2014 OSFM: Pittsburgh Pirates

[KHarmo88]

I know there's no release date yet, but I figured I'd get this posted so we can start looking into the rosters and get ready for Spring Training!

[dbacks_Nation]

Re: 2014 OSFM: Pittsburgh Pirates

Have you started working on them yet?

[KHarmo88]

Re: 2014 OSFM: Pittsburgh Pirates

Have you started working on them yet?

I have not. I was hoping to light a fire under some of the guys to get them in here haha

[GoBucs09]

Re: 2014 OSFM: Pittsburgh Pirates

My current predictions for the Pirates 90 man Roster. Players who will need to be created will have a (potential)

MLB Pittsburgh Pirates

C Martin
C Sanchez, T.
C Stewart (15 day IR)
1B Sanchez, G.
1B Ishikawa
2B Walker
SS Mercer
SS Barmes
3B Alvarez
3B Harrison
LF Marte
CF McCutchen
RF Tabata
RF Snider

SP Liriano
SP Cole
SP Morton
SP Volquez
SP Rodriguez

LR Gomez
MR Pimentel
MR Morris
MR Wilson
SU Watson
SU Melancon
CL Grilli

AAA Indianapolis Indians

C Paulino (C)
C Ashley (D)
C Santos (D)
1B McGuiness
1B Hague (C)
2B Martinez
SS d'Arnaud (C)
SS Davis (D)
SS Andino
3B Morel
3B/OF Santos (C)
LF Dickerson
CF Polanco (A)
RF Lambo
RF Decker

SP Taillon (A) (15 day IR)
SP Locke < Still on ML roster but on DL, will rehab in Indy
SP Irwin
SP Oliver (C)
SP Cumpton
SP Sadler (C)
SP Worley

SP Wilk (C)
IR SP McPherson (C) < Will be on IR till probably June/July recovering from TJ


MR Kinney (C)
MR Schlerth (C)
MR Brigham (C)
MR Yang (C)
MR Mazzaro ?
SU Hughes
SU Welker
CL Thornton (C)

Possible alternates in the Indy bullpen:
Jackson, Eppley, Ramirez, Balester

AA Altoona Curve

C Diaz, E. (C)
C Henriquez (D)
1B Allie (C) - DL EST
1B Howard (C)
2B Ngoepe (C)
2B Vasquez (C)
SS Hanson (A)
SS Maggi (D)
3B Cunningham (C)
3B Brown (D)
LF Garcia (C)
CF Rojas (C)
CF Sosa (C)
RF Broxton (C)

SP Kingham (B)
SP Rodriguez, J. (C)
SP Sampson (C)
SP Dodson (D)
SP Morris A.J. (C)
SP Benedict (C)
SP Sample (D)

MR De Leon (C)
MR Beckman (C)
MR Ramos (C)
MR Montero (C)
MR Kasparek (C)

A Low Minors

C Stallings (C)
C McGuire (B) High B, maybe Low A
SS Frazier (C)
3B Mathisen (B)
SS/CF Jones, JaCoby (C) maybe Low B
CF/LF Meadows (A)
CF Ramirez (B)
CF De La Cruz (B)
LF Barnes (C)
RF Bell (B)

SP Glasnow (A)
SP Heredia (B)
SP Holmes (B) Low B
SP Taylor (B) Low B, maybe High C
SP Dickson (C)
SP Creasy (C)


Extras

C Jhang (C)
1B Osuna (D)
2B Gamanche (C)
SS Moroff (C)
SS Gonzalez, B. (D)
LF Gourley (C)
CF Escobar (C)
OF Roy (C)

SP Ludwig (C)
SP Rowland (C) Also had a bad year last year.

MR Baker (D)


CUT or Injured?

1B Curry (D) - Was at the Double A level

SP Pribanic (C)

MR Waldron (D)
MR Townsend (C)
MR Miller (C)
MR Inman (C)

[GoBucs09]

Re: 2014 OSFM: Pittsburgh Pirates

Pirates top prospects by potential

A Potential Prospects:

CF Gregory Polanco (High to Mid A)
SP Jameson Taillon (Mid A)
SP Tyler Glasnow (Mid A)
OF Austin Meadows (Mid to Low A)
SS Alen Hanson (Low A)

B Potential Prospects:

SP Nick Kingham (High B)
C Reese McGuire (High B)
OF Josh Bell (Mid B)
SP Luis Heredia (Mid B)
OF Harold Ramirez (Low B)
SP Clay Holmes (Low B to High C)
SP Blake Taylor (Low B to High C)
3B Wyatt Mathisen (Low B to High C)
OF Michael De La Cruz (Low B to High C)

C Potential Prospects (Maybe Low B Potential):

SP Joely Rodriguez (High C to Low B)
SP Cody Dickson (High C)
OF Barrett Barnes (High C)
OF JaCoby Jones (High C)
SP Jason Creasy (High C)
C Jin-De Jhang (High C)

[tree3five]

Re: 2014 OSFM: Pittsburgh Pirates

Looks good GoBucs. I agree with pretty much everything.

