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<t>1. Watching the series with the Rox brought back bad memories from last year's Pirate season when way too many position players took to the mound in blow-out losses.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> 2. Anyone miss Choi? Current roster has better balance, however the overall defense from the middle infielde...

<t>I would guess that Mathias will be used at 2nd and that Castro and Bae are the shortstops.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> I also will repeat a comment I made several days ago. Bucs have too many outfielders and not enough infielders. Either Suwinski or Smith-Njigba should be sent down since both have opt...

<t>Great to see the sweep and for Keller to get a very deserved win.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> For some reason my major league package wouldn't give me the Pirate feed so I listened to the Red Sox announcers for all 3 games. They had quite a bit of praise for the Pirates and repeatedly showed the stati...

<t>A couple of comments on the season opener.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> 1) I don't like Shelton as a manager. Poor line-up construction and placed too much emphasis on trying to get Keller (rather than the team) a win in the first game of the season. Keller threw no more than 80 pitches in a spring tra...

<t>I agree that the Pirates pinch pennies and nickels as much as any team in baseball. That said, I'm not sure that the Super 2 status was that big of a factor in the roster decisions regarding Swaggerty and Rodriguez. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> I would point out that Canaan Smith Njigba made the final...

<t>It looks like most of the non-suspense regarding the opening day roster is coming into view. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Delay is the choice at catcher over Heineman and Plawecki. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> DeLosSantos was optioned, and I assume that both Stephenson and Brubaker will be on the IL. Thus,...

67 - 95. 642 runs.



Pirates end the recent run of 100 loss seasons, but not by much.

<t>I was not a fan of management's decision to add so many veterans, particularly players who may be facing steep declines in production (Cutch & Santana), or who were never very productive (Choi, Hedges & Vasquez). While Hill has been pounded in some spring training games, he may still work...

While the amount of encouraging news out of spring training this year has been underwhelming, I am encouraged that Mathias (who the Bucs actually traded for this spring), Owens, Maggi, and such did not make the opening day roster. Time for Bae to show that he belongs on a major league roster.

<t>The black-out rule clearly is an issue that MLB should address. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> I have DirecTV. One of the main reasons is so I can subscribe to the MLB Baseball package (which I have done for the past 23 years). I am minimally affected by the black-out rule because the Red Sox are the on...