The trade of Jose Bautista will go down as one of the worst in Pirates鈥� history.The Pirates dealt the then-third baseman to the Toronto Blue Jays on Aug. 21, 2008 for catcher Robinzon Diaz.Bautista, of course, has gone on to become a superstar as well as a national hero in Canada. The ...
Clint Hurdle marvels as Sean Rodriguez蘑菇视频 work ethic.Rodriguez, the Pirates鈥� invaluable utility player, moves all around the infield during the early stages of pre-game batting practice. Hurdle, the Pirates鈥� manager, stands just off to the left side of the batting cage and hits a string of ...
Josh Harrison, entrenched as the Pirates鈥� starting second baseman, isn鈥檛 asked to pinch-hit very often by manager Clint Hurdle.That is probably a good thing, in many respects. Harrison entered the weekend with a .156 batting average as a pinch-hitter during his six-year career.However, ...
The Pirates and Arizona Diamondbacks seemingly have nothing in common that would kindle a rivalry.The Pirates plays in the National League Central and the Diamondbacks play in the NL West, so they only face each other in six or seven games a season.Furthermore, the Pittsburgh franchise first ...
Even the most casual of Pittsburgh Pirates fans have heard about them.Simultaneously billed as both the future of the club and saviors of its present, names such as Tyler Glasnow, Jameson Taillon and Josh Bell can be heard brandied about as solutions rather than the question marks they actually ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� It would be hard to fathom a little more than three months ago that the Pirates would have one of the most potent offenses in the major leagues.The Pirates entered spring training looking like a team that would struggle to score runs. The lineup had appeared to be weakened ...
