Pirates Journal

Baseball Prospectus published a cool interview with Pirates GM Neil Huntington yesterday.  He talks about bringing the Indians model to Pittsburgh as well as the sad state that the Pirates were in (and still are) when he took over the team.  He also talks about the use of statistical analysis used by the team and what kind of numbers he likes to look at to evaluate players.  There’s a lot of good stuff in here.

The Pirates signed Cuban right handed pitcher Yoslan Herrera to a three year, $1.92 million deal.  There’s not a whole lot to work but this BA column talks about his makeup.  It looks like he’ll start the season in Indianapolis and he’s only 25.  It’d be nice if this guy pans out.  The Pirates need all of the arms they can get.