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The Pittsburgh Pirates organization is looking a lot better over the last few years. They have had 20 Losing season in a row – and are one of the 3 teams to not make the playoffs since the 1994 Player Strike (KC and Toronto) and are the the only National League team to hold this distinction. The club were one of the best franchises around the game of the MLB in the 1970′s. The club has started 13 – 9 in 2013. This pattern has formed over the last few campaigns, – in the NL Central contention until just after the ALL – Star Break – before swooning in 2011 and 2012.
By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): Follow @chuckbooth3024 and welcome Jeff Kleiner (Salary, Roster and Depth Chart Expert for the MLB) – visit his website here Follow @prosportsroster
You guys are all in for a treat. Jeff Kleiner recently contacted me about a partnership merge for the website. He has developed a site (prosportsrosters.com) that covers all organizational affiliates in the Minors for all of the Major League Baseball Clubs. We are going to combine efforts to bring you the best look at salaries, current 25 Man Player Rosters and Depth Charts for all 30 teams.
Jeff is going to provide the documents in form of spreadsheets and I am going to accompany the posts with deep analysis of what the numbers tell us from my perspective. If you can’t wait for all of my assessments for each club, go and visit Jeff’s website over at http://www.prosportsrosters.com.
In Speaking with Jeff, he is one of the more passionate fans I have come across towards the game of baseball. He spends enough time in updating his MLB Facts for it to be a Full-Time Job. So after the usual Video Clip and READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY button, you will find some serious &*!@?!#!
For a Full 3 year Salary Outlook plus last years Stats for every player in the Pirates Organization click here
Pittsburgh Pirates Look at Buc Nation 3 Videos:

Neal Huntington was named General Manager by the Pirates in 2007 and has yet to produce a winning season. However his Trade and Draft History have definitely helped the club make strides towards respectability. We are going to do a Roster Tree for the hitters and pitchers over the next few weeks – to show you the progress made.
All of the player in the Organization Minors and Majors
Pittsburgh | |||||||
Pirates (Pro Level) | |||||||
CEO | Bob Nutting | Team Salary | |||||
GM- | Neal Huntington | ||||||
MGR- | Clint Hurdle | YEAR | $ Signed | ||||
PCO- | Ray Searage | 2013 | $79.5 MIIL | ||||
HCO- | Jay Bell | 2014 | $43.9 MIL | ||||
1BCO- | Luis Silverio | 2015 | $14.0 MIL | ||||
3BCO- | Nick Leyva | 40 | 40 man roster | ||||
