Justin James Wilson (twitter: @justin_wilson)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 18, 1987 in Anaheim, CA
High School: Dr. Floyd B. Buchanan HS (Clovis, CA)
School: California State University Fresno (Fresno, CA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 5th round of the 2008 amateur draft.
Signed August 13, 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 2012 (Age 25)   vs. SDP 1.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Team: Pirates 2012-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$494k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 0.035, Arb Eligible: 2016, Free Agent: 2019 [*],
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• 5/23 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 47 Recap - Pirates 4, Cubs 2: -Bottom line from this ten game winning streak is that the Pirates are awfully fun to watch right now and while the Reds went...
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• 5/21 North Side Notch: Travis Snider grand slam powers Pirates over Cubs: Final: Pirates 5, Cubs 4 (box) WP: Wandy Rodriguez (5-2, 3.40 ERA) LP: James Russell (1-1, 1.04 ERA) SV: Jason Grilli (18, 1.31...
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• 5/18 North Side Notch: Pirates beat Astros on most Astros play ever: Final: Pirates 5, Astros 4 (box) WP: Justin Wilson (4-0, 1.40 ERA) LP: Edgar Gonzalez (0-1, 7.43 ERA) Jeanmar Gomez had his worst...
• 5/18 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates 5, Astros 4: The Pirates were in significant danger of an embarrassing loss to the Astros for most  of the night on Friday…but in...
• 5/18 www.drstrangeglove.com: Pirates Drown Brewers For Series Win: The Pirates emphatically put the finishing touches on their four game series victory over the Brewers with a 7-1 rout last night...
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• 5/13 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates 3, Mets 2: You have to feel good about the Bucs taking winning on a day their spot starter went against an ace on the road, and that’s...
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• 4/29 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates 9, Cardinals 0: Wow. The Pirates demolished the Cardinals on Sunday to win yet another series in very impressive fashion. Today’s game may...
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• 4/27 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates 6, Phillies 4: The Pirates came back to steal another victory from the Phillies on Thursday afternoon, clinching a big series win. The Bucs put...
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• 4/22 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Philadelphia Phillies – Game 19: Be happy.  Be jubilant.  It’s okay to be excited.  That’s why we’re fans after all!  Like the Antares rocket...
• 4/22 Rum Bunter: Unless Changes Made Pittsburgh Pirates Bubble Bound To Burst: Surely you know the numbers by know.  Walks are bad.  High strand rates are not sustainable.  Leadoff walks are bad.  Playing...
• 4/21 Rum Bunter: The Neal Huntington Show Recap: The Pittsburgh Pirates Senior Vice President and General Manager held his Sunday show today on 93.7 The Fan.  Some interesting...
• 4/21 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 18 Recap - Pirates 4, Braves 2: -The Pirates got greedy today and gathered four runs and ten hits and overcame some shaky pitching to take three of four wins...
• 4/20 Raise the Jolly Roger: Braves 6, Pirates 4: It was a battle of long balls on Thursday night at PNC Park, and even though the Pirates got two big blasts they’d been...
• 4/19 www.drstrangeglove.com: Questionable Decisions Lead to Braves Win Over Bucs: In contrast to the sharply played contest against the Cardinals the night before, last night’s game between the Pirates and...
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• 4/15 Rum Bunter: Pirates James McDonald Concerns/Doesn’t Concern/Concerns Clint Hurdle: James McDonald doesn’t instill confidence in me.  After getting five outs against the St. Louis Cardinals and putting his...
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• 3/27 North Side Notch: Spring Training Notes: Roster Set, A.J. Burnett: The Pirates finished up their final cuts to minor league camp along with designating Clint Robinson and Hunter Strickland for...
• 3/27 This is Getting Old: Roster Watch: Tony Watson and Justin Wilson: I’m just going to combine the last two Roster Watch articles.  I called Justin Wilson making this team waaaaaaaaay back...
• 3/27 This is Getting Old: Pirates Finalize Roster: Well.  Sort of.  There are 26 players but Brandon Inge is likely to go on the disabled list from the sound of things.  ...
• 3/15 Rum Bunter: “This is the (Pirates’) Year”- Mark Melancon: Yesterday, newcomer relief pitcher, Mark Melancon stated that this would be the year that the Pirates would finally break the...
• 3/3 Rum Bunter: The Pittsburgh Pirates Left-Handers Should Be A Mayhem Commercial: If you get to Bradenton this year, or even if you just listen and read the numerous player interviews, you probably will hear...

• 2/24 North Side Notch: Clint Barmes Homers in 9-2 Win Over Braves: Final: Pirates 9, Braves 2 (box) WP: Jason Grilli (1-0, 0.00 ERA) LP: Jonny Venters (0-1, 18.00 ERA) James McDonald started and...
• 2/23 North Side Notch: Jeff Locke Pitches Three Shutout Innings in Spring Opener Win: Final: Pirates 3, Rays 2 (box) WP: Jeff Locke (1-0, 0.00 ERA) LP: J.D. Martin (0-1, 4.50 ERA) SV: Brooks Brown (1, 0.00 ERA) Jeff...
• 2/18 Redlegs Review: 2013 NL Central Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates: Today we begin our series of previewing the Reds 2013 divisional opponents. The landscape of the NL Central is about the same...
• 2/16 This is Getting Old: Roster Watch: Kyle McPherson: Do we think Kyle McPherson is going to make the roster out of Spring Training?  I’m not so sure.  I think the likely competition...

