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Old 06-09-2018, 11:22 PM   #172
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AL Jackie Robinson Award:

1. Bernie Allen, 2B/3B, 22, DET
2. Brian Jordan, LF/CF/RF, 24, PHA
3. Bert Dorr, RHRP, 19, NYY
4. Joel Youngblood, 2B/3B/LF/CF/RF, 25, CLE

NL Jackie Robinson Award:

1. Jim Landis, CF/RF, 22, STL
2. Bill Hoffer, RHSP/LF/CF, 23, PIT
3. Ned Pettigrew*, LF/CF/RF, 26, PIT
4. Tom Glavine, LHSP, 20, PIT
5. Tyler Collins, LF/CF/RF, 25, PIT

* = Exceeded service time limit for rookies, so did not qualify as a rookie, but the AI put him in anyway.

Hopefully these young 'uns that the Pirates have on their team can lead them out of their early morass. 1B Steve Garvey (still just 29 next year) was acquired along with (for some strange reason, as they already had a great 3B in Robin Ventura) 3B Stan Hack during the 1905 season (in return for RP Rocky Stone, SP Brian J Anderson, and *** 1B Hiroo Ishii).

Just once, it would be nice to see the Pirates not be a complete train wreck (last place in the NL four straight seasons, with an average record of 62-100 over those four seasons [where's the barf smilie Markus?]), and win some actual games. They have managed to draft quite well in that time, picking up RP Sean Doolittle, SP William Bell, 3B Ventura (mentioned above), SP Glavine, SP Hoffer, SP Scott Karl, 2B Eddie Stanky, and SP Ariel Prieto (the final two are from the 1905 Amateur Draft). As mentioned above, they used three former draft picks in a trade to get 1B Garvey, and 3B Hack, so dare we say things might be looking up in Steel City? We shall see.

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