Category Archives: Draft
Pick Trades? In Baseball?
By John Franco On Tuesday, the Pirates acquired Gaby Sanchez from the Miami Marlins, in exchange for Gorkys Hernandez and the Pirates’ recently acquired pick in the 2013 amateur draft. Wait… what? In case you missed Paul’s article on the pick when it was awarded, … Continue reading
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Pirates Nab 2nd Pick in Competitive Balance Draft
One of the changes to the CBA is a convoluted Competitive Balance Draft for which the MLB just doled out picks for the 2013 iteration, the first of its kind. The picks in Round A of this draft will come … 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
Pittsburgh’s Huge Night: Pirates Sign Cole AND Bell
As John and I wrote earlier today, the Pirates signed Gerrit Cole as expected and Sports Illustrated’s Jon Heyman is reporting an $8 million dollar deal. But Heyman is also reporting that the Pirates pulled off the upset of all … Continue reading
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Callis on Josh Bell
By Paul Sporer (John offered his thoughts on signing Bell earlier today.) Tonight is the signing deadline for the 2011 Rule 4 draft picks and the closer it gets to the midnight deadline, the faster information will fly in about … Continue reading
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