• 1/9 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Potential Trade Partner: Pittsburgh Pirates: In exploring teams with a need for a starting pitcher, which many think the Tigers have an extra one of, I now turn to the Pittsburgh...

• 9/15 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Snap Skid With Wild Ninth Inning from Joel Hanrahan: After Andrew McCutchen called off Jose Tabata to catch the second out of the ninth inning, Darwin Barney tagged from second and...
• 9/15 Raise the Jolly Roger: Bucs’ skid reaches seven: The Pirates continue to plummet, as they lost their seventh in a row on Friday to fall within one game of .500. I’m honestly...
• 9/2 Raise the Jolly Roger: Brewers bash Bucs again:  The Pirates were swept out of Milwaukee on Sunday, as a good day at the plate wasn’t enough to overcome another awful...
• 9/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Pirates | Five players promoted: The Pittsburgh Pirates have called up Ps Jeff Locke and Justin Wilson and C Eric Fryer from Triple-A Indianapolis. They have also...[+] selected the contracts of P Chris Leroux and INF Brock Holt from Indianapolis.
• 9/1 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates September Call-Ups:   The Pittsburgh Pirates have taken what they need from the Triple-A Indianapolis roster to start the September call-ups....
• 9/1 Raise the Jolly Roger: September call-ups, round one: The following players will join the Pirates tonight in Milwaukee as September call-ups: Chris Leroux, Justin Wilson, Eric Fryer,...

• 8/31 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates at Brewers: Pirates (70-60) at Brewers (62-68) 8:10 PM EST–Miller Park, Milwaukee Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT Sports The Pirates...
• 8/30 Throw the Challenge Flag: Minors: GCL wins championship, Mel Rojas, Jr. has four hits and a home run: Transactions: Gerrit Cole was promoted from AA Altoona to AAA Indianapolis. The move was likely made now to extend Cole's...
• 8/29 The "Mc" Effect: Who Should Replace Bedard in the Rotation?: The Pirates cut Erik Bedard this week after another rough start from the left-hander. We're past that now and on to trying...
• 8/28 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Release Erik Bedard: In what shouldn't have been a real shocking development from the Pirates this morning it was announced that they released lefty...
• 8/28 The "Mc" Effect: Erik Bedard Stayed Healthy: When the Pirates signed Erik Bedard in the offseason, everybody's hope was simply that he would stay healthy. The belief...
• 8/28 Raise the Jolly Roger: Erik Bedard released: Following his latest poor start on Sunday afternoon, the Pirates finally bit the bullet and released Erik Bedard. Bedard finished...
• 8/27 Baseball News Source: Pirates – Management, Players, Fans Show Inexperience with Winning: Pirates Feeling Pressure of Pennant Race After two decades of losing baseball, the Pittsburgh Pirates are where they want to be–directly...
• 8/27 Throw the Challenge Flag: Minors: Jameson Taillon remains unblemished in AA: The Bradenton Marauders had their game against the Fort Myers Miracle postponed. The State College Spikes also had their...
• 8/27 The "Mc" Effect: Did the 19 Inning Win Hurt the Pirates? : Last year the Pirates got ripped off by Jerry Meals in the 19 inning game and then proceeded to watch their season absolutely...
• 8/24 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates claim Hisanori Takahashi: The Pirates have claimed Hisanori Takahashi off waivers from the LA Angels. The lefty reliever will report to Pittsburgh in a...
• 8/24 Throw the Challenge Flag: Minors: Phil Irwin strikes out nine, Eric Avila remains red hot: Transactions: Juan Cruz cleared waivers and refused to report to AAA Indianapolis. He was released. AAA - Indianapolis...
• 8/24 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Skipper Clint Hurdle Doesn’t Hate Young Players: Pittsburgh Pirates skipper Clint Hurdle was on TribLive Radio this morning.  We captured a bit of the interview for you below. ...
• 8/23 Rum Bunter: It’s No Longer Sunshine, Lollipops, & Rainbows for the Pittsburgh Pirates: Well, let’s not **** around.  How can we restore our sanity after the Pittsburgh Pirates played three brutal games against...
• 8/22 Throw the Challenge Flag: Minor: Stellar debut in AA for Jameson Taillon, Eric Avila hits a grand slam: Transactions: Kyle McPherson and Justin Wilson were both optioned back to AAA after combining for three scoreless innings...
• 8/22 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 123 Recap - Padres 7, Pirates 5 (10 innings): The game overall wasn't very good for the Pirates. Going into the night they were only 7-for-42 with runners in scoring position...
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• 8/21 Rum Bunter: Fast and Furious: McPherson, Wilson Sent Back to Triple-A for Qualls, McCutchen:   The Pittsburgh Pirates announced they have optioned Justin Wilson and Kyle McPherson to Triple-A Indianapolis.    Right...
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• 8/21 Rum Bunter: San Diego Padres Continue Dominance Over Pittsburgh Pirates: The Pittsburgh Pirates struggled with runners in scoring position finishing 2-for-11 and   left 11 runners on base as the San...