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Scott Bittle finally makes his debut, two years after being drafted
I was about to make this a fanshot, but then I realized that nobody on earth wanted to read a recap of that particular game. So instead, some not-quite-timely news. This happened a while ago, but I didn't realize it until tonight, when I was looking through the minor league transactions for...
Mid-Term Farm System Review - Part I: Buffalo
With both Buffalo and Binghamton getting ready to partake in all-star festivities this Wednesday and the big club on hiatus until Thursday, we felt it a good time to run a sort of mid-point evaluation of the farm system. This means a team-by-team analysis of the various Mets full-season affiliates...
Reds Minor League Run Environments
Earlier this week I published a little study at Hardball Times looking at run environments across the minor leagues. They vary considerably, with some leagues scoring in excess of one run per game PER TEAM more than others. This is particularly interesting for the Reds, who are moving two of...
News Roundup: Pirates Considering "Going Cheap" in Draft?
-P- From a chat at BP: Joel (Washington, DC): Your very own BP Latin America expert has the Pirates in on Miguel Sano at $4 million+ and therefore possibly going cheap at #4 in the draft. Your mock has them taking Kyle Gibson. Any thoughts on the likelihood or the wisdom of the Sano/below slot...
Cubs 6, Pirates 1: Cubs Snap Losing Streak
Not-so-fun fact: the score of today's game (6-1) is the inversion of Ian Snell's record (1-6). Like a lot of starts he's had this year, Snell managed to get through several innings, but he allowed a ton of baserunners and seemed to give up a run every inning. Offensively, Freddy Sanchez went...
Pirates 10, Cubs 8: Sanchez Goes 6-for-6, Capps Hurt
Freddy Sanchez went 6-for-6 with a homer and a double in a rollercoaster win against the slumping Cubs on Monday, and Andy LaRoche and Jason Jaramillo both added three hits apiece. Matt Capps left the game after being struck by a line drive, however, and Sean Burnett got the save. With Capps...
More Photos of the West Virginia Power
Dustin Baldwin, the photographer from the Introducing the West Virginia Power photos from a few weeks back, has been kind enough to share some more pictures with us. That's Chase D'Arnaud hitting against the Lakewood BlueClaws (Phillies). His younger brother Travis is the catcher. Travis was...
Minor League Ball Previews Pirates' Draft
This is a pretty cool review of Pirates scouting director Greg Smith's history with the Bucs and Tigers. Smith is exceptionally good at picking players that were valued more highly coming into the draft, but fell for whatever reason. He has continuously gotten players in places they should...
Pirates Sign Dutch Outfielder
This isn't huge news, but no one has reported it in English. Also, there's a post on Bert Blyleven below, so I guess we get to have a rare Netherlands day. Enjoy it, Dutchophiles! The Pirates have signed a young Dutch player named Daan Cornelissen and will send him to Brisbane, Australia (?) to...
Minor League Update: A 2008 Prospects List
Rather than my usual off-day roundup of what's going on in the minors, I want to take a broader look at what's going on in the farm system. I'm taking another look at a top prospects list I made in August, naming each player and deciding, based on his performance so far this year, whether his stock...
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