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ROBINSON’S MANAGERIAL RECORDYEAR CLUB LEAGUE W L PCT. FINISH1982 UNC-Charlotte Sun Belt 17 26 .395 2nd, North1983 UNC-Charlotte Sun Belt 21 18 .538 3rd, East1984 UNC-Charlotte Sun Belt 27 22 .551 1st, East

1985 UNC-Charlotte Sun Belt 34 28 .548 3rd, East1986 UNC-Charlotte Sun Belt 35 25 .593 3rd, East1987 UNC-Charlotte Sun Belt 24 25 .490 3rd, East1988 UNC-Charlotte Sun Belt 28 27 .509 3rd, East1989 UNC-Charlotte Sun Belt 32 16 .667 3rd, East1990 UNC-Charlotte Sun Belt 33 29 .532 3rd, East1991 UNC-Charlotte Sun Belt 29 28 .509 4th, EastCOLLEGE TOTALS 280 244 .534 3 Ties2009 State College New-York Penn 38 38 .500 3rd, PinckneyPRO TOTALS 38 38 .500

Gary Robinson became the fourth manager in Spikes history on December 19, 2008.“G-Rob” has a diverse background in the game of baseball as a player, coach, scoutand umpire. For a decade prior to joining the Pirates organization, he served as aTriple-A umpire evaluator for Major League Baseball. Away from the game, he hasbeen an administrator for the Union County School District in North Carolina since1999.

Robinson’s previous professional experience came when he served as pitchingcoach for the rookie-level Gulf Coast League Expos in 1998 under manager FrankKremblas, who is the Pirates’ Triple-A manager at Indianapolis. From 1991-97, Rob-inson worked as a scout for the San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners and Philadel-phia Phillies.

Robinson enjoyed a very successful 10-year career as the head baseball coach atthe University of North Carolina-Charlotte (now known as Charlotte) from 1982-91,where his teams compiled a record of 280-244-3. His 49ers teams won 30 or moregames ve times and he was the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year in 1984. He

was also responsible for 34 of his players signing professional baseball contracts.

Prior to his head coaching stint at UNC-Charlotte, Robinson worked for three sea-sons as a minor league umpire in the Midwest and Southern Leagues, and brokeinto the coaching ranks as a college assistant at Appalachian State (1975-77) andthe University of Tennessee (1978-79).

The Concord, NC native played college baseball at Gardner-Webb College (nowGardner-Webb University) and was a First-Team All-American in 1975, with his .466batting average in 1974 still standing as a school record. Robinson was inductedinto the Gardner-Webb Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991.

Robinson earned a bachelor’s degree from Gardner-Webb and a master’s degreefrom Appalachian State. Currently residing in Concord, NC, Robinson has two chil-dren, daughter Kristen (28) and son Michael (25).



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Brandon Moore begins his tenth season as a minor league coach and his fourthin the Pirates system in 2010 as he returns to State College. The native Ala-baman oversaw a Spikes’ offense that put up 339 runs last season, good forthird-best in the New York-Penn League.

Prior to joining the Spikes coaching staff, Moore served as hitting coach for theAltoona Curve for three seasons from 2006 to 2008. “B-Mo” rst joined the Pi-

rates minor league system in 2005 as the hitting coach at Advanced-A Lynch-burg after serving as a coach in the Chicago White Sox chain from 2001-04.

Moore played seven seasons in the White Sox organization from 1994-2000,reaching the Triple-A level in both 1999 and 2000. An All-SEC shortstop atAuburn University, Moore was originally drafted by Chicago in the 17th round ofthe 1994 June Draft.

Moore was born August 23, 1973 in Birmingham, AL, and currently resides inAltoona, AL with wife Kerri and sons Brody (10) and Braden (7).

Mike Steele enters his second season with the State College Spikes, and his as apitching coach in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. Steele was a key factor in theimprovement of the Spikes pitching staff in 2009, which posted the fth-best earnedrun average in the New York-Penn League a year after coming in last. The Spikesalso walked the second-fewest batters in the league under Steele’s watch last year.