BHCO- | Jeff Banister | 25 | 25 man roster | ||||
BPCO- | Euclides Rojas | 12 | |||||
PITCHERS | LEV | MiL | ST | INJ | AGE | 2013 SALARY | |
SP1- | Wandy Rodriguez | ML | 6 | 34 | $13,500,000 | ||
SP2- | A.J. Burnett | ML | 5 | 35 | $16,500,000 | ||
SP3- | James McDonald | ML | 8 | OOO | 29 | $3,025,000 | |
SP4- | Charlie Morton | ML | 9 | OOO | 15 | 30 | $2,000,000 |
SP5- | Jeff Karstens | ML | 5 | OOO | 15 | 31 | $2,500,000 |
SP6- | Jeanmar Gomez | ML | 5 | OOO | 25 | $500,000 | |
SP7- | Francisco Liriano | ML | 6 | 15 | 31 | $1,000,000 | |
SP8- | Jeff Locke | ML | 5 | 26 | $497,500 | ||
SP9- | Justin Wilson | ML | 2 | 26 | $493,500 | ||
SPS- | Vin Mazzaro | ML | 5 | 27 | |||
RHMR- | |||||||
LHMR- | Jonathan Sanchez | ML | 4 | OOO | 31 | $1,375,000 | |
RHSU- | Jared Hughes | ML | 5 | 28 | $504,500 | ||
RHSU- | Chris Leroux | ML | 5 | OOO | DFA | 29 | $502,000 |
RHSU- | Mark Melancon | ML | 4 | OOO | 27 | $521,000 | |
LHSU- | Tony Watson | ML | 4 | 28 | $505,500 | ||
CL- | Jason Grilli | ML | 9 | OOO | 37 | $2,500,000 | |
13 | $45,924,000 | ||||||
POSITION PLAYERS | LEV | MiL | ST | INJ | AGE | 2013 SALARY | |
C- | Russell Martin | ML | 4 | 29 | $7,500,000 | ||
1B- | Garrett Jones | ML | 11 | OOO | 32 | $4,500,000 | |
2B- | Neil Walker | ML | 7 | 28 | $3,300,000 | ||
SS- | Clint Barmes | ML | 6 | 34 | $5,500,000 | ||
3B- | Pedro Alvarez | ML | 2 | 26 | $700,000 | ||
LF- | Travis Snider | ML | 4 | OOO | 25 | $505,000 | |
CF- | Andrew McCutchen | ML | 5 | 27 | $4,708,333 | ||
RF- | |||||||
C- | Michael McKenry | ML | 5 | 29 | $505,000 | ||
1B- | Gaby Sanchez | ML | 5 | 30 | $1,750,000 | ||
3B- | Brandon Inge | ML | 4 | 36 | $1,250,000 | ||
UTL- | John McDonald | ML | 6 | 39 | $1,500,000 | ||
UTL- | Chase D’Arnaud | ML | 3 | 60 | 26 | $493,000 | |
OF- | Jose Tabata | ML | 6 | OOO | 25 | $916,667 | |
OF- | Starling Marte | ML | 4 | 25 | $500,000 | ||
10 | 5 | $33,628,000 | |||||
AAA | Indianapolis Indians (INT) | ||||||
CEO- | Max B. Schumacher | ||||||
GM- | Cal Burleson | ||||||
MGR- | Dean Treanor | ||||||
PCO- | Tom Filer | ||||||
HCO- | Jeff Branson | ||||||
PITCHERS | LEV | MiL | ST | INJ | AGE | 2013 SALARY | |
SP1- | Brooks Brown | AAA | 5 | 28 | SIGNED | ||
SP2- | Gerrit Cole | AAA | 0 | 23 | SIGNED | ||
SP3- | Erik Cordier | AAA | 7 | 27 | SIGNED | ||
SP4- | Stolmy Pimentel | ML | 4 | 22 | SIGNED | ||
SP5- | Kyle McPherson | ML | 4 | 26 | $500,000 | ||
SP6- | Daniel Cabrera | AAA | 7 | 32 | SIGNED | ||
SP7- | Phillip Irwin | ML | 2 | 26 | |||
SPS- | |||||||
RHMR- | Bryan Morris | ML | 0 | 26 | |||
RHMR | Jose Contreras | AAA | 1 | 41 | SIGNED | ||
RHMR | Ryan Reid | AAA | 5 | 28 | SIGNED | ||
RHMR- | Bryan Morris | ML | 0 | 26 | $500,000 | ||
