A great Article on the Bucs

[evolver115]

Pirates battle perception, plus painful reality

7. The window is too short.

Five or six years of those position players -- plus others on the way, such as catching prospect Tony Sanchez -- still begs the question: What about pitching?

The Pirates' best pitching prospects --Jameson Taillon, Luis Heredia and Stetson Allie -- are 20 or younger, and might be several years away.

"We've got a lot of pitchers ready to cut their teeth in the majors later this season," Huntington said. "It's not like we've got a six-year gap separating our pitchers from our position-player group. The misunderstanding about our pitching is that it's all 16-19 years old. The reality is that we're pleased with Rudy Owens, Bryan Morris, Jeff Locke, Justin Wilson and Brad Lincoln, who are much closer."

A closer look at 2010 season:

Rudy Owens - AA | 12W-6L | 2.46ERA | 150IP | 23BB | 132K's

Bryan Morris - AA | 6W-4L | 4.25ERA | 89IP | 31BB | 84K's

Jeff Locke - AA | 3W-2L | 3.59ERA | 57IP | 12BB | 56K's

Justin Wilson - AA | 11W-8L | 3.09ERA | 142IP | 71BB | 134K's

Brad Lincoln - PBC | 1W-4L | 6.66ERA | 56IP | 15BB | 25K's


There definitely is potential there. Other than Lincoln..... Owens, Morris, Locke and Wilson should be either at AAA already, or shortly on their way there. Linc is already in AAA, and probably will be up with the PBC if an injury or two occurs to the top 5 in the rotation.

Maybe there is some faint light at the end of the tunnel.

 

[TOX1]

Seen this, thought I'd share..