2008 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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2008  Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates logo 2014.svg
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark PNC Park
City Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1]
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place6th
Owners Robert Nutting
General managers Neal Huntington
Managers John Russell
Television FSN Pittsburgh
Radio WPGB-FM
(Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk, John Wehner)
  2007 Seasons 2009  

The 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 127th season of the franchise; the 122nd in the National League. This was their eighth season at PNC Park. It was the first under new president Frank Coonelly, general manager Neal Huntington, and manager John Russell. Unable to improve on their 68–94, last place finish during the 2007 season, the Pirates had not had a winning record or made it to the playoffs since 1992, and finished 6795 for their 16th straight losing season. The season was the final of play-by-play announcer Lanny Frattare, whose 33-year tenure as Pirates' broadcaster was the longest in franchise history. [2] [3]

Contents

Regular season

The Pirates play the Tampa Bay Rays at PNC Park Pirates Rays 2008.jpg
The Pirates play the Tampa Bay Rays at PNC Park
Pirates play the Cincinnati Reds at an evening game in August 2008 Sunset at the Pirates Game.jpg
Pirates play the Cincinnati Reds at an evening game in August 2008

On November 5, 2007, John Russell was introduced as the Pirates manager, replacing Jim Tracy. [4] Team management cited three areas that the franchise hoped to improve: "refocused emphasis on fundamentals", holding players to a higher standard, and signing younger players. [5] The Pirates won their season opener against the Atlanta Braves, by the score of 12–11, in 12 innings. [6] The Pirates played their home opener against the division-rival Chicago Cubs on April 7, losing 10–8, also in 12 innings. [7] The Pirates started out the season with a 7–7 record after the first half-month; however, after a five-game losing streak they began to struggle, finishing out April with an 11–16 record. The Pirates losing continued as they dropped three of four to the Washington Nationals to begin May. The team fought back, winning six straight games—the most consecutive since 2004, [8] to bring their record within one victory of a .500 record. Throughout the remainder of May the team struggled, but never fell more than four games under .500. Throughout the early months of the season closer Matt Capps was perfect, getting saves in 15 consecutive opportunities. However, on June 10, Capps gave up a two-run home run to the Nationals, losing his first decision of the season. [9] In addition, Capps would blow saves in two of his next three appearances; however, he achieved his first win of the season after an extra-inning victory over the Baltimore Orioles. [10]

Pittsburgh went 6–9 in interleague play, [11] including two wins against the New York Yankees who returned to Pittsburgh for the first time since the 1960 World Series. [12] On July 12, in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Pirates came back to win a game that they trailed by six runs in the seventh inning. It was only the second time in the past 25 years that the Pirates won at home after scoring runs in the seventh, eighth, ninth, and extra innings. [13] The Pirates finished out the remainder of July with a 6–9 record—50–58 overall. On the final day of July, the Pirates made a deal with the Yankees to send outfielder Xavier Nady and pitcher Dámaso Marte in return for Jeff Karstens, Daniel McCutchen, Ross Ohlendorf and José Tábata. [14] Later in the day the team became involved in a three-team deal in which the Pirates sent Jason Bay to the Boston Red Sox in return for four players from the Los Angeles Dodgers. [15] The Pirates won seven of the first 18 games in August before dropping ten consecutive games to close out the month. Pittsburgh entered the final month of the season 21 games below the .500 mark. On September 7, the Pirates lost their 82nd game of the season, tying them with the Philadelphia Phillies as the only two franchises in professional sports history to have losing records in 16 consecutive seasons. [16] [17] The Pirates concluded their season on September 28 with a victory against the San Diego Padres. [18] The team became the second in the Pirates' 122-year history to have no pitchers to win 10 games. [19] The performance of the pitchers lead the team to fire pitching coach Jeff Andrews after the season. [20]

Standings

NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 9764.60255264238
Milwaukee Brewers 9072.55649324140
Houston Astros 8675.5341147333942
St. Louis Cardinals 8676.53111½46354041
Cincinnati Reds 7488.45723½43383150
Pittsburgh Pirates 6795.41430½39422853