RHMR- | Ethan Hollingsworth | AAA | 3 | 26 | SIGNED | ||
LHMR- | Andrew Oliver | ML | 1 | 26 | $500,000 | ||
RHSU- | Roman Colon | AAA | 12 | 34 | SIGNED | ||
RHSU- | Duke Welker | ML | 4 | 27 | NON-ARB1 | ||
RHSU- | Kyle Waldrop | AAA | 7 | 29 | SIGNED | ||
LHSU- | Kris Johnson | AAA | 5 | 29 | SIGNED | ||
LHSU- | Michael Zagurski | AAA | 5 | OOO | 30 | SIGNED | |
CL- | |||||||
POSITION PLAYERS | LEV | MiL | ST | INJ | AGE | 2013 SALARY | |
C- | |||||||
1B- | Matt Curry | AAA | 1 | 25 | SIGNED | ||
2B- | |||||||
SS- | Anderson Hernandez | AAA | 11 | 31 | SIGNED | ||
3B- | Ivan De Jesus | AAA | 6 | OOO | 26 | NON ARB2 | |
LF- | Jeff Larish | AAA | 6 | 31 | SIGNED | ||
CF- | Jerry Sands | ML | 3 | 26 | SIGNED | ||
RF- | Darren Ford | AAA | 6 | 28 | SIGNED | ||
DH- | |||||||
C- | Lucas May | AAA | 8 | 29 | SIGNED | ||
C- | Ramon Cabrera | AAA | 3 | 24 | NON-ARB1 | ||
C- | Tony Sanchez | ML | 2 | 25 | SIGNED | ||
C- | Ali Solis | AAA | 6 | 26 | SIGNED | ||
C- | Kris Watts | AAA | 5 | 29 | SIGNED | ||
C- | Brian Esposito | AAA | 11 | 34 | SIGNED | ||
1B- | Matt Hague | AAA | 2 | 28 | SIGNED | ||
3B- | Jordy Mercer | ML | 2 | 27 | $500,000 | ||
3B- | Josh Harrison | ML | 3 | 26 | $503,000 | ||
UTL- | |||||||
UTL- | |||||||
OF- | Alex Presley | ML | 5 | 28 | $500,000 | ||
OF- | Brett Carroll | AAA | 6 | OOO | 31 | SIGNED | |
OF- | Jared Goedert | AAA | 5 | 28 | SIGNED | ||
OF- | Alex Valdez | AAA | 8 | 29 | SIGNED | ||
OF- | Felix Pie | AAA | 7 | 28 | SIGNED | ||
AA | Altoona Curve (EAS) | ||||||
CEO- | David Lozinak | ||||||
GM- | Rob Egan | ||||||
MGR- | Carlos Garcia | ||||||
PCO- | Jeff Johnson | ||||||
HCO- | Ryan Long | ||||||
PITCHERS | LEV | MiL | ST | INJ | AGE | 2013 SALARY | |
SP1- | Aaron Pribanic | AA | 3 | 27 | |||
SP2- | Michael Colla | AA | 3 | 27 | SIGNED | ||
SP3- | Nathan Baker | AA | 2 | 26 | SIGNED | ||
SP4- | Brandon Cumpton | AA | 0 | 25 | |||
SP5- | Jameson Taillon | AA | 0 | 22 | SIGNED | ||
SPS- | Jeff Inman | AA | 1 | 26 | SIGNED | ||
RHMR- | Tim Alderson | AA | 4 | 25 | SIGNED | ||
RHMR- | David Bromberg | AA | 26 | SIGNED | |||
LHMR- | Jhonathan Ramos | AA | 4 | 24 | SIGNED | ||
RHSU | Kyle Kaminska | AA | 4 | 25 | |||
RHSU- | Victor Black | ML | 2 | 25 | SIGNED | ||
LHSU- | Philippe Valiquette | AA | 6 | 26 | SIGNED | ||
CL- | Ryan Beckman | AA | 2 | 23 | |||
POSITION PLAYERS | LEV | MiL | ST | INJ | AGE | 2013 SALARY | |
C- | Rudy Pena | AA | 7 | 34 | |||
1B- | |||||||
2B- | Kelson Brown | AA | 1 | 26 | SIGNED | ||
SS- | |||||||
3B- | |||||||
LF- | Quincy Latimore | AA | 4 | 24 | |||
CF- | Evan Chambers | AA | 2 | 24 | |||
RF- | Adalberto Santos | AA | 1 | 26 | SIGNED | ||
DH- | |||||||
C- | Brian Jeroloman | AA | 28 | SIGNED | |||
C- | Miguel Perez | AA | 10 | 30 | SIGNED | ||
