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<t>032922122533333F500 wrote: There's going to be quite the competition for the last position player spot, and many factors are at play.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> The team currently has no one to give Cruz a breather at SS. A righty hitter would have been ideal , someone with a reliable glove. But that...

<t>I love this move, but I'm waiting for another shoe to drop, and I hope it's not one of Reynolds' shoes!<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> In another thread I recently detailed our starting lineup vs. lefty pitching. Gotta throw that out! Also need to figure out who will be taken off the 40-man, and who won'...

<t>There's going to be quite the competition for the last position player spot, and many factors are at play.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> The team currently has no one to give Cruz a breather at SS. A righty hitter would have been ideal , someone with a reliable glove. But that ship sailed with Newman an...

<t>4C60686F6443746272010 wrote: A couple of comments<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> 1)  When BC looked at the assembled bag of mediocrity on the pitching staff, he chose to give up Wilson to add Garcia.  While Wilson may never make it in the majors, I would rather have kept him than to have signed Velasquez...

I count 23 pitchers on the MLB 40-man roster, assuming that Jarlin Garcia and Rich Hill will find their way there at some point. I count 19 position players.That's 42 guys.(We will likely put Heineman on the 40-man when Kranick is placed on the 60-Day IL.) So two players have to go when Garcia and H...

<t>2D7B6D79766C7C777A6D5F78727E7673317C1F0 wrote: His ERA throughout college was decent and he has a nice strikeouts to walks ratio.  Had a decent season in High A last year.  He was old for the league but he could move quickly through the Pirates system.  If he holds his own in Altoona, the Pirates...

Believe it or not, the Bucs made a minor league signing that I really like Angel Perdomo is a very tall lefty who throws hard and had a sub-2.00 ERA at AAA last year.



I will not be surprised to see him pitch for the Pirates next season.

<t>023C3931223A3A311134233067550 wrote: Pirates DFA Castillo to make room for Hedges.<br/> <br/> <br/> they did get a pretty good look at both Castillo and Park.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> still surprised they like Vivalde as much as they must.  He hasn't hit that well in his time in the Pacific Coast L...

<t>To cut to the chase, I think we actually got worse during the off season, if that's possible.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Sure, I liked the acquisition of Jarlin Garcia, a decent MLB lefty reliever. Since we DFA'ed Manny Banuelos, we needed at least one and Garcia looks like an upgrade. The Rule 5 pic...

Mainer, I agree. I'm only wondering if current market conditions, which feature sky high pitcher contracts, are scaring Pittsburgh management off, given the previously cyclical nature of such spending outbursts.



Not that Bob needs a reason to be cheap. ::)