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Monthly Archives: March, 2017

Pirates Notebook: Glasnow Makes His Case for Fifth Spot; Updates on Polanco, Taillon and Stewart

BRADENTON, Fla. — Tyler Glasnow was the latest of the Pirates’ fifth starter candidates to throw his hat into the ring with a start...

Draft Prospect Watch: Top 100 Prospects From Baseball America

Baseball America updated their top 100 draft prospects list earlier this week. The Pittsburgh Pirates select 12th overall when the draft begins on June...

Pirate City Notes: The Pros and Cons of MLB Players Going to Minor League Camp

BRADENTON, Fla. - I had an interesting discussion with Gerrit Cole and Josh Harrison after today's games at Pirate City. Cole was over there trying...

Pirates Notebook: The Battle For the Fifth Starter Spot is Going Down to the Wire

BRADENTON, Fla. — Technically, the Pirates still have two open spots in their rotation. In actuality, that number is one, as Chad Kuhl has...

Can Gift Ngoepe Figure Out His Offense to Get His Defense to the Majors?

FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Pirates have a starting shortstop in Jordy Mercer. Beyond that, they have a lot of question marks at the...

Report: Jung Ho Kang Denied Work Visa to Enter United States

According to reports out of Korea (link is in Korean), Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Jung Ho Kang has been denied his work visa today to...

The Prep Pitchers That Will Make Bristol a Team to Watch This Year

BRADENTON, Fla. - It used to be that the Pirates would draft a prep pitcher then send him to the New York-Penn League during...

Neal Huntington Notes: Jung Ho Kang Unlikely to Be Ready to Start the Season

BRADENTON, Fla. — Jung Ho Kang is “unlikely” to be ready for the start of the MLB season, Pirates general manager Neal Huntington said...

Pirates Cut Nine Players From MLB Camp, Including Diaz, Moroff, Wood, and Santana

BRADENTON, Fla. - The Pittsburgh Pirates have made nine more cuts today from MLB camp. Elias Diaz and Max Moroff have been optioned to...

WBC Notes: Andrew McCutchen Drives In a Pair, As Team USA Wins First WBC Title

The World Baseball Classic wrapped up on Wednesday night with the undefeated Team Puerto Rico taking on USA. These two teams met on Friday...

The Future of Pirates Prospects

Two years ago, I made a very important decision with this site. The site had been around for six years at that point. It...

Pittsburgh Pirates 2016 International Signing Review

Ben Badler at Baseball America posted his yearly international review for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday morning. Since the Pirates (and most other teams)...

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