Game log

2008 Game Log (67–95) [21]
March (1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31@ Braves 12–11 (12) Osoria (1–0) Boyer (0–1)45,2691–0
April (10–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
2April 2@ Braves 2–10 Jurrjens (1–0) Gorzelanny (0–1)17,8931–1
3April 3@ Braves 4–3 (10) Yates (1–0) Resop (0–1) Capps (1)19,2402–1
4April 4@ Marlins 4–5 Gregg (1–0) Osoria (1–1)10,0892–2
5April 5@ Marlins 3–7 Hendrickson (1–1) Maholm (0–1)15,7522–3
6April 6@ Marlins 9–2 Snell (1–0) VandenHurk (0–1)10,4313–3
7April 7 Cubs 8–10 (12) Lieber (1–1) Meek (0–1) Mármol (1)37,4913–4
8April 9 Cubs 4–6 (15) Hart (2–0) Dumatrait (0–1) Marshall (1)9,7353–5
9April 10 Cubs 3–7 Lieber (2–1) Morris (0–1)9,7983–6
10April 11 Reds 1–0 Grabow (1–0) Burton (0–1) Capps (2)13,6034–6
11April 12 Reds 4–3 Snell (2–0) Lincoln (0–1) Capps (3)18,0965–6
12April 13 Reds 9–1 Gorzelanny (1–1) Cueto (1–1)11,2016–6
13April 14@ Dodgers 6–4 Yates (2–0) Saito (1–1) Capps (4)37,3347–6
14April 15@ Dodgers 2–11 Loaiza (1–2) Morris (0–2)37,8967–7
15April 16@ Dodgers 1–8 Penny (2–2) Maholm (0–2)53,6297–8
16April 18@ Cubs 2–3 Hill (1–0) Snell (2–1) Wood (4)39,1187–9
17April 19@ Cubs 1–13 Marquis (1–0) Gorzelanny (1–2)40,2987–10
18April 20@ Cubs 6–13 Dempster (3–0) Duke (0–1)41,4057–11
19April 21 Marlins 4–10 Hendrickson (4–1) Morris (0–3)8,4447–12
20April 22 Marlins 3–2 Maholm (1–2) Nolasco (1–2) Capps (5)10,1858–12
21April 23 Cardinals 7–4 Marte (1–0) Reyes (1–1) Capps (6)10,4879–12
22April 24 Cardinals 2–6 Piñeiro (1–2) Gorzelanny (1–3) Isringhausen (7)9,5449–13
23April 25 Phillies 5–6 Gordon (2–2) Duke (0–2) Lidge (6)23,9309–14
24April 26 Phillies 4–8 Kendrick (2–2) Morris (0–4)24,7919–15
25April 27 Phillies 5–1 Maholm (2–2) Myers (2–2)17,58810–15
April 28@ Mets Postponed rain(Rescheduled for August 11)
26April 29@ Mets 4–5 (11) Sosa (3–1) Van Benschoten (0–1)46,98210–16
27April 30@ Mets 13–1 Gorzelanny (2–3) Pérez (2–2)46,78811–16
May (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1@ Nationals 2–3 Ayala (1–1) Grabow (1–1) Rauch (6)24,72311–17
29May 2@ Nationals 11–4 Marte (2–0) Lannan (2–3)26,00112–17
30May 3@ Nationals 8–9 Colomé (1–1) Maholm (2–3) Rauch (7)34,12812–18
31May 4@ Nationals 2–5 Redding (4–2) Snell (2–2)30,56412–19
32May 6 Giants 12–6 Duke (1–2) Sánchez (2–2)12,03013–19
33May 7 Giants 3–1 Dumatrait (1–1) Zito (0–7) Capps (7)9,78814–19
34May 8 Giants 5–4 Osoria (2–1) Cain (1–3) Capps (8)16,81615–19
35May 9 Braves 3–2 Grabow (2–1) Bennett (0–2)21,05016–19
36May 10 Braves 5–2 Gorzelanny (3–3) James (2–2) Capps (9)28,14117–19
May 11 Braves Postponed rain(Rescheduled for May 12)
37May 12 Braves 5–0 Duke (2–2) Jurrjens (4–3)18–19
38May 12 Braves 1–8 Hudson (6–2) Van Benschoten (0–1)16,66918–20
39May 13@ Cardinals 8–4 (10) Salas (1–0) Villone (1–1)38,80019–20
40May 14@ Cardinals 1–5 Wellemeyer (4–1) Maholm (2–4)38,72019–21
41May 15@ Cardinals 11–5 Grabow (3–1) Isringhausen (1–5)41,24420–21
42May 16@ Cubs 4–7 Gallagher (1–0) Gorzelanny (3–4) Wood (9)40,53720–22
43May 17@ Cubs 7–6 Marte (3–0) Mármol (1–1) Capps (10)41,68621–22
44May 18@ Cubs 3–4 Marquis (2–3) Dumatrait (1–2) Wood (10)41,32121–23
45May 20 Brewers 2–7 Parra (2–2) Maholm (2–5)11,76121–24
46May 21 Brewers 4 Sheets (5–1) Snell (2–3)8,80521–25
47May 22 Brewers 8–4 Gorzelanny (4–4) Bush (1–5)12,88722–25
48May 23 Cubs 3–12 Zambrano (7–1) Duke (2–3)32,65622–26
49May 24 Cubs 5–4 (14) Grabow (4–1) Wuertz (0–1)29,92923–26
50May 25 Cubs 6–5 (11) Marte (4–0) Lieber (2–3)29,41524–26
51May 27@ Reds 6–9 Cueto (3–5) Snell (2–4) Cordero (11)17,96424–27
52May 28@ Reds 1–9 Arroyo (4–4) Gorzelanny (4–5)15,79724–28
53May 29@ Reds 7–2 Dumatrait (2–2) Harang (2–7)18,14225–28
54May 30@ Cardinals 4–5 Wellemeyer (6–1) Duke (2–4) Franklin (5)42,79125–29
55May 31@ Cardinals 14–4 Maholm (3–5) Parisi (0–2)44,30226–29
June (12–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
