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Karstens is holding the Cards at bay by throwing a ton of hooks like he did last time he faced them. And won. He’s had some help from poor baserunning by the Cards, Kratz throwing out two, and some good defensive plays behind him, but no offensive support to this point against Carpenter. I’m heading to bed since I have an early morning appointment so I’ll let the readers tell everyone how it ended. – As for the trade market, I [...] Continue reading: Karstens checks Cards thru six Paul Maholm and Zach Duke are all but gone, I’m hearing. Not only that, but there’s now some talk about an NL team being after Garrett Jones. Look for these deals, and possibly more, to go down on Saturday to lessen the PR blow the Pirates are going to take. Chatter has picked up this morning and I believe we are on the verge of sending someone out the door. I’m not quite sure yet who, but I believe it’s Paul Maholm. It appears to be a three-way deal and we’ll get back a pitcher too. Stay tuned.. something is up and likely to go down here shortly. I hear the Bucs are walking past deals left and right.. some were understandable as they had short returns, others aren’t as defensible. Now it also appears Bob Nutting and company aren’t going to be buyers because they have had also the chance to make a splash but wanted everything on their own terms — other teams aren’t buying into their valuation schemes. Nor do they seem to have the cash available for baseball operations to spend from what [...] Continue reading: Wanting the world, Pirates are missing out on too many deals to get better This man is a hired gun in the Pirates front office. It’s likely you have never heard his name and you may have never seen him at a Pirates game, but if you attended a game at PNC the last two years, then you’ve helped him to succeed. He’s considered one of the better professional sports strategists in his field and largely because of his efforts, Pirates ownership takes home a profit year after year. What makes this man so special is [...] Continue reading: The man responsible for the success of the 2010 Pittsburgh Pirates is… Youngin’ caught a bug on our trip so all I have right now is a quick video recap of the game for you below (it’s 45MB so Firefox/Safari users give it a minute to load or click here). I’ll post again during the day Wednesday filling you in with the rest of the rumors floating around. Great game.. solid D by Cutch saved this one because if Tabata had been in CF, the game would have been [...] Continue reading: Bucs limp into Coors and steal one The rumor running wild among Pirates fans is that they believe one beat reporter’s story that the Pirates intend to make an investment in starting pitching this winter. Jake’s take on all that is that the Pirates will spend money on starting pitching outside the organization that will make any difference at all when cows can fly, and the Pirates will be able to actually sign a free-agent starting pitcher of any consequence when cows can [...] Continue reading: Pirates annual deadline spin cycle starts to fire up It’s plays like the one you see above where Pedro Alvarez tried in vain to corral Yorvit Torrealba’s average-hit ground ball in Sunday’s game which is causing internal grief inside the Pirates organization. You see, internally the Pirates are debating whether or not to move Alvarez to first base sooner than later because his footwork leads many to believe he’s never going to be an adequate third baseman. And that’s where the grief starts. What’s making the [...] Continue reading: Fundamantal flaws in development are cracking the remaining hull of the Pirates ship “Some might be interested to know, in light of this being something of a topic last weekend, that I had a mutually sought meeting with Neal Huntington on Friday afternoon at PNC Park, lasting for about two hours. Just me and him, with nothing for the record or anything like that. Just an open exchange.” — Dejan behind the Post-Gazette’s supposed paywall Evidently quite a few of you were concerned about this event that you took the time to let [...] Continue reading: Career night for Alavrez. In errors. Bucs lose big. |
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