THE BLACK-N-GOLD NEWS
PIRATES
Several of our Pirates minor league players received accolades this week. Bradenton OF Harold Ramirez was named FSL Player of the Week. WV Black Bears RH Jonathan Brubaker is the NYPL Pitcher of the Week. Bristol 1B Carlos Munoz won Appalachian League Player of the Week. Congrats to all!
On Tuesday night, the Pirates won game 1 of their 2 game set with Minnesota in thrilling fashion, edging the Twins 8-7.Wednesday saw the Bucs complete the sweep with a 10-4 win.
The Bucs announced that RH Tyler Glasnow was promoted to Triple A Indy. He'll be joined by 1B Josh Bell and INF Dan Gamache both of whom also got the call to Indy. Congrats!
Roster moves were plentiful as the non-waiver trade deadline approached. The Buccos acquired RH Joe Blanton from KC for cash. To make room on the roster they DFA'd RH Vance Worley. The Pirates also traded Altoona SS JaCoby Jones to Detroit for RH Joakim Soria. On the day of the deadline they made 2 more moves, trading OF Jose Tabata to the Dodgers for OF/1B Michael Morse and sending Indy RH Adrian Sampson to Seattle for LH JA Happ. One more move was made as struggling RH AJ Burnett was placed on the 15-day DL with elbow inflammation. The Pirates called up LH Bobby LaFromboise and DFA'd RH Deolis Guerra only to option LaFromboise back to Indy the next day. Burnett is expected to see a doctor this week for his ailing elbow. He has stated that he does not intend to have surgery and would pitch through the pain, if need be. There is speculation that AJ's career may be over a few months earlier than expected. Mrs. Black-N-Gold will keep you updated as this story develops.
AJ's injury came on the heals of an ugly loss to Cincy on Thursday night, 15-5. The Bucs did exact some revenge in a dramatic 5-4 win on Friday. They tried to do so again on Saturday but their rally fell short, losing to Cincy 4-3. The Buccos settled for a split, taking Sunday's game 3-0 following some beanbrawl, some clearing of the benches and a few ejections. Oh my! Tonight the Pirates open a 6-game homestand beginning with the 1st of 3 versus the Chicago Scrubs. Let's Go Bucs!!!!!
STEELERS
As our Steelers continue to ready themselves for the season at St Vincent, they received some good news to start their week. RB Le'Veon Bell's suspension was reduced by the NFL from 3 games to 2.
The Turk came early for one player hoping to make the team as former CFL standout LB Shawn Lemons was waived.
Our Steelers also made a pick up as they traded a conditional 5th round draft pick to Philly for CB Brandon Boykin.
Don't forget, the exhibition season kicks off during Hall of Fame weekend for the Steelers as RB Jerome Bettis is inducted this weekend and the Steelers face the Vikes on Sunday night. Let's Go Steelers!!!!!!
PENGUINS
Our Pens announced this week that they'll appear on 12 nationally televised games on the NBC and NBCSN networks for the 2015-16 season. It's a chance for fans that live out of market to see our Pens play.
GM Jim Rutherford continued to tweek the roster this week, too. He traded C Brandon Sutter and a 3rd round pick to Vancouver for C Nick Bonino, D Adam Clendening and a 2nd round pick . He also signed FA W Eric Fehr to a 3 year $6 million deal.
These moves not only add depth to our team, hopefully they'll also help snag us another Stanley Cup. Let's Go Pens!!!
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