56June 1@ Cardinals 4–7 Looper (7–4) Snell (2–5) Franklin (6)43,46226–30
57June 2@ Cardinals 5–4 Osoria (3–1) Osoria (5–3) Capps (11)42,12927–30
58June 3 Astros 0–2 Rodríguez (2–1) Dumatrait (2–3) Valverde (16)13,18327–31
59June 4 Astros 5–2 Duke (3–4) Oswalt (4–6) Capps (12)9,39228–31
60June 5 Astros 4–3 Maholm (4–5) Backe (4–7) Capps (13)10,72829–31
61June 6 D-backs 1–3 Webb (11–2) Snell (2–6) Lyon (13)19,43729–32
62June 7 D-backs 3–4 Cruz (2–0) Grabow (4–2) Lyon (14)20,96729–33
63June 8 D-backs 6–4 Dumatrait (3–3) Davis (2–3) Capps (14)22,22230–33
64June 9 D-backs 5–3 Duke (4–4) Johnson (4–3) Capps (15)10,71731–33
65June 10 Nationals 6–7 Hanrahan (2–2) Capps (0–1) Rauch (13)12,95731–34
66June 11 Nationals 3–1 Snell (3–6) Lannan (4–7) Capps (16)15,43932–34
67June 12 Nationals 7–5 Gorzelanny (5–5) Bergmann (1–4) Marte (1)16,30633–34
68June 13@ Orioles 6–9 Burres (5–5) Osoria (3–2) Sherrill (22)47,30533–35
69June 14@ Orioles 7–8 Sherrill (2–1) Capps (0–2)32,43233–36
70June 15@ Orioles 5–4 Capps (1–2) Sherrill (2–2)31,10734–36
71June 17@ White Sox 5–16 Vázquez (7–5) Snell (3–7)28,01234–37
72June 18@ White Sox 2–8 Buehrle (4–6) Gorzelanny (5–6)28,57034–38
73June 19@ White Sox 8–13 Floyd (8–3) Dumatrait (3–4)26,68534–39
74June 20 Blue Jays 1–0 (12) Yates (3–0) Carlson (1–1)28,96235–39
75June 21 Blue Jays 6–3 Maholm (5–5) Litsch (7–4) Capps (17)27,01436–39
76June 22 Blue Jays 5–8 McGowan (6–5) Beam (0–1) Ryan (15)22,98336–40
77June 24 Yankees 12–5 Gorzelanny (6–6) Rasner (4–5)38,86737–40
78June 25 Yankees 0–10 Chamberlain (2–2) Duke (4–5)38,95437–41
June 26 Yankees Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for July 10
79June 27 Rays 5–10 Kazmir (7–3) Barthmaier (0–1)19,97037–42
80June 28 Rays 4–3 (13) Van Benschoten (1–2) Hammel (3–3)17,97038–42
81June 29 Rays 3–4 Sonnanstine (9–3) Yates (3–1) Percival (19)15,82838–43
82June 30@ Reds 3–4 Cordero (3–1) Capps (1–3)20,74538–44
July (12–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
83July 1@ Reds 6–5 (11) Capps (2–3) Weathers (2–4) Sánchez (1)19,34539–44
84July 2@ Reds 9–5 Bautista (1–1) Thompson (0–2)16,89040–44
85July 4@ Brewers 1–9 Sheets (10–2) Gorzelanny (6–7) Villanueva (1)41,46340–45
86July 5@ Brewers 1–2 Gagné (2–2) Yates (3–2)39,17640–46
87July 6@ Brewers 6–11 Stetter (2–1) Bautista (1–2)42,16340–47
88July 7 Astros 10–7 Bautista (2–2) Hernández (0–3) Marte (2)13,32341–47
89July 8 Astros 4–3 Grabow (5–2) Brocail (4–4) Marte (3)17,86742–47
90July 9 Astros 4–6 Moehler (5–4) Burnett (0–1) Valverde (23)13,88442–48
91July 10 Yankees 4–2 Maholm (6–1) Veras (2–1) Marte (4)39,08143–48
92July 11 Cardinals 0–6 Lohse (11–2) Duke (4–6)37,11343–49
93July 12 Cardinals 12–11 (10) Bautista (3–2) Perez (2–1)29,38744–49
94July 13 Cardinals 6–11 Springer (2–0) Osoria (3–3)21,05244–50
95July 17@ Rockies 3–5 Jiménez (5–9) Maholm (6–6) Fuentes (15)30,58444–51
96July 18@ Rockies 2–5 Rusch (3–3) Snell (3–8) Fuentes (16)37,11444–52
97July 19@ Rockies 1–7 de la Rosa (4–5) Herrera (0–1)44,56544–53
98July 20@ Rockies 3–11 Cook (12–6) Duke (4–7)30,48844–54
99July 21@ Astros 9–3 Yates (4–2) Valverde (4–3)34,62445–54
100July 22@ Astros 8–2 Maholm (7–6) Cassel (1–1)33,99646–54
101July 23@ Astros 8–7 Osoria (4–3) Geary (2–2) Marte (5)36,09147–54
102July 24 Padres 9–1 Herrera (1–1) Hensley (1–1)17,91648–54
103July 25 Padres 5–6 Baek (3–5) Duke (4–8) Hoffman (19)25,72748–55
104July 26 Padres 6–9 Banks (3–4) Van Benschoten (1–3) Hoffman (20)27,79448–56
105July 27 Padres 1–3 Peavy (8–6) Grabow (5–3) Hoffman (21)21,72148–57
106July 28 Rockies 8–4 Snell (4–8) Grilli (2–2)15,30349–57
107July 29 Rockies 6–4 Davis (1–0) Herges (3–4) Yates (1)17,50750–57
108July 30 Rockies 4–7 Cook (14–6) Duke (4–9) Fuentes (18)16,58750–58
August (7–21)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 1@ Cubs 3–0 Karstens (1–0) Marquis (6–7) Grabow (1)41,34051–58
