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Minor League Schedule: 6/17/11

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For an in depth review of yesterday’s games please check out our minor league wrap-up which can be found here. Indianapolis was postponed yesterday due to flight issues. They will now play a day-night doubleheader on Saturday to make up the game. Bradenton is currently on their All-Star break. They don’t play again until Monday when the FSL team records will reset to 0-0 for the 2nd half. State College starts their schedule tonight on the road in Williamsport.

Nick Kingham will get the opening day start for State College tonight. The 4th round pick from 2010 pitched two games for the GCL team last year after signing in August to a $480k bonus. The 19 year old 6′ 5″ RHP threw 3 scoreless innings over his two appearances giving up 3 hits and striking out two. He was ranked 21st overall in our 2011 Prospect Guide which can be found here if you have not already purchased it as of yet. He is the 3rd highest ranked prospect from the State College opening day roster behind pitcher Stetson Allie and outfielder Exicardo Cayonez.

Kingham will pitch the opener for State College

AAA: Indianapolis (33-34) @ Rochester (25-37) 7:05pm
Probable starter: Rudy Owens (6-4 4.70)

AA: Altoona (33-32) VS New Britain (34-29) 7:00pm
Probable starter: Aaron Pribanic (5-3 2.86)

High-A: Bradenton (27-40) VS Jupiter (32-35) 7:00pm 6/20
Probable starter: All-star break

Low-A: West Virginia (33-33) VS Lakewood (33-33) 7:05pm
Probable starter: Zack Von Rosenberg (2-4 6.59)

Short Season A: State College (0-0) @ Williamsport (0-0) 7:05pm
Probable starter: Nick Kingham (0-0 0.00)

VSL: VSL Pirates (17-10) VS VSL Tigers (9-16) 11:00am

DSL: DSL Pirates (9-4) VS DSL Mets2 (7-10) 10:30am

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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