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The New Developing Market in Major League Baseball

Aug 3, 2019

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

Last Wednesday, we witnessed the first true July 31 trade deadline, after the abolition of the August waiver trade period. While it was reasonably busy, especially at the buzzer, the amount of movement wasn't a...

Jung Ho Kang: Possibly the Best Deal on the Free Agent Market

Joe Orsatti

Aug 21, 2018

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

For the past few years, we've all heard about the absurdly talented 2018-19 Major League Baseball free agent class including Bryce Harper, Manny Machado, A.J. Pollock and more. With this class just about two mo...

Assessing the Value of Pirates’ Jung Ho Kang

Jason Kelly

Jun 8, 2018

Pittsburgh Pirates, Rumors

The Pittsburgh Pirates, currently sitting at 31-31 thus far in the 2018 season, may be getting a boost to their lineup in the not-so-distant future. Jung Ho Kang is currently attempting to make his return to th...

Breaking the Ice: David Freese Finds Home with Pirates

Ryan Waterman

Mar 12, 2016

Headlines, Pittsburgh Pirates, Transactions

The ice has finally been broken! After a very quiet offseason, David Freese has finally found a home for the 2016 season. The Pittsburgh Pirates announced on Friday, that the team had inked the veteran third...

Still No Reason to Panic Over Hyun Soo Kim’s Slow Start

Joshua Sadlock

Mar 8, 2016

Baltimore Orioles, Headlines

Scroll way down the Baltimore Orioles' spring-training statistics through eight games. All the way at the bottom, let your eyes settle on the name of Hyun Soo Kim. Through six games and 18 at-bats, the Korean i...

Spring Training Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates

Nick Delahanty

Feb 8, 2016

Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Pittsburgh Pirates

After winning 98 games during the 2015 regular season, the Pittsburgh Pirates playoff hopes were quickly spoiled by Jake Arrieta and the Chicago Cubs in the National League Wild Card one-game playoff. Usuall...

Pittsburgh Pirates: 2016 Offseason Report Card

Matt Wojciak

Feb 5, 2016

Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, National League, National League Central, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions, Pittsburgh Pirates, Transactions

Justin K. Aller/Getty Images North America Usually, when a major-league team wins 98 games in one season, they handily win their division and often will earn home-field advantage throughout the league playo...

What does Hyun-soo Kim bring the Orioles?

Joshua Sadlock

Dec 17, 2015

American League, American League East, Baltimore Orioles, Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

Pending results of a physical, the Baltimore Orioles have agreed to a two-year deal for $7 million with Korean outfielder Hyun-soo Kim. In 10 seasons playing for the Doosan Bears of the KBO, Kim has hit .318/.4...

Another golden era of shortstops may be upon us

Patrick Brewer

Sep 28, 2015

American League, Features, Major League Baseball, National League, Opinions & Predictions

Long gone are the days of Nomar Garciaparra, Alex Rodriguez, and Derek Jeter. Two of the three are retired while the third has been reduced to a full time DH. The late 1990s and early 2000s were a period of dom...

Pirates lose Jung Ho Kang for season

Jamey Vinnick

Sep 18, 2015

Chicago Cubs, Headlines, Injuries, Pittsburgh Pirates

It was already a rough day for the Pittsburgh Pirates after dropping yet another game to Chicago Cubs and watching their wild card lead shrink to just two games. Then more bad news came in, as it was announced ...

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