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Historical Tempo-Free Stats
Since it's turned into an impromptu history week around here, I figured I might as well stick to the theme. I'd actually been looking for this data for a while and discovered it'd been right there in the media guide all along. Thanks to the numbers contained therein, I was able to calculate...
Another Quick Thought About Nyjer Morgan
We'll see pretty quickly whether this talk from the Bucs' front office about Morgan's "development" is even believable. The Pirates have Andrew McCutchen and Steve Pearce in two of their outfield spots. In the other is Kevin Thompson, who's Indianapolis' best hitter so far and probably next in the...
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 thread. I've spent the past few days wishing the Pirates would send Nyjer Morgan down and add a...
Pirates Demote Nyjer Morgan
The Pirates have demoted Nyjer Morgan, perhaps to replace him with Indianapolis outfielder Kevin Thompson, who's no world-beater but can handle all three outfield positions and hit a lot better than Morgan can. The Pirates claim this is about Morgan's "development," but one hopes they don't really...
Fix the Bench!
Here's the bench so far. I assume, for the purposes of my argument here, that Ryan Doumit and Chris Gomez are de facto starters at catcher and shortstop, respectively. Feel free to take issue with that assumption in the comments if you'd like to propose some other alignment. Gomez has been the best...
Nyjer Morgan: Should He be Here?
Neal Huntington on Nyjer Morgan: "If we're beginning to slow Nyjer's development process, we're going to have to look at a move," Huntington said. "I don't want to say Nyjer's going to be optioned out in the near future, but the reality is we've got to do the right thing for him." I won't beat a...
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