Pittsburgh Lumber Co.

Two Pirate blogs square off in the finals.

Jose Tabata shows a glimpse of his hidden power in today’s batting practice session.

The Pirates won only 62 games in 2009, meaning they will need a significant jump simply to sniff a .500 season. Where will that major improvement come from? Let’s find out. First, the offense.

Baseball America and Project Prospect released their top 100 prospects lists today. See how the Pirates fared.

Our magical run in the Pittsburgh Sports Blog Tournament comes up a bit short.

Garrett Jones arrived in Pittsburgh with a bang last summer, blasting ten home runs in his first 19 games. Many people, such as me, said it would never last. But Jones just kept hitting, finishing the season with a .293/.372/.567 line in 358 plate appearances. What will happen in 2010? Is Garrett Jones for real?

Rob Biertempfel reports that management is encouraged by Kevin Hart’s offseason adjustments. At this point, Hart appears to be the front-runner in the battle for final rotation spot.

Pittsburgh Lumber Co. moved on to the Elite Eight in the 2010 Pittsburgh Sports Blog Tournament at Sean’s Ramblings.  We are in a Cinderella matchup in the final of the Moe Mantha division against #8 seed SteelersDepot.com.  Head over and vote for PLC.  Voting ends Friday at 8 PM.

Jorge Arangure reports today that the Pirates have signed 17-year-old Dominican outfielder Willy Garcia. Garcia receives a signing bonus of $280,000, the largest bonus handed out by the Pirates in the current international signing period that began July 2. Garcia apparently has a good arm, some power potential and can run a bit.
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