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Monthly Archives: November, 2015

Pirates Prospects Who Are Eligible For the 2015 Rule 5 Draft

The Pittsburgh Pirates set their 40-man roster today, adding four players and protecting those players from the upcoming Rule 5 draft on December 10th....

Pirates Protect Glasnow, Bell, Ramirez and Moroff From the Rule 5 Draft

The Pittsburgh Pirates set their 40-man roster today, adding four prospects to the roster in order to protect them from the Rule 5 draft in...

Pirates Purchase Independent League Pitcher

The Pittsburgh Pirates have purchased right-handed pitcher Patrick Johnson from the Sioux City Explorers of the American Association. Johnson was recently rated as the...

Winter Leagues: Mel Rojas Jr. Leads the Dominican League in Homers

Just one game in the Dominican on Thursday night, but it produced one of the strangest stats of the off-season. Mel Rojas Jr. hit...

First Pitch: Why the Rule 5 Draft is Unfair to International Prospects

I've never really had a desire for a job in the game of baseball. Some people get into the writing side of things in...

Pirates Hire Mike Mangan as Assistant Scouting Director

Bob Elliott from the Toronto Sun reports that the Pittsburgh Pirates have hired Mike Mangan as an assistant scouting director. Mangan was hired as...

AFL: Eppler and Williams Look Solid in Fall Season Finale

The Arizona Fall League wrapped up it's schedule on Thursday, with Glendale taking home a 5-1 win. Both Tyler Eppler and Trevor Williams came...

Pirates and Cardinals Will Open Up 2016 Season

Major League Baseball has announced that the Pittsburgh Pirates and St Louis Cardinals will be the opening game of the 2016 season. The game...

What Do the Triple-A Pitchers Need to Work on Before a Promotion to Pittsburgh?

One of the things that I've always found the most difficult about prospect coverage is explaining the line between a prospects future upside, and...

Winter Leagues: Alen Hanson Capitalizes on Recent Playing Time Off Bench

In the Dominican on Wednesday night, Alen Hanson wasn't in the starting lineup for the fourth straight game, but he could see some more...

First Pitch: What is the Right Price For Neil Walker?

I was trying to find the right way to approach the Neil Walker trade rumors in tonight's article. Part of me wanted to write...

Pirates Have High Price For Neil Walker

The Pittsburgh Pirates and Baltimore Orioles had trade talks involving Neil Walker at the GM meetings last week according to Rob Biertempfel. He reports that...

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