Cory Humes

Two weeks ago, I discussed why I thought the Pirates should trade Ryan Doumit. Part of my argument was focused on the fact that Doumit’s offensive contributions last year surprisingly put him in the same class as Joe Mauer and Brian McCann — baseball’s best-hitting catchers. At the time, I pointed to this post graphing [...]

Last week, Alan Smodic kicked off Pirate Revolution’s positional overviews series with a look at the organization’s catching depth. Today, I’ll start off our profiling of the Pirates’ first basemen by examining the major-league talent. In the fall of 2006, Dave Littlefield was known to have set two goals. He wanted to acquire a veteran [...]

Ryan Doumit could be a Pirate through 2013. I was unhappy with early news that had the catcher receiving a three-year deal with a team option for a fourth season, but I’m pleased with the contract as it’s now reportedly constructed. The upside in deals like these is in buying out free agency years relatively [...]

In the third episode of Pirate Revolution’s podcast, hosts Cory Humes and Nicolas Lewis wrap up the blog’s week-long focus on the team’s catching depth by answering questions posed by Alan Smodic in his positional overview. Will Ryan Doumit be around when this team is a winner? The CHONE projections for 2009 expect Doumit to [...]

Yesterday, Nick talked about several young free agents the Pirates could consider signing in an effort to supplement the core of their current roster. Today, I’ll look at a few of the more expensive options Neal Huntington could pursue. These free agent signings aren’t at all likely. If baseball were played in a spreadsheet, though, [...]