Prior to joining the Spikes, Steele spent the 2008 campaign with Advanced-A Lynch-burg. Steele replaced Bob Milacki as Hillcats’ pitching coach last year at mid-seasonafter spending the previous two years as the pitching coach at Michigan State Uni-versity.

After being drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 29th round of the 2000 June Draft,Steele pitched professionally from 2000-2005 in the Detroit and Seattle organiza-tions. Stele is an alum of the New York-Penn League, where he earned his rst all-star recognition with Oneonta. In 2001 with West Michigan of the Class A MidwestLeague, Steele was a First-Team All-Class A relief pitcher after going 4-3 with a 1.16ERA and 19 saves.

Steele graduated from Central Michigan in 2000 with a degree in sports manage-ment and a minor in business administration. Born August 22, 1978 in Mount Pleas-ant, MI, Steele now resides in Spring, TX with wife Lydia and their two children.



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Mike Zalno returns for his fourth season as the Spikes head athletic trainer andhis eighth in the Pirates organization in 2010. Zalno comes off of a 2009 seasonin which he was named the New York-Penn League’s Trainer of the Year by theProfessional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society.

Prior to joining the Spikes in 2007, the 33-year old native of Cleareld servedas the trainer for Pirate afliates in Hickory (2006), Williamsport (2005) and

Bradenton (2003-04). Mike makes his off-season home in State College with hiswife Heather.

SPIKES ALL-TIME COACHING STAFFS2006 Mark DeJohn (Manager); Sid Monge (Pitching Coach); Steve Balboni (Hitting

Coach); Mike Shildt (Coach)

2007 Turner Ward (Manager); Wilson Alvarez (Pitching Coach); Mike Moriarty

(Hitting Coach)

2008 Brad Fischer (Manager); Brian Tracy (Pitching Coach); Sid Bream (Hitting

Coach); Steven Suarez (Coach)

2009 Gary Robinson (Manager); Mike Steele (Pitching Coach); Brandon Moore

(Hitting Coach); Steven Suarez (Coach)

DeJohn Ward

Fischer

James Staffaroni is in his rst season in the Pirates system as a Strength andConditioning Coach. The 24-year-old is a 2009 graduate of Penn State, wherehe earned his degree in Kinesiology. Before joining the Spikes, Staffaroni wasan assistant strength coach at PSU, and has worked at recreational and athleticfacilities across the campus. In addition to his strength coach duties, Jamesserved as a supervisor at the university’s outdoor adventure recreation facilities.Originally from Factoryville, PA (near Scranton), he now resides in State Col-lege. James’s hobbies include hiking, kayaking, shing and camping, along withmany other outdoor activities.



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ACEVEDO CAREER NOTESStarted 2009 season in GCL before being returned to the Dominican SummerLeague Pirates in late July...Four mulit-hit games with the DSL Bucs, includingtwo three-hit games in ve days (August 3 and August 8)...Played half of DSLgames at 1st base...Split time between third base (22 games) and shortstop (15games) with GCL Pirates in 2008...Went 1-for-4 with an RBI in GCL seminalgame against GCL Phillies...Put together streak of three consecutive multi-hit

games from July 28-31, 2008...Scouted by Pirates Director of Latin AmericanScouting Rene Gayo and former Pirates General Manager Dave Littleeld

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB2007 PIR GCL .444 8 18 2 8 2 1 0 1 0 5 0

2008 PIR GCL .216 45 153 73 33 3 2 0 11 10 42 92009 PIR GCL .174 8 23 3 4 3 0 0 2 0 9 02009 PIR DSL .381 12 42 10 16 4 0 0 5 4 11 3

CAREER (3 SEASONS) .258 73 236 88 61 12 3 0 19 14 67 12

BECKMAN CAREER NOTESRanked 3rd in Gulf Coast League in home runs allowed with ve...Made threeappearances of ve innings, two in relief...Earned rst professional win on July10, 2009 in four-inning relief outing against the GCL Braves...2.91 ERA at home,as opposed to 8.66 ERA on the road...Went 4-1 with two saves in 19 games (29.2innings) as a freshman in 2009 at Grayson County College...Red Sox pitcherJohn Lackey, current Pirate Andy LaRoche and former Pirate Danny Darwin alsoattended Grayson County College

