?). Sanchez's don't appear to be serious, but LaRoche "[struggled] to tie his shoes" after the game." -P- Daniel McCutchen made...
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