110August 2@ Cubs 1–5 Lilly (11–6) Maholm (7–7)41,42651–59
111August 3@ Cubs 5–8 Gaudin (8–4) Hansen (1–4) Mármol (6)41,20051–60
112August 4@ D-backs 7–13 Haren (12–5) Davis (1–1)21,82651–61
113August 5@ D-backs 1–3 Webb (16–4) Duke (4–10)25,10951–62
114August 6@ D-backs 2–0 Karstens (2–0) Johnson (9–8)28,55652–62
115August 8@ Phillies 2–0 (12) Beam (1–1) Walrond (0–1) Hansen (3)43,89153–62
116August 9@ Phillies 2–4 Myers (5–9) Snell (4–9) Durbin (1)45,06053–63
117August 10@ Phillies 3–6 Eyre (3–0) Yates (4–3) Madson (1)45,26253–64
118August 11@ Mets 7–5 Bautista (4–2) Heilman (2–7) Grabow (2)53,53454–64
119August 12 Reds 1–5 Vólquez (14–5) Karstens (2–1)23,68654–65
120August 13 Reds 5–2 Maholm (8–7) Fogg (2–5) Grabow (3)15,78755–65
121August 14 Reds 1–3 Cueto (8–11) Snell (4–10) Cordero (23)35,43955–66
122August 15 Mets 1–2 Pelfrey (11–8) Davis (1–2) Heilman (3)36,41855–67
123August 16 Mets 4–7 Martínez (4–3) Duke (4–11) Feliciano (2)37,50655–68
124August 17 Mets 0–4 Santana (11–7) Karstens (2–2)36,48355–69
125August 18 Mets 5–2 Burnett (1–1) Feliciano (2–3) Grabow (4)19,06656–69
126August 19@ Cardinals 4–1 Snell (5–10) Looper (11–10) Beam (1)39,50257–69
127August 20@ Cardinals 2–11 Wellemeyer (11–4) Davis (1–3)37,26957–70
128August 22@ Brewers 4–10 Bush (8–9) Duke (4–12)41,63757–71
129August 23@ Brewers 3–6 Suppan (9–7) Gorzelanny (6–8) Torres (25)43,29357–72
130August 24@ Brewers 3–4 (12) Mota (4–5) Davis (1–4)45,16357–73
131August 25 Cubs 3–12 Lilly (13–7) Karstens (2–3)14,45457–74
132August 26 Cubs 9–14 Marshall (3–3) Hansen (1–5)17,92957–75
133August 27 Cubs 0–2 Marquis (9–7) Duke (4–13) Wood (27)15,26057–76
134August 29 Brewers 1–3 Bush (9–9) Gorzelanny (6–9) Torres (26)18,08657–77
135August 30 Brewers 3–11 Suppan (9–7) Maholm (8–8)21,93157–78
136August 31 Brewers 0–7 Sabathia (15–8) Karstens (2–4)21,29357–79
September (10–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 2@ Reds 3–2 Snell (6–10) Harang (4–15) Capps (18)18,02458–79
138September 3@ Reds 6–5 Yates (5–3) Affeldt (1–1) Capps (19)18,56159–79
139September 4@ Reds 6–8 Masset (1–0) Hansen (0–3) Cordero (27)20,62659–80
140September 5@ Giants 7–0 Duke (5–13) Correia (3–8)31,13360–80
141September 6@ Giants 6–7 Espineli (2–0) Bautista (4–2) Wilson (37)38,09460–81
142September 7@ Giants 6–11 Matos (1–2) Karstens (2–5)34,12260–82
143September 8@ Astros 2–3 Arias (1–0) Snell (6–11) Valverde (41)26,52660–83
144September 9@ Astros 3–9 Wolf (10–11) Ohlendorf (1–2)30,03460–84
145September 10@ Astros 4–7 Moehler (11–6) Bautista (4–4) Valverde (42)26,85960–85
146September 11@ Astros 0–6 Oswalt (15–9) Zach Duke (5–14)31,10160–86
147September 12 Cardinals 10–2 Maholm (9–8) Piñeiro (6–6)14,90361–86
148September 13 Cardinals 7–6 (12) Hansen (2–6) Perez (3–3)17,13262–86
149September 14 Cardinals 7–2 Beam (2–1) Thompson (5–3)18,99463–86
150September 15 Dodgers 2–8 Kuroda (9–10) Ohlendorf (1–3)13,14763–87
151September 16 Dodgers 2–6 Lowe (14–11) Karstens (2–6)12,74163–88
152September 17 Dodgers 15–8 Grabow (6–3) Elbert (0–1)11,88364–88
153September 18 Dodgers 3–4 (12) Proctor (2–0) Hansen (2–7) Broxton (14)12,70964–89
154September 19 Astros 1–5 Wolf (11–12) Snell (6–12)26,30164–90
155September 20 Astros 6–4 Davis (2–4) Moehler (11–8) Capps (20)36,62165–90
156September 21 Astros 2–6 Oswalt (16–10) Ohlendorf (1–4)20,31165–91
157September 23@ Brewers 5–7 Torres (7–5) Beam (2–2)36,61265–92
158September 24@ Brewers 2–4 Sabathia (16–10) Maholm (9–9) Torres (28)31,16465–93
159September 25@ Brewers 1–5 (10) Stetter (3–1) Chavez (0–1)40,10265–94
160September 26@ Padres 6–3 Snell (7–12) Ekstrom (0–2) Capps (21)27,22766–94
161September 27@ Padres 2–3 Young (7–6) Barthmaier (0–2) Hoffman (30)29,82566–95
162September 28@ Padres 6–1 Yates (6–3) LeBlanc (1–3)29,19167–95
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents