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB K2009 PIR GCL 2-2 5.49 11 3 0 0 0 39.1 45 26 24 18 19

CAREER (1 SEASON) 2-2 5.49 11 3 0 0 0 39.1 45 26 24 18 19



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BENCSKO CAREER NOTESThird-team All-Big East Selection in 2010…Led Villanova in runs scored andstolen bases...Member of All-Big Five team in Philadelphia…Reached base safelyin all but three of 50 games….Recorded a nine-game hitting streak in which hebatted .588...Did not make an error in junior season...Had four multi-hit games in2008…Walked three times in back-to-back games against Michigan and West-ern Michigan…Lettered four years in soccer in high school...Was named an All-

Conference and All-County performer and was third team All-State

COLLEGE STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB

2007 NOVA BE .312 38 77 12 24 2 0 0 6 11 18 62008 NOVA BE .226 44 62 15 14 1 3 0 9 17 15 62009 NOVA BE .247 45 81 16 20 3 0 0 11 13 15 8

2010 NOVA BE .356 50 194 55 69 10 5 2 31 24 30 24CAREER (4 SEASONS) .285 177 414 98 127 16 8 2 57 65 78 44

BROWN CAREER NOTESPlayed primarily at shortstop at Lineld…Coached by 1998 World Series MVPScott Brosius...Helped Lineld achieve a third-place nish at the NCAA DivisionIII Championships and a school-record 37 wins...Batting average of .433 in se-nior seasonthird-best all-time at Lineld) and set single-season records for hits,doubles and stolen bases…First-Team ABCA All-America shortstop as a senior…West Region and Northwest Conference Player of the Year in 2010….Pitched ina mostly relief role in freshman and senior years…Went 0-2 with 6.30 ERA in 20career innings, striking out 21 and walking 16...Played for the semi-pro ClarindaA’s and started in the NBC World Series in the summer of 2009…Two time all-

Rio Honda League pick

COLLEGE STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB2007 LIN NWC .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2008 LIN NWC .083 12 12 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 02009 LIN NWC .370 18 54 14 20 6 0 1 10 5 3 32010 LIN NWC .443 50 201 66 89 27 2 9 72 32 13 6

CAREER (4 SEASONS) .285 81 267 82 110 34 5 10 82 35 16 9



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PROFESSIONAL STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB2007 PIR DSL .263 51 133 26 35 2 0 1 13 26 43 202008 PIR DSL .255 27 98 22 25 0 0 0 5 12 33 92009 PIR GCL .205 36 112 8 23 3 0 0 3 7 43 11CAREER (3 SEASONS) .242 114 343 56 83 5 0 1 21 45 119 40

DE LA CRUZ CAREER NOTESFive multi-hit games with Dominican Summer League Pirates in 2008, includingtwo such back-to-back performances to round out season...Hit .364 against left-handers in 2008...Hit .304 when leading off the inning...Seven multi-hit gameswith DSL Bucs in 2007, including career high three hits on two occasions, bothagainst DSL Astros (6/16/07 and 7/11/07)...Hit .319 on the road in ‘07...Only prohome run came July 26, 2007 vs. DSL Nationals 1

DECKER CAREER NOTESLed the Cougars in ERA this past season...Averaged nearly a strikeout an inningin Southern Conference play in 2010 (20 K’s in 20.1 innings)...Played at Semi-nole Community College prior to attending College of Charleston...Went 2-1 in13 appearances with 42 strikeouts and a complete game for Seminole in 2008...Member of Washington High School basketball team where he played guardfor two seasons...Team won Indiana State Championship in 2005 and Sectional

Championship in 2006.COLLEGE STATISTICS

YEAR TEAM LEAGUE W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB K2009 COC SC 3-1 8.03 17 7 0 0 1 49.1 65 52 44 27 472010 COC SC 8-0 3.78 17 11 0 0 0 81.0 75 45 34 36 67CAREER AT COC (2 YRS) 11-1 5.60 34 18 0 0 1 130.1 135 97 78 63 114



