Series Preview: The Tigers

Current record: 18-20, 3rd place in NL Central, 4.0 games back Up Next: Detroit Tigers, 18-20, 2nd place in AL Central, 4.0 games back Season Series: 0-0, First time playing. Notes: The Pirates head to Detroit for the start of Interleague play. Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder and Austin Jackson lead an offense that has scored 167 [...]

Ex-Pirates in the 2011 Playoffs (plus programming note)

Here are the ex-Pirates whose teams made the postseason: Rangers: Mike Gonzalez Tigers: Don Kelly Rays: None Yankees: None Diamondbacks: Lyle Overbay Brewers: Nyjer Morgan Cardinals: Octavio Dotel, Arthur Rhodes* Phillies:  None *Rhodes was officially a Pirate for two weeks but never played for the team. The above list is just from my perusal of the [...]

Bucs’ Trades = Win

Interesting deals by the Pirates at Saturday’s trading deadline. Gone are: Bobby Crosby, SS (to Diamondbacks) .224/.301/.295 Ryan Church, OF (to Diamondbacks) .182/.240/.312 DJ Carrasco, P (to Diamondbacks) 3.88 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 7.3 K/9 Octavio Dotel, P (to Dodgers) 4.28 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 10.8 K/9 $500,000 cash (to Dodgers) Javier Lopez, P (to Giants) 2.79 [...]

Notes from Last Night

The Pirates got their eighth 1-run win last night, scratching out just enough runs against one of the best pitchers around, Roy Halladay. Most of the credit should go to Zach Duke, Evan Meek, Joel Hanrahan and Octavio Dotel who held the Phillies to one run. Unfortunately I missed this game, instead going to see [...]