Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Pirates vs. State College Of Florida

It's not really Spring Training until the Pirates play the evil, vile, dastardly heathens that inhabit the State College of Florida. Well this clash of the titans will take place on Friday, February 25th. Here is your lineup, along with their stats from last season.

1. Corey Wimberly 2b - .284/.373/.354 with 56 SB at AAA. (spent last year in Oakland's Organization)
2. Chase d’Arnaud ss - .247/.331/.377 with 33 SB and 48 XBH at AA.
3. Steve Pearce 1b - .326/.424/.535 in 35 AAA games and .276/.395/.414 in 15 MLB games.
4. John Bowker lf - .313/.382/.587 with 18 homers in 76 AAA games and .219/.281/.371 in 67 MLB games.
5. Josh Fields dh - .429/.463/.653 between RK and AA and .306/.320/.490 in 13 MLB games. (spent last year in Kansas City's Organization)
6. Andy Marte 3b - .229/.298/.382 at the MLB level. (spent last year in Cleveland's Organization)
7. Andrew Lambo rf - .272/.334/.397 at AA.
8. Gorkys Hernandez cf - .266/.333/.334 at AA
9. Wyatt Toregas c - .227/.311/.383 between A-, AA, and AAA (spent last year in Cleveland's Organization)

Plenty of legit prospects in this game plus quite a few guys fighting to make the team. This will be a seven inning game with pitchers going 1 inning a piece. Your pitchers are:

1. Aaron Thompson - 5-13, 5.65 ERA between AA-AAA (spent last season in Washington's Organization)
2. Tyler Yates - 7.50 ERA in 15 games in 2009, currently rehabbing from Tommy John
3. Jeff Locke - 12-5, 3.56 ERA between A+ and AA
4. Mike Crotta - 7-10, 4.42 ERA between AA and AAA
5. Justin Wilson - 11-8, 3.09 ERA at AA
6. Kyle McPherson - 9-9, 3.48 ERA between A and A+
7. Rudy Owens - 12-6, 2.46 ERA at AA

Should be a real showdown Friday, blood on the grass type stuff.

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