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ENNIS CAREER NOTESEarned rst-team All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference mention after undefeated2010 season...Tied for team lead in innings pitched in 2010...Led LSU-Shreveportin wins and ERA this past season...Preseason NAIA All-American and PreseasonAll-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference...Second on LSUS all-time wins list and fourhon all-time innings pitched list...Ranked fth in NAIA in wins during 2010 sea-son...Played as a left-handed shortstop at Big Sandy High School...Best non-

athletic talent is drawing

COLLEGE STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB K2008 LSUS GCAC 7-3 5.70 19 11 2 1 2 72.2 90 56 46 27 452009 LSUS GCAC 9-1 3.11 18 15 6 0 0 107.0 104 50 37 25 782010 LSUS GCAC 12-0 2.85 15 15 2 1 0 94.2 84 38 30 32 92CAREER (3 SEASONS) 28-4 3.71 52 41 10 2 2 274.1 278 144 113 84 215

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB K2009 PIR GCL 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1CAREER (1 SEASON) 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

DODSON CAREER NOTESMade professional debut on August 31, 2009, pitching scoreless second inningvs. GCL Blue Jays...Went 10-0 with two saves and a 1.20 ERA in 16 games (64.1innings) as a senior at Medina Valley in 2009...Struck out 129 and walked 36with three complete games in ‘09...Also hit .465 with 11 home runs as a pitcher/ outelder...Hit .400 with seven home runs and 52 RBI in 2008...Went 13-0 with

a 0.59 ERA and 149 strikeouts in 83.1 innings as a junior...Threw a no-hitter in2008...Committed to Baylor University before signing with Pirates



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PROFESSIONAL STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB K2009 SC NYPL 1-2 5.51 17 0 0 0 1 16.1 17 14 10 16 34CAREER (1 SEASON) 1-2 5.51 17 0 0 0 1 16.1 17 14 10 16 34

FALLON CAREER NOTESPicked up rst pro save on July 27, 2009 at Auburn with scoreless inning...Earned rst pro win in next appearance at Jamestown on July 30...Pitchedfor Gastonia Grizzlies of Coastal Plain League in 2009 before joining Spikes...Started 2009 college season with 16.88 ERA and 36 walks in rst 13.1 innings,but rebounded late...Played for Carolina Thunder of Southern Collegiate Base-ball League in summer of 2008, after sitting out 2008 college season... Struckout 12 in 11.2 innings there...Redshirted 2006 season at Boston College...Went 8-1with a 1.86 ERA as a senior at Cardinal Newman High School, and hit .335 withnine homers and 38 RBI...Won Palm Beach County Player of the Year award thatsame year

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FIENEMANN CAREER NOTESOne of rst two Australian players in Spikes history...Earned rst Americanprofessional victory on July 21, 2009 for Gulf Coast League Pirates in the secondgame of a doubleheader against the GCL Braves...Tied for third in home runsallowed in GCL (5)...ERA of 1.99 at home in 2009, as opposed to 6.11 ERA on theroad...Suffered a career-threatening shoulder injury in December 2007, threedays away from signing a contract with the Boston Red Sox...After long recov-ery process, threw two-hit shutout in South Australia Baseball League semi-nal

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FUESSER CAREER NOTESEarned rst professional win in rst pro appearance, August 4, 2009 vs. GCLTigers...Pitched two scoreless innings to notch the victory...Allowed hitters just a.133 average in rst pro season...Scouted by former Spikes pitching coach BrianTracy...Led Walters State in appearances and saves in freshman season as Sena-tors won regular-season conference title...South Carolina Gatorade Player ofthe Year in senior season at York Comprehensive High School...Named to 2008Rawlings High School All-American 3rd Team...Also named to All-State andAll-Region teams...Selected in the 19th round by the Atlanta Braves in the 2008

draftPROFESSIONAL STATISTICS

YEAR TEAM LEAGUE W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB K2009 PIR GCL 1-1 1.26 5 1 0 0 0 14.1 6 4 2 10 12CAREER (1 SEASON) 1-1 1.26 5 1 0 0 0 14.1 6 4 2 10 12

FREEMAN CAREER NOTESHas three games with three hits in professional career (last on August 26, 2009@ GCL Braves, breaking 0-for-18 slump)...Joined GCL Pirates in Bradenton fornal two weeks of 2008 season...Went 3-for-4 on season’s nal day (August 27)against GCL Reds...Named an AFLAC All-American at All Saints Academy HighSchool in 2007...Participated in AFLAC All-American Classic in San Diego...First-

