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Jason Beck
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MLB: Tigers
28m
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Casey Mize came to Spring Training looking to win a rotation spot. He knew better than to try to do that with his first outing. He learned that from his last time here. One year after Mize allowed runs but closed strong in his...
... fter an 0-2 fastball just missed the outside corner, but he recovered to fan Jacob Stallings on three pitches, capped by a 95 mph fastball. A two-out walk to Oneil Cruz ...
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Chris McCosky, The Detroit News
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Detroit News
2h
Casey Mize needed 45 pitches to get through two innings in his spring debut Monday. He didn't all a hit and struck out three.
... nging at anything spinning. The adjustment: Mize struck out the next hitter, Jacob Stallings, on three straight fastballs. By doing that, he made the Pirates hitters hon ...
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Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press
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Detroit Free Press
2h
Casey Mize pitched two scoreless innings, with three strikeouts, and Spencer Torkelson made his spring training debut in Detroit Tigers' win
... e splitter for the final out in the first frame. The 23-year-old punched out Jacob Stallings (on three straight fastballs) in the second inning and ripped a heater past ...
by:
Tim Dierkes
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MLB Trade Rumors
7h
The full list of MLB players who are currently out of minor league options.
... Roman Quinn, CF Pirates Michael Feliz, P Erik Gonzalez, SS Chris Stratton, P Jacob Stallings, C Carson Fulmer, P Anthony Alford, CF Dustin Fowler, CF Rangers Mike Foltyn ...
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Tyler Wells
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The Cold Wire
1 Mar
The Pittsburgh Pirates were the worst team in the MLB during the 2020 season. Here is an early look at their projected 2021 lineup.
... 3B Colin Moran, 1B Bryan Reynolds, OF Gregory Polanco, OF Anthony Alford, OF Jacob Stallings, C Kevin Newman, SS Clearly, this group is far from being one of the best of ...
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Chris Adamski
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Tribune-Review
28 Feb
Kevin Newman is both the answer to the questions of who will be the Pittsburgh Pirates first 2021 starting shortstop and to who will take their first at-bat of the Grapefruit League season. Newman is in the leadoff spot for Sunday’s 1:05 p.m....
... an acquisition, Tony Wolters, will start at catcher in lieu of No. 1 catcher Jacob Stallings. Stallings and Frazier and appear to be the only assured projected Opening D ...
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Kevin Gorman
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Tribune-Review
26 Feb
The Pittsburgh Pirates aren’t going to pretend that their corner outfielders didn’t bat below the Mendoza Line in 2020. Right fielder Gregory Polanco and left fielder Bryan Reynolds just don’t want anyone to think that playing amid...
... rdly alone, as no Pirates who played in at least 25 games batted higher than Jacob Stallings at .248. Only Ke’Bryan Hayes (.376 in 24 games) and Phillip Evans (.359 in 1 ...
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Athlon Sports
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Athlon Sports
25 Feb
The Major League Baseball season was shortened to 60 games from 162 in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it still felt like an eternity for......
... an Reynolds (S) RF Gregory Polanco (L) CF Anthony Alford (R) C Jacob Stallings (R) SS Erik Gonzalez (R) BENCH C Tony Wolters (L) UT Kevin New ...
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Nicholas Caporoso
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Fansided: Rum Bunter
22 Feb
The Pittsburgh Pirates have been in a rebuilding process. One player who was expected to be traded this offseason looks to be the starting second baseman...
... 2B. If you're penciling in a starting lineup, Shelton has said the same for Jacob Stallings at C, Ke'Bryan Hayes at 3B, Gregory Polanco in RF, Bryan Reynolds in LF/CF & ...
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Kevin Gorman
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Tribune-Review
22 Feb
Brian Goodwin aced his first test as a Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder with the answer to why he was willing to sign with the team that finished with the worst record in baseball last season. “I don’t really see a reason to not like the opportunity...
... o from former North Carolina teammates first baseman Colin Moran and catcher Jacob Stallings. Asked for a memory of Stallings, Goodwin cracked, “That’s a long time ago. ...
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Robert Kelley
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SB Nation: Bucs Dugout
22 Feb
For some time now, I’ve been lamenting the lack of catching prospects in the Pirates minor league system. Last year, I was banging the drum for Ben Cherington to acquire former Oakland prospect...
... in the way of clarification in terms of who might be behind home plate once Jacob Stallings moves on, at least in the short-term. Perhaps one of these four will serve a ...
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David Laurila
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FanGraphs
21 Feb
Plus Jacob Stallings on approach, AJ Hinch on backstops, Braden Shewmake on Sundays, Anderson Espinoza is only 22, and more.
... still don’t. The 1980s Cardinals they’re not. ——— Sticking with the Pirates, Jacob Stallings had a slightly different offensive profile last year. The 31-year-old defens ...
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Nathan_Hursh
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SB Nation: Bucs Dugout
20 Feb
This past week, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed LHP Tyler Anderson to a major league deal. They also signed infielder Todd Frazier to a minor league deal with an invite to Spring Training. Anderson’s...
... two of the only three Pirates at Spring Training who were born in the 1980s. Jacob Stallings is the other. For the time being, these players will go about their business ...
by:
Kevin Gorman
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Tribune-Review
19 Feb
Now that Steven Brault has solidified a spot in the starting rotation, the Pittsburgh Pirates left-hander can’t contain his excitement. He even used the word with the frequency which he used to throw his fastball. “I’m excited. There’s no other way...
... is learning to trust his off-speed stuff, as well as his catcher. He allowed Jacob Stallings to call every pitch in the complete game against the Cardinals, deciding bef ...