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Links: Church, Donnelly, Dotel & Carrasco

Sean H. Steimer — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:40:37 +0000

It almost sounds like the name of a lawfirm, but the Pirates don’t have new lawyers. Rather, those are the names of 4 players whom the Pirates have come to terms with in the last few days. As of this writing, the deals with Dotel and Donnelly aren’t official yet, and won’t be until 40 man roster moves are made to make room. This is only the case for those 2 since Carrasco’s deal is a minor league deal and there was already a 40 man spot available for Church. But expect all 4 of these players to officially be Pirates within the next 72 hours or so.

Rather than give you my analysis of these 4 signings (hint: I like all four) I’ll address them with a host of links from other outlets.

Ryan Church

ESPN.com’s Rob Neyer

RotoGraphs(FanGraphs fantasy site)

Ryan Church on the signing via the PBC Blog

Octavio Dotel

If Dotel is signed(remember, this one isn’t official yet) how long will he hold the closers job?

Someone at FanGraphs looks for ways that signing Dotel could go wrong

D.J. Carrasco

Pat Lackey over at WHYGAVS talks a bit about Carrasco

From when he was non-tendered by the White Sox, The Chicago Tribune called Carrasco the Sox “most versatile pitcher”

Brendan Donnelly

The Official news, from the Pirates website, about the Donnelly signing

The PBC blog (almost exclusively the best source for this type of stuff) has several notes about the Donnelly signing.

A Few Monday Morning Links

Sean H. Steimer — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:00:04 +0000

Matt Klaassan at Fangraphs fills us in on “The Contest” (There is no doubt in my mind that 3 years ago Dave Littlefield would have been featured prominently in this piece)

Dejan Kovacevic bring us news that the Pirates are “in talks” with free agent outfielder Ryan Church

I really enjoyed this WHYGAVS piece on the HOF

Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman has signed with Cincinnati

Tim over at BuccoFans thinks its conceivable that our favorite team could win the 2012 N.L. Centra

Links – Winter Meetings Roundup

Sean H. Steimer — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:13:06 +0000

With the winter meetings half over now, I thought I’d round up some links of the goings on so far.

Part 1 and 2 of the post-gazette’s series on the Pirates finances

Rob Neyer’s take on the above

Pat Lackey talks about the potential impact of Bobby Crosby

Dejan Kovacevic relays a story about Ryan Doumit

Pirates’ post-game host Rocco DeMaro’s take on the biggest trade of the meetings, via twitter

NL Central Rival Milwaukee Brewers are going to sign Randy Wolf

Links – July 1 (and an editors note about yesterdays post)

Sean H. Steimer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:56:31 +0000

Before I jump into the links, a note about what I wrote yesterday. Most of what I wrote was written before the trade actually become final. In fact, most of it was written on the basis of Milledge for Morgan, before the secondary players in the deal were identified. I still believe all of the opinions hold, but that’s the reason for the lack of coverage of Burnett and Hanrahan. Additionally, last night NH was on Rocco DeMaro’s post-game show, and he stated that Milledge will likely not be arbitration eligible for another full year due to the service time he has missed with injuries. I’ve corrected this on the post, but I thought I’d point it out here. Let’s hit the links…

Raise The Jolly Roger has a conversation with Doug Mientkiewicz about the trade and the value of clubhouse chemistry

Dave Cameron of Fan Graphs likes the trade for the Nats. (Dave also wrote this piece about Ian Snell the other day)

Rob Neyer of espn.com wonders why the Pirates want Milledge.

Bucco Ball has an analysis roundup (He quotes Rob Neyer, but the Neyer piece I found takes a distinctly different view. Not sure what the deal is there.)

Links – June 29th

Sean H. Steimer — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:21:32 +0000

Lots of Ian Snell stuff today…

Someone at fangraphs thinks Snell needs a new home

WHYGAVS on the Snell drama

The game story of Snell’s 17K performance in Indy (click Game Highlights for video)

John Perotto talks about the Pirates many options in right field
EDIT:

one more…

Wilbur Miller talks about the Pirates defense over an onlybucs.net

Links – June 23rd

Sean H. Steimer — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:51:01 +0000

The Pirates begin a 10 game homestand tonight against Cleveland…I’m working on a long form piece about who in the current system is likely to be part of the future, expect that tomorrow. Also a note on twitter. I tend to use my personal account @shsteimer most, and it includes lots of Pirates thoughts. The @buccofever account is mostly just a feed of my writing here, with an occasional tweet about the current game. To get the full effect of my twittering, follow both accounts. Lets hit the links…

WHYGAVS on Miguel Angel Sano and his age

The post-gazette on the promotion of Pedro Alvarez

Peter Gammons on the Indians’ managerial situation

Jason Grey on the fantasy prospects of the best rookie center fielder in baseball

Links – June 20th

Sean H. Steimer — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:42:20 +0000

The Pirates are currently in a rain delay, so I thought I’d take the time to update. Its been a while since I’ve had time to write, but my schedule should get back to normal this week and allow me to write more often, in the meantime, lets hit the links…

S teve pierce was recalled from AAA, replacing Craig Monroe who was designated for assignment.

Dejan Kovacevic at the post-gazettte has an excellent piece on When is Now?

The pirates have signed 8 draft picks so far, including #1 Tony Sanchez and #3 Brooks Pounders

If this game ever gets started Charlie Morton will re-debut tonight as a Pirate, after going only 1 inning in his first try.

Rob Neyer of espn.com quotes DK at the post-gazette in analyzing if Doumit should stay behind the plate….or be traded

Links – June 10th

Sean H. Steimer — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:00:14 +0000

On the Pirates first day picks…

Tony Sanchez

espn prospect profile

espn draft blog live reaction

USA Today on the pick

his BC profile

mlb.com story on the pick, apparently his name is Jorge

Victor Black

espn prospect profile

B lack’s profile from DBU

Brooks Pounders

mlb.com scouting report

from the Aflac all-american game

withthefirstpick.net

Evan Chambers

mlb.com scouting video

Links – June 9th

Sean H. Steimer — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:21:00 +0000

Well folks, it’s draft day. Here’s some links to keep you in on the excitement

My draft preview

MLB.com Draft Tracker

The Buccos played extras last night in Atlanta wiht Jeff Karstens taking the L

3 Post-Gazette draft player profiles : Aaron Crow Kyle Gibson Tony Sanchez

Here’s hoping we get some impact talent today, back this weekend or early next week with something analyzing who Pirates took, not just in the first round, but in later rounds as well.

Links – June 6th

Sean H. Steimer — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:30:37 +0000

A bunch of espn stuff today

DJ Gallo on the McLouth trade – this is more or less what I wrote yesterday

Tim Kurkjian on Ross’s Princeton thesis

Jason Churchill lays out the draft questions with only 4 days to go

Charlie Morton, part of the haul for Nate, made a nice debut for Indy