Team All-State selection after hitting .478 with 35 RBI...Nominated by scouts toplay in prestigious Perfect Game National Showcase in 2007...Hit .557 with 43RBI as a sophomore

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB2008 PIR GCL .182 6 22 1 4 1 0 0 2 1 4 02009 PIR GCL .210 50 157 18 33 9 0 4 12 14 59 6CAREER (2 SEASONS) .207 56 179 19 37 10 0 4 14 15 63 6



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GOURLEY CAREER NOTESCompiled a .477 batting average with 42 hits, four home runs and 23 RBI in 88at-bats as a senior at Eastern Wayne High School...Helped lead team to 2008conference championship crown...Was named All-ECC and All-Area as a seniorand junior...Led Eastern Wayne in runs and stolen bases as a sophomore and

junior...Hit .314 with .465 on-base percentage as sophomore in 2006...Holdsschool record with 57 career stolen bases...Father, John, was a member of theCanadian National Baseball Team from 1979 to 1980...Given name John WalkerGourley

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB2009 PIR GCL .220 18 50 6 11 2 0 0 2 6 11 3CAREER (1 SEASON) .220 18 50 6 11 2 0 0 2 6 11 3

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LYLES CAREER NOTESOne of school-record ve Northwestern State players taken in 2010 MLB Draft...Second-team All-Southland Conference in 2010...Set school single-seasonrecord for stolen bases and single-game record for stolen bases with four...Ledthe Demonis in RBI in 2010...Finished NSU career one home run shy of all-timerecord...Went 6-for-6 with two home runs, three RBI and three runs scoredagainst Tulane on March 3, 2009...Named Collegiate Baseball National Hitterof the Week after going 11-for-14 with 4 home runs and 10 RBI in 2009 seriesagainst Southeatern Louisiana

COLLEGE STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB2007 NSU SLC .284 50 155 23 44 6 0 5 24 11 38 72008 NSU SLC .282 54 195 35 55 10 0 4 26 22 35 202009 NSU SLC .362 51 199 55 72 17 2 14 47 27 34 172010 NSU SLC .350 57 220 54 77 13 1 7 56 32 22 34CAREER (4 SEASONS) .319 212 769 167 248 46 3 30 153 92 129 78



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MENDEZ CAREER NOTESReturns from the 2009 Spikes...Caught nearly half of Spikes’ games, splittingtime with Craig Parry...Joined the 2008 Spikes from GCL Pirates on July 26...First NYPL hit was an RBI single vs. Mahoning Valley July28...Ejected in fth in-ning for arguing third strike 8/12 vs. Staten Island..Hit.400 with ve home runsin 15 games in the Gulf Coast League...Tied for Bradenton team high in homers...Did not play baseball in 2007 due to injury…hometown of Azua, Dominican Re-public is also the hometown of current Houston Astro Pedro Feliz

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB2006 PIR DSL .203 29 74 9 15 3 0 0 4 8 23 02008 BRA GCL .400 15 55 13 22 3 0 5 14 6 12 12008 SC NYPL .205 22 78 6 16 4 0 0 6 4 26 02009 SC NYPL. .161 36 112 18 18 2 0 0 6 12 22 0CAREER (3 SEASONS) .223 102 318 36 71 12 0 5 30 30 83 1

MARQUEZ CAREER NOTESSplit time between catcher, 1st base and designated hitter in each of the lastthree years in Venezuelan Summer League and Gulf Coast League...Hit rsthomer on American soil for GCL Pirates on August 15, 2009 at GCL Tigers...Hit.333 in August 2009 for GCL Bucs...Compiled .387 batting average with runnersin scoring position...Ranked 4th in Venezuelan Summer League in batting aver-

age and 4th in lowest strikeout ratio (1 K per 14.53 plate appearances) with VSLPirates in 2007...Hit .403 with runners in scoring position in ‘07, including a .435average with two outs

