Grilli Activated, Locke Optioned

Relief pitcher Jason Grilli has been activated from the Bereavement List. Jeff Locke was optioned back to AAA. Locke made no appearances in his three days with the big league club. Today’s series finale against the Mets is at 12:30. The Pirates are off tomorrow. Gorkys Hernandez gets his first start today. Jose Tabata and Pedro Alvarez [...]

Grilli on Bereavement List, Locke Recalled

Relief pitcher Jason Grilli has been placed on the Bereavement List due to the death of his wife’s grandfather. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the extended Grilli family at this time. To take his place on the roster, pitcher Jeff Locke has been called up from AAA. Locke was part of the 2009 [...]

Series Preview: The Nationals

Note: The series recap for the Marlins series will be combined with the series recap for this Nationals series so that the data will have a broader base. Current record: 17-19, 3rd place in NL Central, 4.0 games back Up Next: Washington Nationals, 22-14, 2nd place in NL East, 0.5 games back Season Series: The [...]

Series Preview: The Marlins

Current record: 16-18, 3rd place in NL Central, 4 games back Up Next: Miami Marlins, 18-16, 4th place in NL East, 7.5 games back The Pirates head down to Miami for a quick two game set against the newly orange-clad Marlins. The Fish have an 85 OPS+ and 117 ERA+ which means that the pitchers [...]

Astros Wrap Up

Scores: Friday: 1-0 Loss vs Houston. Great pitching, no clutch hitting. Box score. Saturday: 5-2 Win vs Houston. Good team win. Box score. Sunday: 3-2 Win vs Houston. Tie in the ninth, win in extras. Box score. Season Record: 16-18, 3rd place in NL Central, 4 games back Notes: With any offensive execution at all [...]

Sunday Notes

Late Friday night the Pirates acquired Jeff Larish from the Red Sox for cash considerations. Larish is a non-prospect at this point and will go to AAA, where the organization already has several 1B/DH types. Speculation around the internet seems to be that this move only makes since if one of Jake Fox or Matt Hague is [...]