C- | Devin Ivany | AA | 7 | 31 | |||
C- | Charles Cutler | AA | 3 | 27 | SIGNED | ||
C- | Luis Alberto Sanz | AA | 3 | 22 | SIGNED | ||
1B- | |||||||
3B- | Stefan Welch | AA | 6 | 25 | SIGNED | ||
UTL- | Keoni De Renne | AA | 10 | 34 | SIGNED | ||
UTL- | Oscar Tejeda | AA | 4 | 24 | SIGNED | ||
UTL- | Andrew Maggi | AA | 0 | 24 | SIGNED | ||
UTL- | Jarek Cunningham | AA | 3 | 24 | SIGNED | ||
OF- | Miles Durham | AA | 5 | 30 | SIGNED | ||
OF- | Austin McClune | AA | 5 | 26 | SIGNED | ||
OF- | Anthony Norman | AA | 4 | 29 | SIGNED | ||
OF- | Andrew Lambo | AA | 4 | 25 | SIGNED | ||
A+ | Bradenton Marauders (FSL) | ||||||
CEO- | |||||||
GM- | Trevor Gooby | ||||||
MGR- | Carlos Garcia | ||||||
PCO- | Mike Steele | ||||||
HCO- | Kory DeHaan | ||||||
PITCHERS | LEV | MiL | ST | INJ | AGE | 2013 SALARY | |
SP1- | Tyler Waldron | A+ | 1 | 24 | |||
SP2- | Eliecer Navarro | A+ | 4 | 26 | SIGNED | ||
SP3- | Matt Benedict | A+ | 0 | 24 | |||
SP4- | |||||||
SP5- | |||||||
SPS- | Luis Angel Sanz | A+ | 5 | 26 | SIGNED | ||
RHMR- | Zachary Foster | A+ | 3 | 26 | SIGNED | ||
RHMR- | Casey Sadler | A+ | 1 | 23 | |||
LHMR- | Josh Poytress | A+ | 0 | 23 | |||
RHSU- | Quinton Miller | A+ | 2 | 24 | |||
RHSU- | Kenn Kasparek | A+ | 3 | 28 | |||
LHSU- | |||||||
CL- | Jason Townsend | A+ | 1 | 25 | SIGNED | ||
CL- | Zach Thornton | A+ | 1 | 25 | SIGNED | ||
POSITION PLAYERS | LEV | MiL | ST | INJ | AGE | 2013 SALARY | |
C- | Carlos Paulino | A+ | 3 | 24 | |||
1B- | Alex Dickerson | A+ | 0 | 23 | |||
2B- | Benji Gonzalez | A+ | 3 | 23 | SIGNED | ||
SS- | Kirk Singer | A+ | 0 | 24 | SIGNED | ||
3B- | Elevys Gonzalez | A+ | 3 | 24 | |||
LF- | |||||||
CF- | |||||||
RF- | Mel Rojas | A+ | 1 | 23 | SIGNED | ||
DH- | Justin Howard | A+ | 1 | 26 | |||
C- | Kawika Emsley-Pai | A+ | 1 | 25 | SIGNED | ||
1B- | |||||||
3B- | |||||||
UTL- | |||||||
UTL- | Gift Ngoepe | A+ | 2 | 23 | SIGNED | ||
OF- | Carlos Mesa | A+ | 0 | 25 | SIGNED | ||
OF- | Andy Vasquez | A+ | 4 | 26 | SIGNED | ||
OF- | Dan Grovatt | A+ | 0 | 25 | SIGNED | ||
A | West Virginia Power (SAL) | ||||||
CEO- | |||||||
GM- | Andy Milovich | ||||||
MGR- | Rick Schofield | ||||||
PCO- | William Glen | ||||||
HCO- | Edgar Varela | ||||||
PITCHERS | LEV | MiL | ST | INJ | AGE | 2013 SALARY | |
SP1- | Nicholas Kingham | A | 0 | 23 | |||
SP2- | Zack Dodson | A | 1 | 23 | |||
SP3- | Zachary Fuesser | A | 2 | 23 | |||
SP4- | Ryan Hafner | A | 0 | 22 | |||
SP5- | Robby Rowland | A | 1 | 22 | |||
SP6- | Zack Von Rosenberg | A | 1 | 23 | |||
SPS- | Mike Jefferson | A | 0 | 24 | |||
RHMR- | |||||||
LHMR- | Porfirio Lopez | A | 3 | 23 | |||
RHSU- | Joan Montero | A | 1 | 25 | |||
RHSU- | Nathan Kilcrease | A | 0 | 24 | |||
LHSU- | Rinku Singh | A | 2 | 25 | |||
