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First Pitch: Should the Pirates Protect Dariel Lopez From the Rule 5 Draft?

This past week was the first week of the Pirates Prospects Weekly concept. I explained that last week in First Pitch, but it's easier...

First Pitch: The New New Pirates Prospects

Pirates Prospects has a new look. The site uploaded a new design last week, aimed at better featuring everything we've been building up this year. Pirates...

First Pitch: Pirates Prospects Has a New Look and No Paywall

At the end of 2019, I didn't know what I wanted this site to eventually become. I knew it needed to change, and I...

First Pitch: The Pirates Are Bad, But Let’s Not Take it Out on Their Best Player

Ke'Bryan Hayes has been praised for his defense since being drafted as a supplemental first rounder out of high school in 2015. You could chalk...

First Pitch: No Country For Old Bloggers

"I was sheriff of this county when I was twenty-five years old. Hard to believe. "My grandfather was a lawman; father too. Me and him...

First Pitch: Alive in the Superunknown

This week feels like the old Pirates Prospects. This week feels like a Pirates Prospects that hasn't even arrived yet. This week, you're getting a preview...

First Pitch: The Pirates Prospects Rebuild

I've been undergoing a rebuild of Pirates Prospects over the last few years. When I started this site in 2009, there was no one else...

First Pitch: Jared Triolo is a Positive Emerging From the Pirates Farm System

The Pirates have a "build" mentality under General Manager Ben Cherington, with a "growth mindset" in the minors under farm director John Baker. Both can...

First Pitch: Where Have the Pirates Added Talent This Year?

The Pirates are in year three of Ben Cherington's build. They just wrapped up their third draft where they were picking inside the top...

First Pitch: Which Draft Projection Methods Are Meaningless After the Draft?

The Pittsburgh Pirates wrapped up another draft class last week, adding Termarr Johnson with the fourth overall pick, and 20 more players after him. You...

First Pitch: How This Draft Could Boost the Pirates’ Farm System

This is the 14th draft we've covered on Pirates Prospects. The first one was just me, working my ass off for days to find updates...

First Pitch: The Pirates Have Chances to Add to Their Farm System This Month

The MLB Draft starts this Sunday, and takes place over three days. The Pirates have the fourth overall pick, looking to follow up on...

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