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DSL Pirates1 Advance to Dominican Summer League Championship

The DSL Pirates1 beat the DSL Mariners today, sweeping the Mariners in two games in the best of three semi-finals series, and advancing to...

DSL Pirates1 Advance to Second Round of DSL Playoffs

The DSL Pirates1 beat the DSL Mets2 today, advancing to the second round of the Dominican Summer League playoffs. The Pirates won 8-0 today,...

Alen Hanson, Gregory Polanco Taken in First Round of Dominican League Draft

The Dominican Winter League is currently holding a draft for the rights to the top international prospects in baseball for the 2012 season.  A...

International Prospect Trends: July 2012

Back in early July, I did an in-depth look at the two Dominican Summer League teams of the Pittsburgh Pirates, with early season notes...

Pirates Sign International Catcher Yoel Gonzalez

According to the Dominican Prospect League baseball site, the Pittsburgh Pirates have signed 16 year old catcher Yoel Gonzalez. Gonzalez wasn't eligible to sign...

Pirates Sign Venezuelan Outfielder

According to Eduardo Ceccato of El Tiempo, the Pittsburgh Pirates have signed Venezuelan outfielder Alexis Bastardo. The article says that Bastardo is a 6.4-6.5...

Pirates Sign Australian Shortstop

The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed Australian shortstop Sam Kennelly, according to the Australian Baseball Federation. Kennelly is a 16-year-old who participated in Major League Baseball's...

Pirates Sign Dominican Outfielder for $700 K

UPDATE 11:59 AM: The Pirates officially announce the move, via press release. Also in the release is a statement from Rene Gayo: “We are very...

International Prospect Trends: June 2012

In early June, we did a Dominican Summer League preview, outlining some of the key players joining and returning to the DSL this season...

Pirates Sign Julio de la Cruz For $700,000

UPDATE 2:45 PM: The Pirates officially announced the move. Rene Gayo's statement on De La Cruz: "We are very excited to have signed Julio Delacruz...

International Signing Period Preview: New Rules Shouldn’t Hurt Pirates

There has been a lot of talk about how the new draft rules hurt the Pittsburgh Pirates, who spent more than any team from...

Pirates Linked to Top 20 International Prospect

The International Signing Period starts on Monday, July 2nd. This year all teams will be limited to spending $2.9 M on the international market....

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