Monday 3/26 | News, Notes, and Links

  • The Pirates racked up 20 hits (THAT'S A LOT OF HITS!) in a 10-inning defeat of the Houston Astros yesterday. Check out that recap.
  • I wrote a post on Rum Bunter about Casey McGehee. It's complete with a really dumb and poorly created photoshop image. Don't miss it.
  • In case you missed it, Pirates GM Neil Huntington announced yesterday that Pedro Alvarez will make the big league club regardless of his performance for the rest of camp. As long as his knee is healthy he'll be starting against the Phillies on April 5th.
  • If you haven't been listening to the Pirates Roundtable podcast, you're doing it wrong. Subscribe on iTunes. Right now.
  • I wrote this post about Rod Barajas and how many home runs he'll hit in 2012 the other day and there's a good probability that you haven't read it yet.
  • The Pirates face the Baltimore Orioles at 7:05 tonight. Erik Bedard will make the start.