[KHarmo88]

Re: 2014 OSFM: Pittsburgh Pirates

Looks good GoBucs. I agree with pretty much everything.

And there he is... haha!

Did everyone get a PS4?

[pirates1fan]

Re: 2014 OSFM: Pittsburgh Pirates

Those rosters looked good. I got my PS4.

[KHarmo88]

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Per Piratesprospects.com:

"According to Baseball America, the Pittsburgh Pirates have signed outfielder Quincy Latimore to a minor league contract. He spent the first six seasons of his career in the Pirates system after they took him in the fourth round of the 2007 amateur draft out of high school. Latimore just turned 25 this week. He has a career .248/.310/.409 slash line over 732 games. In 2010 for Bradenton, he hit .266 with 19 homers and 100 RBIs."

"The Pittsburgh Pirates have announced the signing of catcher Omir Santos to a minor league deal that comes with an invite to Spring Training. The 32-year-old has played parts of five seasons in the majors, spending this last year with the Cleveland Indians. He played just one game in the majors last year, spending the rest of the season in AAA, where he had a .639 OPS in 61 games. In his major league career, he has a .248/.280/.363 slash line in 122 games."

[GoBucs09]

Re: 2014 OSFM: Pittsburgh Pirates

Thanks Kharmo88, I made the update to the 90 man roster post.

Not sure how it's all going to play out so right now the Triple and Double A teams have an extra player or two.

Santos may end up being a player/coach in Triple A if Sanchez doesn't get much playing time in the majors this year.

I expect Latimore to be the 4th outfilder in Double A.

[KHarmo88]

Re: 2014 OSFM: Pittsburgh Pirates

Not sure if this helps or makes any impact on the OSFM Pirates rankings, but figured I'd get this little recap together.


Pittsburgh Pirates in Top 100 Prospects Rankings


Gregory Polanco:
Baseball America - #10
Baseball Prospectus - #24
Fangraphs - #17
Keith Law - #13
MLB.com - #13

Jameson Taillon:
Baseball America - #22
Baseball Prospectus - #19
Fangraphs - #20
Keith Law - #27
MLB.com - #16

Tyler Glasnow:
Baseball America: #46
Baseball Prospectus - #42
Fangraphs - #43
Keith Law - #20
MLB.com - #27

Austin Meadows:
Baseball America - #49
Baseball Prospectus - #89
Fangraphs - #48
Keith Law - #35
MLB.com - #45

Alen Hanson:
Baseball America - #76
Baseball Prospectus - #NR
Fangraphs - #74
Keith Law - #74
MLB.com - #67

Nick Kingham:
Baseball America - #64
Baseball Prospectus - #80
Fangraphs - #75
Keith Law - #73
MLB.com - #NR

Reese McGuire:
Baseball America - #81
Baseball Prospectus - #59
Fangraphs - #90
Keith Law - #NR
MLB.com - #NR

Josh Bell:
Baseball America - #NR
Baseball Prospectus - #77
Fangraphs - #NR
Keith Law - #97
MLB.com - #74

[KHarmo88]

Re: 2014 OSFM: Pittsburgh Pirates

http://players.piratesprospects.com/depth-chart

Just an organizational chart put together by Tim at piratesprospects.com

[KHarmo88]

Re: 2014 OSFM: Pittsburgh Pirates

Well AJ Burnett is officially gone - signed with the Phillies.

[KHarmo88]

Re: 2014 OSFM: Pittsburgh Pirates

Hey guys. Just wanted to get your opinions on the information released today. I haven't had a chance to check all sources yet, but was any information released that will impact the creation of players for OSFM?

[tree3five]

Re: 2014 OSFM: Pittsburgh Pirates

Hey guys. Just wanted to get your opinions on the information released today. I haven't had a chance to check all sources yet, but was any information released that will impact the creation of players for OSFM?

I am bummed that the PS3 version won't be out until April 1st. I understand they had a lot to do on the PS4 and maybe they got behind on all platforms. I will be sticking with PS3 for this year and probably next year. I hope to get a PS4 soon though.

Bad news is we probably won't get OSFM until late April/early May.

Good news is that by April 1st the MLB and MiLB rosters will be final and we wont have to do any guess work.