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB2007 PIR VSL .339 54 189 38 64 10 1 4 46 20 15 22008 PIR VSL .247 57 174 28 43 9 0 3 26 22 14 42009 PIR GCL .281 29 96 8 27 6 1 1 14 6 11 3CAREER (3 SEASONS) .292 140 459 74 134 25 2 8 86 48 40 9



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NAVARRO CAREER NOTESPlayed for Panama in 2009 World Baseball Classic...In lone WBC appearance,went 1.1 innings and allowed two runs, one earned, on two hits against PuertoRico on March 7...Ranked third in Dominican Summer League in strikeouts withDSL Pirates in 2008...Was also second in strikeouts per nine innings (12.79) andfewest baserunners per nine innings (7.34) among starters...Third-lowest walks

per nine innings (0.95) among 2008 DSL starters...Struck out 11 batters in veinnings in win against DSL Braves on July 5, 2008, matching career high...Struckout 10 in six innings to pick up victory vs. DSL Angels on June 6...11 strikeouts insix innings on August 20, 2007 at DSL White Sox’ rst squad

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB K2007 PIR DSL 8-2 2.83 14 13 0 0 1 70.0 64 24 22 17 852008 PIR DSL 4-3 1.42 15 15 0 0 0 76.0 50 16 12 8 1082009 PIR GCL 4-2 3.77 10 3 0 0 1 31.0 32 13 13 6 23CAREER (3 SEASONS) 16-7 2.39 39 31 0 0 2 177.0 146 53 47 31 216

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NGOEPE CAREER NOTESStarted 2010 season with Advanced-A Bradenton Marauders...Played both sec-ond base and shortstop for GCL Pirates in 2009...11 multi-hit games last season...Led the Gulf Coast League in sacrice hits (8) and times caught stealing (9) in2009...Played for the South African team at both the 2009 World Baseball Clas-sic and the 2009 World Cup...Went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored in twoWBC games...Both hits were triples against Mexico on March 9...4-for-10 in threeWorld Cup games, with a double and ve RBI ...Full name Mpho Gift Ngoepe

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB2009 PIR GCL .238 47 160 24 38 4 0 1 9 21 52 132010 BRA FSL .250 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0CAREER (2 SEASONS) .238 49 164 24 39 4 0 1 9 22 54 13



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RODRIGUEZ CAREER NOTESFinished with fth-most at-bats in Gulf Coast League in 2009 for GCL Pirates...Five games with three hits or more, including a 4-for-4 performance on July 18against GCL Phillies...Also homered twice, drove in four runs and scored threetimes in the game...Hit .303 with runners on base and two outs, and .357 withrunners in scoring position with two outs...All three GCL homers came on theroad...Also went 4-for-4 in June 7, 2008 game with Dominican Summer LeaguePirates against DSL Rangers

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB2006 PIR DSL .200 17 40 8 8 0 0 0 5 7 17 02007 PIR DSL .257 53 167 22 43 7 0 5 26 14 31 52008 PIR DSL .291 68 234 32 68 16 1 1 28 27 28 152009 PIR GCL .266 54 199 22 53 12 0 3 28 9 32 1CAREER (4 SEASONS) .269 192 640 84 172 35 1 9 87 57 108 21

POUNDERS CAREER NOTESThrew 11 consecutive scoreless innings from July 9 to July 22 for Gulf CoastLeague Pirates...Went 2-1 with a 2.12 ERA and nearly a strikeout per inning (12in 12.2 innings) at home...Allowed right-handed hitters just a .175 average..Went9-2 with a 1.96 ERA and 91 strikeouts in 64.1 innings during senior season at Te-

mecula Valley High School in 2009...Also threw four complete games, includingone shutout...Father Brad starred at UC-Riverside and played in Padres systemin the 1980’s




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SAUKKO CAREER NOTESReturns from 2009 Spikes...Collected rst professional extra-base hit on Au-gust 13, 2009, a double against Oneonta in the second game of a doublehead-er...Placed sixth on 2008 GCL Pirates in walks drawn (13 BB)…Three multi-hitgames in the 2008 season...No extra-base hits, but a .358 on-base percentage...