CL- | Robert Kilcrease | A | 0 | 24 | |||
POSITION PLAYERS | LEV | MiL | ST | INJ | AGE | 2013 SALARY | |
C- | Elias Diaz | A | 2 | 23 | SIGNED | ||
1B- | Jose Osuna | A | 1 | 21 | |||
2B- | Alen Hanson | A | 1 | 21 | SIGNED | ||
SS- | Ashley Ponce | A | 2 | 22 | SIGNED | ||
3B- | Dan Gamache | A | 0 | 23 | SIGNED | ||
LF- | Chris Lashmet | A | 0 | 24 | |||
CF- | Gregory Polanco | A | 2 | 22 | SIGNED | ||
RF- | Willy Garcia | A | 1 | 21 | SIGNED | ||
DH- | |||||||
C- | Francisco Diaz | A | 4 | 23 | |||
1B- | Carlos Aponte | A | 2 | 22 | |||
3B- | Eric Avila | A | 4 | 23 | SIGNED | ||
UTL- | |||||||
UTL- | |||||||
OF- | Junior Sosa | A | 3 | 23 | SIGNED | ||
OF- | Taylor Lewis | A | 0 | 24 | SIGNED | ||
OF- | Raul Fortunato | A | 1 | 23 | SIGNED | ||
OF- | Josh Bell | A | 0 | 21 | |||
A- | Jamestown Jammers (NYP) | ||||||
CEO- | |||||||
GM- | |||||||
MGR- | Dave Turgeon | ||||||
PCO- | Justin Meccage | ||||||
HCO- | Dave Howard | ||||||
PITCHERS | LEV | MiL | ST | INJ | AGE | 2013 SALARY | |
SP1- | Jason Creasy | A- | 0 | 21 | |||
SP2- | Clay Holmes | A- | 0 | 20 | |||
SP3- | Luis Heredia | A- | 0 | 19 | |||
SP4- | Jake Burnette | A- | 0 | 21 | |||
SP5- | Joely Rodriguez | A- | 2 | 23 | |||
SP6- | Clario Perez | A- | 2 | 21 | |||
SP7- | Wei-Chung Wang | A- | 21 | ||||
SPS- | Adrian Sampson | A- | 0 | 22 | |||
SPS- | Jordan Cooper | A- | 0 | 23 | |||
RHMR- | Kevin Kleis | A- | 1 | 22 | |||
RHMR- | Logan Pevny | A- | 1 | 21 | |||
RHMR- | Lance Breedlove | A- | 0 | 23 | |||
RHMR- | John Kuchno | A- | 0 | 22 | |||
LHMR- | Dalton Friend | A- | 0 | 23 | |||
LHMR- | Justin Ennis | A- | 1 | 25 | |||
LHMR- | Orlando Castro | A- | 1 | 21 | |||
RHSU- | Pat Ludwig | A- | 0 | 24 | |||
LHSU- | Josh Smith | A- | 0 | 24 | |||
LHSU- | Orlando Castro | A- | 1 | 21 | |||
LHSU- | Thomas Harlan | A- | 0 | 23 | |||
CL- | Kyle Haynes | A- | 0 | 22 | |||
CL- | Emmanuel De Leon | A- | 3 | 23 | |||
POSITION PLAYERS | LEV | MiL | ST | INJ | AGE | 2013 SALARY | |
C- | Jacob Stallings | A- | 0 | 24 | SIGNED | ||
1B- | Samuel Gonzalez | A- | 2 | 24 | |||
2B- | Jodaneli Carvajal | A- | 2 | 21 | |||
SS- | Chris Diaz | A- | 0 | 23 | |||
3B- | Yhonathan Barrios | A- | 2 | 22 | |||
LF- | Alex Fuselier | A- | 0 | 24 | |||
CF- | Walker Gourley | A- | 2 | 22 | |||
RF- | Barrett Barnes | A- | 0 | 22 | |||
DH- | |||||||
C- | Jonathan Schwind | A- | 0 | 23 | |||
C- | Ryan Hornback | A- | 0 | 22 | |||
C- | Derek Trent | A- | 0 | 24 | |||
1B- | Jared Lakind | A- | 0 | 21 | |||
1B- | Dave Valesente | A- | 0 | 25 | SIGNED | ||
3B- | |||||||
UTL- | D.J. Crumlich | A- | 0 | 23 | |||
UTL- | |||||||
OF- | Tyler Gaffney | A- | 0 | 22 | |||
OF- | Gavi Nivar | A- | 2 | 24 | |||
2013 Baseball America’s Top Ten Prospects | |||||||
1 | Gerrit Cole, rhp | ||||||
