Today’s mound opponent, Matt Garza, has been a key component of two major trades in his seven-year big league career. His stint in Minnesota was covered in last week’s Johan Santana Trade Tree, but Garza is starting for the Cubs today so let’s look at what the Cubs gave up for him. Garza’s a good pitcher [...]
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Current record: 20-24, 4th place in NL Central, 5.0 games back Up Next: Chicago Cubs, 15-29, 6th place in NL Central, 10.0 games back Season Series: 0-0, First time playing. Notes: First baseman Bryan LaHair is making the most of his first chance at regular playing time. He leads the team with 10 HR and [...]
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Matthew Peaslee @pittpeaswv @RDavidK 8 runs With those six short characters, Matthew Peaslee guessed the correct number of runs the Pirates scored against the Astros this weekend. Matt wins the prediction contest and will be going to see the Pirates take on the Cubs on Social Media Night. Thanks to everyone who entered. The response was good enough [...]
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A friend (@ryanstats) asked me last night who I cheer for when the Pirates get knocked out of contention each year. At the time I told him that I don’t cheer for anyone else, but today I was toying around one of my spreadsheets and realized that I do cheer for another team. I cheer [...]
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Don’t look now but the past week has been a great week for the Pirates, winning five out of seven from the Cubs and Phillies. The offense still hasn’t been great, scoring 22 runs (3.14/game) but the pitching has really stepped up, allowing only 23 runs (3.29/g) with twelve of those coming in Saturday’s loss. [...]
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