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Saturday Sleepers: The Best Pirates Prospect Performances in Rookie Ball

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The DSL Pirates teams ended their seasons this week, which brings the rookie-level affiliates to an end. I've been reviewing the best performing hitting and pitching prospects in the Pirates' minor league system this week. Those articles...

Saturday Sleepers: Four Draft Picks To Watch in Bradenton Down the Stretch

Saturday Sleepers
The 2024 minor league season is winding down, but the 2024 draft picks are just starting their professional careers. The Pittsburgh Pirates have already seen the pro debuts of several players from their draft class, with six...

Saturday Sleepers: A History of Trading Early For High Upside International Players

Saturday Sleepers
At this year's trade deadline, the Pittsburgh Pirates paid half of Martin Perez's remaining salary to get LHP Ronaldys Jimenez back in the trade. The...

Saturday Sleepers: Axiel Plaz is Showing Power Early in His Career

Saturday Sleepers
The leader in home runs for the Bradenton Marauders didn't join the team until May 17th. On that day, Axiel Plaz hit his first home...

Saturday Sleepers: Rebound Candidates From the Pirates 2024 Draft Class

Saturday Sleepers
There's no way you could classify Pittsburgh Pirates first round pick Konnor Griffin as a sleeper. The ninth overall pick had the best assortment...

Saturday Sleepers: The 31-50 Prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates System

Saturday Sleepers
This week, I updated my top 50 tiered prospect rankings, incorporating the half-season results of the Pittsburgh Pirates minor league players into a system...

Saturday Sleepers: When Does a Sleeper “Wake Up”?

Saturday Sleepers
The sleeper tag is one that can be applied to any player, depending on the context of how that player might be "sleeping". I...

Saturday Sleepers: Antwone Kelly is Turning Into a Legit Pitching Prospect in Bradenton

Saturday Sleepers
Antwone Kelly has been one of the more promising pitchers in the lower levels of the Pittsburgh Pirates system. Originally signed by the Pirates in...

Saturday Sleepers: Yordany De Los Santos Named FCL Player of the Month

Saturday Sleepers
Yordany De Los Santos was named the FCL Player of the Month this past week, after finishing the month of May batting .406/.474/.565 in...

Saturday Sleepers: Luis Peralta is Striking Out 50 Percent of Hitters in High-A

Saturday Sleepers
I don't normally consider relievers in A-ball to be prospects. Being able to consistently get a handful of players out at this level is...

Saturday Sleepers: What is a Sleeper?

Saturday Sleepers
What is a "sleeper"? In the prospect game, the concept of sleepers and breakouts is used to identify players who are off the radar. So...

Saturday Sleepers: Charles McAdoo is Heating Up in Greensboro

Saturday Sleepers
In his fourth professional game, Charles McAdoo went 6-for-6 with two home runs. The game on August 8th, 2023 came almost a month after the...

Saturday Sleepers: Wilber Dotel Off to a Good Start in the Greensboro Rotation

Saturday Sleepers
Wilber Dotel makes his latest start for Greensboro this evening, after starting the 2024 season with 10.1 shutout innings, striking out nine in the...

Saturday Sleepers: Carlos Jimenez Has One of the Best Changeups in the System

Saturday Sleepers
In early 2022, I saw Carlos Jimenez pitch for the Bradenton Marauders. Of all the players who played in Single-A on that particular day,...
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