Source:
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Arizona 3–52–42–415–32–74–28–102–53–33–44–310–811–73–44–26–9
Atlanta 5–30–63–34–310–83–34–23–611–74–142–55–12–52–56–128–7
Chicago 4–26–08–75–14–38–95–29–74–23–414–45–24–39–63–36–9
Cincinnati 4–23–37–81–56–23–121–710–83–43–56–94–35–15–104–39–6
Colorado 3–153–41–55–15–33–38–104–33–60–55–29–911–73–44–37–8
Florida 7–28–103–42–63–54–23–45–18–1010–83–24–23–32–514–35–10
Houston 2–43–39–812–33–32–44–37–85–23–48–83–37–17–84–27–11
Los Angeles 10–82–42–57–110–84–33–44–23–44–45–211–79–92–43–35–10
Milwaukee 5–26–37–98–103–41–58–72–42–41–514–14–36–010–56–27–8
New York 3–37–112–44–36–310–82–54–34–211–74–32–55–14–312–69–6
Philadelphia 4–314–44–35–35–08–104–34–45–17–114–24–23–35–412–64–11
Pittsburgh 3–45–24–149–62–52–38–82–51–143–42–43–44–210–73–46–9
San Diego 8–101–52–53–49–92–43–37–113–45–22–44–35–131–65–13–15
San Francisco 7–115–23–41–57–113–31–79–90–61–53–32–413–54–37–06–12
St. Louis 4–35–26–910–54–35–28–74–25–103–44–57–106–13–45–17–8
Washington 2–412–63–33–43–43–142–43–32–66–126–124–31–50–71–58–10

