Before diving back into preview mode, I wanted to put a quick note up on the site to point out that Bucs Dugout's Charlie Wilmoth's book Dry Land is being released today. It's his story of the Pirates' losing streak, the fans that lived through it, and the ultimate pay off of the 2013 season. I've […]

Travis ishikawa is having nice spring and has good chance to beat out andrew lambo to share 1B with gaby sanchez.

Source: Pirates have had trade talks with Diamondbacks about shortstop Didi Gregorius. — Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi)

Before we get into the WHYGAVS 2014 Preview Week Extravaganza, there were two pieces of news from yesterday that I think are important to touch up on this morning (yes, that's code for, "I thought yesterday's basketball games were pretty depressing and don't have as much work done on the first preview piece as I'd […]

Sorry for the lack of WHYGAVS activity this week, everyone. I had a relatively important committee meeting yesterday morning, and I've needed a good 24+ hours to decompress from it. Starting on Monday, it'll be time for a series of season preview posts.  I don't have much more to offer today other than this: I […]

On Sunday night, I came up with what I thought was a really good idea for a series of spring training posts. On Monday morning, I got to lab, started piecing things together for my upcoming lab meeting and committee meeting, and most of that went right out the window. The good news is that […]

The Pirates made their first spring training cuts this morning, and as usually happens, there's no surprising news to be found in this round of demotions. Jameson Taillon is the big name being re-assigned to minor league camp today, and Casey Sadler, Carlos Paulino, Joely Rodriguez, Matt Hague, and Alen Hanson are all following him. […]

Since Gregory Polanco's breakout in the Dominican Winter League, it's been inevitable that Spring Training 2014 was going to include a debate amongst fan and media members about whether he should break camp with the Pirates. It's been equally inevitable that that debate will end with Polanco's demotion to Indianapolis, coupled with an argument over […]

When it comes to spring training and topics that may or may not matter, Charlie Morton's approach to left-handed hitters is definitely something worth keeping an eye on. Ever since Morton dropped his arm-slot and moved to his sinker-heavy approach in 2011, he's had a lot of trouble getting left-handed hitters out. The main reason […]

In the 15+ months since the Pirates have signed Russell Martin, there's been plenty of Pirate-related discussions about pitch-framing, its actual value, if it can truly be quantified, etc. The Pirates' trade for Chris Stewart and the subsequent immediate decision to put Stewart on the roster as the back-up catcher instead of Tony Sanchez have […]