Kristy Robinson tweets, and Colin Dunlap confirms, that Tony Sanchez is joining the Pirates in New York. Dunlap says Sanchez will be activated if Russell Martin, who has been dealing with a stiff neck, needs to head to the disabled list....
Just two games, with Altoona and West Virginia rained out.
-- Indianapolis came back from a 3-0 1st inning deficit to beat Toledo, 4-3. Brooks Brown made another spot start and threw three scoreless innings after the early problems. T...
The Pirates offense and Wandy Rodriquez teamed up to lead the Pirates to clean 7-3 win over the New York Mets Friday tonight.
Six of the seven Pirates runs came in two, three run, innings.
The Pirates first three run inning came in the...
Here's the gamethread a bit early. Wandy Rodriguez faces Shaun Marcum -- whose signing hasn't gone as well so far as the Mets probably hoped -- at 7:10.
Here's the lineup:
Starling Marte LFJordy Mercer 2BAndrew McCutchen CFGarrett Jone...
With all of the recent discussion over Clint Hurdle's bullpen management, I spent the afternoon rereading a few chapters on bullpen usage from one of the important books in baseball research, Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything ...
Clint Hurdle was plainly the star of the last few innings of the Pirates' 3-2 loss to the Mets tonight, and in the end, the Pirates lost the game on one of Hurdle's rare good tactical moves.
Jeff Locke pitched six effective innings (thr...
A full slate on Thursday:
-- Indianapolis won in 11 innings, 2-1, over Scranton/Whattaburger. The New and Efficient Gerrit Cole (pictured) allowed one run on four hits and two walks over seven innings. He struck out five and threw 97 ...
Jim Callis' new mock draft has the Pirates taking UNC third baseman Colin Moran at No. 9 and Indiana State lefty Sean Manaea at No. 14. Callis also mentions that high school LHP/OF Trey Ball could also be a possibility. High school catch...
The Pirates' lineup for their 7:10 matchup against Dillon Gee:
Starling Marte LFTravis Snider RFAndrew McCutchen CFGarrett Jones 1BRussell Martin CPedro Alvarez 3BBrandon Inge 2BClint Barmes SSJeff Locke P
The farm system went 5-0 on Wednesday, with West Virginia winning two.
-- Indianapolis shut out Scranton/Whatsis, 2-0, in game interrupted by rain. Kris Johnson went five innings before the delay, allowing just two hits and a walk, and...
