Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Young Guns and Steeler Signees

The Steelers were busy last week signing all their draft picks but two, the only unsigned picks are their top two.

The Pirates, while breaking a long losing streak recently, now have the future in their lineup on a day to day basis. Pedro Alvarez, Neil Walker and Jose Tabata have all been called up along with their best pitching prospect, Brad Lincoln.

Look for a couple articles on these subjects in the next few days.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Jameson Taillon

Hey Pirates Fans,

In case you didn't realize it the Pirates took another step back toward respectability when they took Jameson Taillon at #2 in this year's major league draft. Taillon, a Texas High Schooler is regarded as the best arm in this year's draft and the High Schooler closest to major league ready. That does not mean he'll be there anytime soon. It just means in a few years start looking for him. In the meantime watch him rise through the Pirates system.

The Pirates passed up a Florida high school shortstop who has been compared to ARod in order to take this prospect, so time will tell whether they made the right move. I'm looking forward to seeing him pitch. Go Bucs.