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Pirates Designate Jonathan Sanchez For Assignment
Another failed Neal Huntington love story. He likes to go on expensive dates as Jonathan Sanchez will end up costing the Pittsburgh Pirates $1.375 million. No small amount when added into the total he has wasted on no talent, washed up, garbage. To take his spot in the bullpen the Pirates have called up Bryan…
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Pirates Cut Bryan Morris, Two Others
The Pirates made a surprising move today, sending Bryan Morris to Triple A. The writing was written on the wall for Bryan Morris when he was given a rare fourth option. When I wrote my Roster Watch it was before he was given the option. I still think this move hurts the team. It hurt…
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Roster Watch: Travis Snider
Let’s get one thing straight. Travis Snider‘s nickname is Lunchbox. There is absolutely no way that a guy with the nickname “Lunchbox” can be held off this team. That is easily the best nickname on the club. The only thing better than his nickname is his twitter handle – @LunchboxHero45. If you’re interested in things…
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Roster Watch: A Litany Of Relievers
So for this episode of Roster Watch we’re just going to go over a few relievers that were with the organization last year but no longer are. Brad Lincoln is first up. Obviously he won’t be back with the Pirates this year as they traded him to the Toronto Blue Jays. Lincoln was a major…
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Pirates Give Resop To Billy Beane
In another cost cutting move the Pirates traded reliever Chris Resop to the Oakland Athletics for 24 year old, A-ball reliever Zach Thornton. Thornton was drafted out of college by the A’s and has spent three years in the minors, making it to AA last year for the first time where he pitched 3.0 innings…
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Burnett, Barajas, lead Pirates to win over Astros
The Pirates’ season isn’t as hopeful as it once was. Every now and then, though, they still find a way to win. Today’s 8-1 win involved an offensive explosion to go along with AJ Burnett’s dominant eight innings of work. Burnett gave up a double to the second batter of the game, but that didn’t…
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Pirates can’t support Locke’s strong start
The Pirates stranded 13 baserunners, at least one every inning, and succeeded in being swept by the Cubs as they lost, 4-2. Jeff Locke pitched very well. The only runs he gave up were both in the 4th inning: solo homers by Josh Vitters and Anthony Recker. ”Those weren’t finished, or maybe they just weren’t…
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Jeff Clement Up, Pirates Claim Takahashi
Ya know, I really question what the hell Neal Huntington is doing. These two moves blow my mind. First off, why trade Casey McGehee if you’re going to put yourself in the precarious position of calling up Jeff Clement for the wildcard push? There is no metric on earth that would say Jeff Clement has a better…