2 | Jameson Taillon, rhp | ||||||
3 | Luis Heredia, rhp | ||||||
4 | Gregory Polanco, of | ||||||
5 | Alen Hanson, ss | ||||||
6 | Josh Bell, of | ||||||
7 | Kyle McPherson, rhp | ||||||
8 | Justin Wilson, lhp | ||||||
9 | Barrett Barnes, of | ||||||
10 | Clay Holmes, rhp | ||||||
2012 Baseball America’s Top Ten Prospects | |||||||
1 | Gerrit Cole, rhp | ||||||
2 | Jameson Taillon, rhp | ||||||
3 | Josh Bell, of | ||||||
4 | Starling Marte, of | ||||||
5 | Luis Heredia, rhp | ||||||
6 | Kyle McPherson, rhp | ||||||
7 | Tony Sanchez, c | ||||||
8 | Robbie Grossman, of | ||||||
9 | Stetson Allie, rhp | ||||||
10 | Jeff Locke, lhp | ||||||
2011 Baseball America’s Top Ten Prospects | |||||||
1 | Jameson Taillon, rhp | A | |||||
2 | Tony Sanchez, c | AA | |||||
3 | Stetson Allie, rhp | A- | |||||
4 | Starling Marte, of | AA | |||||
5 | Luis Heredia, rhp | RK | |||||
6 | Bryan Morris, rhp | AA | |||||
7 | Rudy Owens, lhp | AAA | |||||
8 | Jeff Locke, lhp | AA | |||||
9 | Zack Von Rosenberg, rhp | A | |||||
10 | Chase d’Arnaud, ss/2b | ML | |||||
2010 Baseball America’s Top Ten Prospects | |||||||
1 | Pedro Alvarez, 3b | ||||||
2 | Jose Tabata, of | ||||||
3 | Tony Sanchez, c | ||||||
4 | Brad Lincoln, rhp | ||||||
5 | Chase D’Arnaud, ss/2b | ||||||
6 | Starling Marte, of | ||||||
7 | Tim Alderson, rhp | ||||||
8 | Zack Von Rosenberg, rhp | ||||||
9 | Rudy Owens, lhp | ||||||
10 | Gorkys Hernandez, of |

The Pirates won 3 Straight NL East Titles from 1990 – 1992. It was a team that was led by Barry Bonds and Bobby Bonilla. They lost in 3 Straight NLCS Appearances (2 to Atlanta and 1 to Cincinnati). The fans are hoping for an over .500 Record first in 2013, then maybe a Post Season Birth.
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Authors for this post:
Jeff Kleiner: ”I have been a sports fan since the first Baseball game I went to at Comisky Park in Chicago in 1959, when baseball for me turned from black and white to color. I have attended or watched thousands of games, always paying attention to statistics, rosters and salaries of all professional sports.
Luckily I had the advantage of watching WGN TV and seeing hundreds of games in the 60′s. Collecting Baseball Cards and then later dealing them gave me an extra sense of the sport, both good and bad.” For all of your Salaries, Roster and Depth Charts for all 4 Major Sports (entire organization – Minors and Majors) click here or Follow Me on twitter Follow @prosportsroster
Chuck Booth - Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner and author of the Fastest 30 Ballgames: To learn more about my “The Fastest 30 Ballgames Book” and how to purchase it, click here .
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