Season 11 Pirates

 Season 11 will be a battle for the Pirates in the very tough NL North

division. The Pirates opening day roster for season 11 is:

C:  Raymond Strong had another solid season

1B:  Juan Carrasquel

2B:  Marty Benoit might lead off this season

SS: Matt Wise steady vet back for another season

3B: Jesus Quixote aquired in a trade with Vancouver

LF: Alex Richardson

CF: Efrain Yoshii  signed him to an extension will probably hit 2nd

RF: Douglas Purcell

Bench:

C: Tony Castilla

IF: Guillermo Pujols

IF: Jackson Sewell

3B: Josias Flores

IF: Jamie Xaio

Rotation:

1 Kent Heredia

2 Byung-Hyun Pan

3 Tim Loewer solid first season for the youngster

4 Jimmie Torres had some high and lows in his first season

5 Jake Owens a mentor to some of the young pitchers on this team

Bullpen:

LRA: Cliff Johnson

LRB: Carlos Armas

SuA: Javy Urbina

SuA: Albert Villafuerte

SuA: Max Warden free agent signing

SuB: Charlie Smith fan favourite

CLA: Andres Coronado

Fans and management are hoping for a competitive team that is able to challenge for a wild card

spot this season. Right now i'd say were on the outside looking in, but with a few lucky breaks

who knows.