Detailed records

Roster

2008 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Nate McLouth CF
Freddy Sanchez 2B
Jason Bay LF
Adam LaRoche 1B
Xavier Nady RF
Ryan Doumit C
José Bautista 3B
Jack Wilson SS
Ian Snell SP

Statistics

Hitting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Awards and honors

Transactions

Pre-season

(October 29, 2007 – March 24, 2008)

In-season

(March 25, 2008 – October 29, 2008)

Draft picks

2008 Top 10 Rounds Draft Picks [73]
Rd#PlayerPosDOB and AgeSchool
12 Pedro Álvarez 3BFebruary 6, 1987 (aged 21) Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee)
248 Tanner Scheppers RHPJanuary 17, 1987 (aged 21) California State University, Fresno (Fresno, California)
379 Jordy Mercer SSAugust 27, 1986 (aged 21) Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma)
4114 Chase d'Arnaud SSJanuary 21, 1987 (aged 21) Pepperdine University (Malibu, California)
5144 Justin Wilson LHPAugust 18, 1987 (aged 20) California State University, Fresno (Fresno, California)
6174 Robbie Grossman OFSeptember 16, 1989 (aged 18) Cy-Fair High School (Cypress, Texas)
7204Benji GonzalezSSJanuary 16, 1990 (aged 18) Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School (Gurabo, PR)
8234Jeremy Farrell3BNovember 11, 1986 (aged 21) University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia)
9264 Matt Hague 3BAugust 20, 1985 (aged 22) Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma)
10294Drew GagnonRHPJune 26, 1990 (aged 17) Liberty High School (Brentwood, California)
Note

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Indianapolis Indians International League Trent Jewett
AA Altoona Curve Eastern League Tim Leiper
A Lynchburg Hillcats Carolina League Jeff Branson
A Hickory Crawdads South Atlantic League Gary Green
A-Short Season State College Spikes New York–Penn League Brad Fischer
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League Tom Prince
Rookie DSL Pirates Dominican Summer League N/A
Rookie VSL Pirates Venezuelan Summer League N/A

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1st Half: Pittsburgh Pirates Game Log on ESPN.com
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Notes

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