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Monthly Archives: May, 2014

We all follow the game of baseball for a different reason. It typically relates to our childhood. The game has a certain energy level and flow. There's a progression from nothing-nothing, no men on base, to...
Jared Jones throws an elite fastball, an elite slider, and showed promise with his curveball and changeup development this spring. He's a top 100 prospect. He's a rookie of the year candidate from the start of the...

Minor Moves: Brent Morel to Disabled List, Rojas Move Official

The Indianapolis Indians have placed third baseman Brent Morel on the disabled list today with plantar fasciitis. He has played 42 games for Indianapolis...

Draft Prospect Watch: Big Opener For Kyle Schwarber, Tyler Beede Strikes Out 14

The road to the College World Series began on Friday and as we pointed out on Wednesday, there are a lot of players of...

2014 DSL Pirates Preview: Another Wave Of High Upside Offensive Talent

The Pittsburgh Pirates had two Dominican Summer League teams last year and spread the talent out between both clubs. With the added affiliate in...

Second Mock Draft From Jonathan Mayo Has College First Baseman For Pirates

Jonathan Mayo released his second mock draft on Friday and he still believes that the Pittsburgh Pirates will take Wichita State first baseman Casey...

Comparing the Makeup of the Pirates System to the MLB Averages

The Pirates system often gets compared to other systems in terms of quality.  In fact, it is often ranked very highly by all of...

Prospect Highlights: RBI Hits From Gregory Polanco, Tony Sanchez and Jaff Decker

Just like yesterday, today's highlights are all in one video and all about Indianapolis. The best of the highlights from yesterday's 11-6 Indianapolis win,...

First Pitch: Recapping a Busy Day of Injury Updates, Transactions, DSL, and Draft News

Today was an extremely busy day for updates on the site. Overall, we had 17 posts going up since last night's First Pitch. There's...

Prospect Watch: Adrian Sampson Leads a Great Night of Pitching; JaCoby Jones Grand Slam

TOP OF THE SYSTEM A look at how the current top 20 prospects did today.  Note that this list doesn't include players currently in the...

Minor League Schedule: Nick Kingham Continues to Improve This Year

Today's Starters: Adam Wilk, Nick Kingham, Orlando Castro, Buddy Borden

Mel Rojas Promoted to Indianapolis

The Pittsburgh Pirates promoted outfielder Mel Rojas to Indianapolis following tonight's Altoona Curve game, Cory Giger reports. https://twitter.com/CoryGiger/status/472572649106051072 Indianapolis is going to need outfield help. They...

Andrew Lambo Has Surgery on Right Thumb

Andrew Lambo had surgery on the ulnar collateral ligament of his right thumb, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced. The surgery was performed on May 28th....

The Pirates Have Dropped One of Their DSL Teams; Basically Moved Team to Bristol

For the first time since 2002, the Pittsburgh Pirates will only have one international rookie league team. The Pirates have had two teams for...

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