Hit .292 with runners in scoring position, and a .433 on-base percentage in thatsituation...Selected to All-Big 8 Conference rst team at Sierra Junior College in2008 after going 70-for-173 (.405) at the plate with six doubles and 25 RBI in40 games

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB2008 PIR GCL .212 23 66 10 14 0 0 0 5 13 25 22009 SC NYPL .172 28 87 11 15 1 1 0 6 6 25 3CAREER (2 SEASONS) .190 51 153 21 29 1 1 0 11 19 50 5

SEPTIMO CAREER NOTESRanked second among Gulf Coast League relievers in fewest walks per nineinnings at 0.40...Earned rst pro win on American soil on July 17, 2009 for GCLPirates against GCL Yankees...Strung together 11-inning scoreless streak fromJuly 17 to August 7, 2009...Recorded 0.47 ERA in 19.1 home innings with GCLPirates...Struck out career-high ve batters in each of two consecutive appear-ances on August 13 and 19, 2009...1.56 ERA in 34.2 innings on the road withDominican Summer League Pirates in 2008

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB K2007 PIR DSL 0-1 6.75 4 0 0 0 0 6.2 11 9 5 2 52008 PIR DSL 3-2 3.17 16 3 0 0 3 54.0 57 31 19 8 282009 PIR GCL 2-1 4.38 11 4 0 0 1 37.0 46 18 18 3 23CAREER (3 SEASONS) 5-4 3.87 31 7 0 0 4 97.2 114 49 42 13 56



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2010 Player Proles

SULLIVAN CAREER NOTESOne of two Australians on 2010 Spikes (Mitch Fienemann is the other)...Fastballreported at 88-89 miles per hour...Played junior baseball with East Hills BaseballClub...Won Australian Championships with New South Wales Under-16 team...Selected to two New South Wales Under-18 state teams...Participated in MLBAustralian Academy over four consecutive years...Picked for Australian Under-19World Championships team in 2008...Did not allow a run in three relief appear-ances in the tournament...Is deferring studies at University of Western Sydney

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB K2009 KOALAS ASL 2-0 1.08 8 4 0 0 0 25.0 17 4 3 6 31CAREER (1 SEASON) 2-0 1.08 8 4 0 0 0 25.0 17 4 3 6 31

SKIRVING CAREER NOTESNamed rst-team All-Mid-American Conference in senior season of 2010...Firstplayer since Brian Bixler to be chosen by the Pirates in the MLB Draft out ofEastern Michigan...Led Eastern Michigan in doubles this past season...Fifth inMAC in home runs and third in RBI in 2008...Led EMU in RBI in ‘08...First-teamAll-MAC as designated hitter in 2008...Academic All-MAC selection

COLLEGE STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB2008 EMU MAC .250 22 52 7 13 2 0 4 12 11 12 02009 EMU MAC .348 57 201 43 70 12 0 16 64 25 32 12010 EMU MAC .259 56 203 33 53 17 0 4 28 37 36 1CAREER (3 SEASONS) .298 135 456 83 136 31 0 26 104 63 80 2



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VASQUEZ CAREER NOTESReturns for third year with Spikes...Tied for team lead in home runs in 2008...InNorth American debut, went 2-for-4 with a steal of home on a delayed doublesteal play and scored two runs vs. Vermont July 3...Again stole home on de-layed double steal July 5 at Oneonta...Tied Spikes record with 4 RBI, including3-run HR against Mahoning Valley July 30...Went 3-for-5 with two home runs,tying team record, and 5 RBI, setting new Spikes record, August 24 at MahoningValley...Hit .211 for Dominican Summer League Pirates in 2007, but had .356 on-base percentage thanks to 12 walks in 34 games

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB2007 PIR DSL .211 34 57 9 12 2 0 1 7 12 17 42008 SC NYPL .235 46 166 26 39 6 2 5 23 11 51 62009 SC NYPL .190 42 147 18 28 5 3 0 5 10 37 6CAREER (2 SEASONS) .214 122 370 53 79 13 5 6 35 33 105 16

