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Drew Sutton Gaining Playing Time With Pirates
Drew Sutton has been a well-traveled man this 2012 season. On May 20th, Sutton was claimed off waivers by the Pirates and before he could even think about dressing in a Pirates uniform, he was shipped...
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Pirates Having Success Without Following Original Blueprint From 2008
When a new General Manager is hired, he has a fairly good sense of what direction to guide his major league roster. Whether that be making minor adjustments or a complete overhaul of a roster. The...
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Halfway Through – Reds Feel Best Baseball Yet to Come
The Reds have been just good enough all season to hang around the top of the NL Central standings, but the Reds fully expect to play better baseball in the second half of the season. In a quote from...
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St. Louis Cardinals Lose Players – Coaches – Continue Success in 2012
After winning the World Series just a year ago, the St. Louis Cardinals have lost some major components from such a special team. Albert Pujols took his talents to Los Angeles. Chris Carpenter was not...
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2012 Brewers Offense Survives Without Prince Fielder – Bullpen Struggling
The Milwaukee Brewers have been serious contenders in the NL Central Division now for the past several seasons and have come close to the World Series, but have yet to reach that pinnacle. In 2011, the...
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Epstein, Hoyer Look to Begin Dismantling – Rebuilding Cubs
To put it simply, the Chicago Cubs are not a good baseball team. Not in 2012 and most likely not in 2013 or 2014. The current roster in Chicago is most likely to be blown up before this 2012 season...
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Reds’ Votto Out 3-4 Weeks With Knee Surgery
The NL Central Division leading Cincinnati Reds were dealt a blow today when they found out former MVP Joey Votto will be out due to “minor” knee surgery, according to the Reds Twitter feed . Votto was...
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Despite Age – Mike Trout Can Win MVP in 2012
Trout is currently on pace to be a serious contender to win AL Rookie of the Year, AL MVP, AL Batting Title and the AL Stolen Base Title (photo by Keith Allison flickr) To suggest that Mike Trout...
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Pirates James McDonald Struggling – Fighting Through Learning Curve
McDonald has won three of his last four starts despite allowing 14 walks in that span. (Photo by Runneralan2004-Flickr) In the first half of the 2012 season, the Pirates witnessed James McDonald...
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Strasburg Nearing Unstable Territory – Nationals Seeking Starter ?
Stephen Strasburg wants to pitch the entire season, hell or high water. General manager Mike Rizzo will not let that happen– or will he? According to Pedro Gomez at ESPN, Rizzo stated that he will be...
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Trade Deadline – Who are the Buyers – Who are the Sellers
As the July 31 trade deadline nears, MLB teams are scrambling, attempting to figure out if they will be sellers, buyers or neither for the 2012 season. Many teams have already made it known what their...
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Pirates Bullpen Dominant – Built Yearly On Power Arms
The Pirates bullpen has been one of the more consistent aspects of the team for three straight seasons now. Dating back to the days of Octavio Dotel and Javier Lopez in 2010, the bullpen has been a...
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Dempster Trade Story Continues
Yesterday, the Atlanta Braves and the Chicago Cubs agreed in principle to a deal that would send veteran starter Ryan Dempster to the Braves. That was Monday, and now on Tuesday, the clubs still stand...
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Wandy Rodriguez Trade – Huntington Continues to Make Smart Baseball Moves
“We like the innings, we like the strikeouts, we like the ERA, we like the competitor. He has very quietly been one of the better pitchers in major league baseball over the last three-four years.” -GM...
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MLB’s Second-Half Leaders and Losers
The resurgent A’s have won 10 of their last 12 games (Keith Allison / flickr) With just a handful of days left before the trade deadline, the buyers and sellers of the market have come more clearly...
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Five Keys to Pittsburgh Pirates Winning NL Central
The Cincinnati Reds are 14-2 since the All-Star break and now have a three game lead over the Pirates in the NL Central division race. Although the Pirates are a respectable 10-6 since the All-Star...
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Pirates – Winners on the Field – Winners at The Trade Deadline
The Pirates made a total of four trades in the past week before Tuesday’s 4pm non-waiver trade deadline. Within those trades, the Pirates did not trade any, I repeat any irreplaceable commodities....
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Reds Continue Improbable Run Without Votto
When Joey Votto went down with a knee injury, the Reds were in the midst of a six game winning streak. Not many would have predicted the Reds would continue that success without Votto in the lineup...
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Cueto Headlines Top Five For NL Cy Young Award List
Cueto is 14-5 with a 2.52 ERA With only 57 days until the last day of the regular season, it is time to talk Cy Young Award. With much of the regular season behind us at this point, we have a good...
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Pirates McCutchen, Alvarez in Power Slumps – Role Players Step Up
Pedro Alvarez has 21 home runs and 58 rbi this season, but lately has suffered a power outage and playing time has decreased because of it (Photo by Sports, Trains and Planes Flickr) Pedro Alvarez and...
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