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Alvarez, Owens minor players of year

By Dejan Kovacevic | 6:03 p.m. Friday

The Pirates today named Pedro Alvarez their minor league player of the year, Rudy Owens their minor league pitcher of the year.

UPDATE 7:21 p.m.: Sorry for the minimal output on this news. Was not expecting the team to announce something like this an hour before the first pitch, and I had a few other things to finish.

Alvarez obviously is in Italy, but Owens just stopped up by the press box, and this is some of what we had to say ...

> On the honor: "It's great to get something like this. I feel like I had a really good year, and this is an honor."

> On if he was surprised the Pirates kept him in West Virginia so long: "Yeah, I was kind of surprised. But they would pull me into the office sometimes and tell me so I could understand it. They wanted me to be hungry to win. They wanted me to not try to throw the ball past everyone but to let the hitters get themselves out. It really helped me out."

This is Owens' official page.

Posted Sep 25 2009, 06:03 PM by Dejan Kovacevic
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Demery44 wrote re: Alvarez, Owens minor players of year
on Fri, Sep 25 2009 6:17 PM

Firsties!

WhyStanBelinda wrote re: Alvarez, Owens minor players of year
on Fri, Sep 25 2009 6:37 PM

Congrats Pedro.  Anyone think that Owens could get a September callup next year?

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on Fri, Sep 25 2009 6:47 PM

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mazfromiowa wrote re: Alvarez, Owens minor players of year
on Fri, Sep 25 2009 6:51 PM

WhyStanBelinda -I would hope not.After seeing what happened by bringing Pearce up so fast.He (Owens) was promoted to high for 23 innings.I would say 2 years from now would be a stretch.Right offhand I can't recall too many jumps from AA let alone more or less  low A ball.If he struggles bad he might be even worse than Pearce...like Bix who has never shown he is ready.

WhyStanBelinda wrote re: Alvarez, Owens minor players of year
on Fri, Sep 25 2009 7:16 PM

Maz- I was just hoping for a debut next year.  Its very likely the Pirates will see Lincoln by June.  Justin Wilson from 2008 draft will be in AA next year and I'd hope to see him and Owens for a start in Sept, vs the "bullpen".  

Jose Lind's Pants wrote re: Alvarez, Owens minor players of year
on Fri, Sep 25 2009 7:38 PM

Hindu Love Gods and we're up by a run. Yet it feels like we're in a Charles Grodin comedy. Very depressing.

And what do you have to do to get a beer in Section 316?

Praying for Rain wrote re: Alvarez, Owens minor players of year
on Fri, Sep 25 2009 9:06 PM

Watching the game.  Keep waiting for the implosion.  Karstens was ok, Veal and Jackson survived.  Now, it looks like Dumatrait will pitch.  I have no confidence in him.. Hope I am wrong.

Praying for Rain wrote re: Alvarez, Owens minor players of year
on Fri, Sep 25 2009 9:07 PM

No Dumatrait.  They brought in  Chavez.  Got my fingers crossed.

Cajun Thunder wrote re: Alvarez, Owens minor players of year
on Fri, Sep 25 2009 9:35 PM

Dejan...Do the Pirates know (or have any say in) whether Brad Lincoln will start the championship game in the World Cup against Cuba on Sunday?? He'll be on 4 days rest.

Pedro 2-4 with a double and a walk today...now up to .280 with 5 HR and 12 RBI. Lincoln is 2-0 with a 1.89 ERA.

Praying for Rain wrote re: Alvarez, Owens minor players of year
on Fri, Sep 25 2009 9:35 PM

Chavez with 2 scoreless innings.  It's still 3-1, bucs, bottom of 8.

The real test is coming unless they add on:

Matt Capps - closer?

Praying for Rain wrote re: Alvarez, Owens minor players of year
on Fri, Sep 25 2009 10:02 PM

Holy cow - They won.   I mean raise the ?

Veal with his 1st big league win.

Capps with save # 26.

JAL wrote re: Alvarez, Owens minor players of year
on Fri, Sep 25 2009 10:07 PM

Was doing the game on the game thread--now ants marching to the post game thread========================

sludgeworm wrote re: Alvarez, Owens minor players of year
on Sat, Sep 26 2009 1:07 PM

regarding Rudy Owens...

"I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it." Sandy Koufax