2010 Player Proles

VON ROSENBERG CAREER NOTESRanked eighth-best prospect in Pirates system following the 2009 season byBaseball America ...Made rst and only pro appearance of 2009 season with GulfCoast League Pirates...Started and struck out one batter in one inning of workagainst GCL Blue Jays...Went 11-1 in leading Zachary Broncos to third straightClass 4A baseball championship...Hit .489 for Zachary with 10 home runs and 45RBI during senior season...Won four straight high school titles in four years, hav-ing won Louisiana 5A title with Barbe-Lake Charles before moving to Zachary assophomore...Named Gatorade Louisiana Baseball Player of the Year in 2009




2009 Pirates Draft Results Round Pick Player Position School1 2 Jameson Taillon RHP The Woodlands HS (TX)2 52 Stetson Allie RHP St. Edward HS (OH)

3 84 Mel Rojas, Jr. CF Wabash Valley College (IL)4 117 Nicholas Kingham RHP Sierra Vista HS (NV)5 147 Tyler Waldron RHP Oregon State University

6 177 Jason Hursh RHP Trinity Christian Academy (TX)

7 207 Austin Kubitza RHP Heritage HS (TX)8 237 Dace Kime RHP Deance Sr. HS (OH)

9 267 Brandon Cumpton RHP Georgia Tech10 297 Zachary Weiss RHP Northwood HS (CA)11 327 Daniel Grovatt LF University of Virginia

12 357 Vincent Payne RHP Cypress College (CA)13 387 Christopher Kirsch LHP Marple Newtown HS (PA)14 417 Bryce Weidman RHP Southwestern Oregon Cmty. Coll.

15 447 Andrew Maggi SS Arizona State University16 477 Matthew Curry 1B Texas Christian University17 507 Ryan Hafner RHP Lee’s Summit West HS (MO)

18 537 Chase Wentz OF Louisiana State Univ.-Shreveport19 567 Kent Emanuel LHP Woodstock HS (GA)20 597 Justin Bencsko OF Villanova University (PA)

21 627 Dale Carey CF Wheeler HS (GA)22 657 Adalberto Santos 2B Oregon State University23 687 Jared Lakind 1B Cypress Hills HS (TX)

24 717 Justin Howard 1B University of New Mexico25 747 Casey Sadler RHP Western Oklahoma State College26 777 Brandon Pierce RHP Gunter HS (TX)

27 807 Kevin Kleis RHP Grossmont College (JUCO-CA)

28 837 Zachary Powers SS Armwood HS (FL)29 867 Garrett Levsen RHP Sonora HS (CA)

30 897 Matthew Skirving C Eastern Michigan University31 927 Jason Townsend RHP University of Alabama32 957 Chase Lyles INF Northwestern State University (LA)

33 987 Justin Ennis LHP Louisiana State Univ.-Shreveport34 1017 Kelson Brown RHP Lineld College (OR)35 1047 Andrew Muren CF Cal State Univ.-Northridge

36 1077 James Archibald RHP McLennan Cmty. Coll. (TX)37 1107 William Allen C Buchholz HS (FL)

38 1137 Alex Cox RHP Santiago HS (CA)39 1167 Kevin Decker RHP College of Charleston (NC)40 1197 Harrison Cooney RHP Vero Beach Senior HS (FL)41 1227 Bryton Trepagnier RHP East St. John HS (LA)

42 1257 Stephen Lumpkins LHP American University (DC)43 1287 Garrett Hicks RHP Yucaipa HS (CA)44 1317 Cory McGinnis RHP Shelton State Cmty. Coll. (AL)

45 1347 Connor Sadzeck RHP Crystal Lake Central HS (IL)46 1377 Ryan Wiggins C West Seattle HS (WA)47 1407 Nathan Sorenson CF Texas HS (TX)

48 1437 Dillon Haviland LHP South Fayette HS (PA)49 1467 Logan Pevny RHP West Milford HS (PA)50 1497 Dusty Isaacs RHP Lebanon HS (PA)

Spikes Coaches in the Draft

Hitting coach Brandon Moore and pitching coach Mike Steele both came through thedraft to play in the minor leagues. Moore was drafted in the 17th round of the 1994draft by the Chicago White Sox out of Auburn University, while Steele was drafted inthe 29th round of the 2000 draft by the Detroit Tigers out of Central Michigan Univer-sity.

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2010 State College Spikes