Category Archives: Bullpen
The Value of Bullpen “Experience”
By John Franco After yesterday’s questionable bullpen moves, I was tempted to write a post about how I didn’t agree with them. I left it alone, since it was pretty well covered here and here: And then last night’s game happened. Chad Qualls allowed … Continue reading
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Pirates Get Two in Rule 5 Draft
By Paul Sporer The Rule 5 Draft at the end of every year’s winter meetings has lot a bit of its intrigue in the last five years after the 2006 CBA made it so teams could protect players from exposure … Continue reading
Fast Five: Best of 2011
By John Franco With the season coming to an end on Wednesday, the start of the off-season will kick off several months of hand-wringing, pontificating and overthinking every aspect of the 2011 Pirates. There will be plenty of time for … Continue reading
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Joel Hanrahan’s future
By John Franco This has been an adventurous week for closer Joel Hanrahan - and it’s only Wednesday! He allowed a run in Monday’s game and stuck out Corey Patterson to end the game with the tying run on third base. On … Continue reading
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Ryan Beckman?
By John Franco I know I’m not the greatest living expert on the Pirates’ farm system, but I feel like I know the farm relatively well, and I’ve at least heard of all of the relevant players. So I was thrown … Continue reading
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