CBSSports.com Fantasy Pirates outfielder Jerry Sands has been suspended one game for entering the stands during a game with Triple-A Indianapolis. The incident happened in Toledo."Last night in Toledo, there was a verbal dispute between a fan and Jerry Sands, during which Jerry briefly entered into the stands," Pirates general manager Neal Huntington said in a statement Wednesday. "The situation was quickly resolved without further incident as the fan was ejected for his actions."Sands is batting .186 with three RBI in 11 games at Triple-A.
April 17, 2013Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke? With Jerry Sands' demotion earlier this week, it became pretty clear that Jose Tabata will start 2013 out in Pittsburgh, most likely as Travis Snider's primary backup/platoon partner in right field. Tabata's only 24, but this is almost certainly his last chance to play regularly for for the Pirates. If he can't hack it in the early part of this season, Sands will be at Triple-A waiting to relieve him and Tabata will probably be ignominiously non-tendered or appended as an inconsequential throw-in in a trade to some other poor Neal-Huntington-in-2008-type sap, loading up on ex-blue chip prosp...
Pittsburgh Pirates March 15, 2013Rotoinfo Pirates announce that Jameson Taillon, Jerry Sands, Anderson Hernandez and Darren Ford were cut.
March 13, 2013KFFL The Pittsburgh Pirates reassigned 1B Clint Robinson and OF Jerry Sands to minor league camp ...
March 13, 2013CBSSports.com Fantasy The Pirates announced Wednesday they optioned Vic Black, Stolmy Pimentel, Clint Robinson, Jerry Sands, Hunter Strickland and Duke Welker to Triple-A Indianapolis. They also reassigned Erik Cordier, Darren Ford, Matt Hague, Anderson Hernandez and Jameson Taillon to minor-league camp.
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