Friday, May 21, 2010

News and Notes

I am back from my two weeks of trips, and now I can return to the Pirates watch, but the Pirates have not exactly done well in my absence.

Today was bad. Ross did not have his stuff, the rookie for the Braves is the real deal, and the Pirates got beat bad. Shut out again.

The news from the minors is not great either. Sterling Marte had surgery on his hand. Will he recover any of his power ever? Bad bad bad. Robbie Grossman's average is plumpeting making the offense in Bradeton suffer. Pedro Alvarez is still not getting the contact he should in AAA. That is the bad news.

There is some good news. Altoona won today thanks to Bryan Morris. He is starting to look like a real prospect for the first time since we got him. Recently promoted, but a similar result. A big win and the overall ERA is still under 1. Mercer and D'Arnaud got hits. The Pirates also signed two 17 year old, two eighteen year olds, and one 19 year old Latin American players Guys to keep on eye on in the Summer Leagues.

The really bad news is that Tabata still sits in AAA as does Walker when they could be filling holes in Pittsburgh. Worse yet Morton goes tomorrow, so expect an early exit and a bad loss.

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