Pirates Prospects Blogs

Neal Huntington Should Be Fired

September 11, 2012 | 60 Comments

I want to be on record before the final couple of the weeks of the season play out: Neal Huntington should be fired. I hope this team doesn’t lose a… Read more »

Requests for the Final 25 Games

September 8, 2012 | 13 Comments

The Pirates are in the pennant race. In spite of going just 11-19 in their last 30 games, the Pirates are still in it. Over that time, St. Louis has… Read more »

Barmes Compared to Mystery Players

September 2, 2012 | 4 Comments

Clint Barmes is having a miserable year with the bat. I don’t really care, though. He could hit .000 and his glove would more than make up for his awful… Read more »

Winning in Part Because of Good Trades

August 31, 2012 | 8 Comments

Or How to Properly Dismantle a Major League Team by Syd Thrift with contributions from Joe Brown. From August 1985 to November 1987, the front office of the Pittsburgh Pirates… Read more »

Is it Possible to Have a Negative Number of Total Bases?

August 30, 2012 | 6 Comments

I know the answer is ‘no’. You can’t possibly have a negative number of total bases. Or maybe you kind of can if you re-define the meaning of total bases…. Read more »

Winning in Spite of Bad Trades

August 26, 2012 | 14 Comments

Back in 2008 and 2009, Neil Huntington and crew dismantled the core group of Pirates players in a series of trades. Trading those players was the right move. There was… Read more »

An Evening with Phil Irwin

August 24, 2012 | 2 Comments

I was on hand with about 7,000 other souls last night in Indianapolis to witness Phil Irwin’s second AAA start. I’d never seen him pitch before. I’d never heard much… Read more »

Taillon and Middle of the Road Starters at High A

August 14, 2012 | 11 Comments

A little a while ago I examined the high A stats of Pirate prospect Jameson Taillon against top 20 Baseball America pitching prospects. In the first post, I looked at… Read more »

The 2012 Pirates Inconsistent Offense Versus History

August 12, 2012 | Comments Off

I have been pretty brutal in my thoughts about the Pirates offense this year. I have checked in several times in several different ways to note that the offense came… Read more »

Reviewing Five Things I Needed in July; Bench Barmes & Barajas in August

August 4, 2012 | 14 Comments

July has come and gone and the Pirates continue to be right in the hunt. If the season ended today, the Pirates would make the playoffs as a wild card… Read more »

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