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Pirates Prospect Watch: Sean Sullivan Throws Seven Shutout

Sean Sullivan led the Altoona Curve to a 4-1 victory on Thursday, pitching seven shutout innings against Akron. This was the longest outing of...

Pirates Prospect Watch: J.P. Massey Leads Greensboro to Victory

J.P. Massey had his best start of the season for Greensboro on Wednesday. The right-hander allowed one run on four hits in six innings,...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Braxton Ashcraft Strikes Out Ten in Seven Shutout Innings

Braxton Ashcraft had his best start of the year on Tuesday afternoon, tossing seven shutout innings for Altoona. The right-hander allowed four hits, one...

Player Features

Jack Brannigan is the Next Gold Glove Quality Third Baseman in the Pirates System

The Pirates have Gold Glove third basemen in Ke'Bryan Hayes and Jared Triolo. They've got another candidate in the system in power hitter Jack Brannigan.

Mitch Jebb Brings Elite Speed and Swing Decisions to Greensboro

With so many three-true-outcome approaches in pro ball, 2023 second round pick Mitch Jebb brings a refreshing style of contact, speed, and hustle.

Jase Bowen Has a Power/Speed/Defense Combo to Dream Upon

Tres Gonzales Brings Advanced Hitting Approach to Altoona

Rodolfo Nolasco Has Huge Power and Huge Swing and Miss

Paul Skenes Predicts the Pirates Will Be Winning For a Long Time

Discussion

Saturday Sleepers

Saturday Sleepers: Charles McAdoo is Heating Up in Greensboro

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

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

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,...

Saturday Sleepers: Valentin Linarez Added Velocity and Improved Control in 2023

Valentin Linarez had one of the biggest recorded velocity jumps in minor league baseball last year. Baseball America tracked the year-over-year four-seam velocity gainers from...

Saturday Sleepers: “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 17 year old throw 100 miles an hour”

At the start of the 2023 international signing period, the Pittsburgh Pirates added David Matoma as their first signing out of Uganda. The right-handed...

Saturday Sleepers: Omar Alfonzo is a Catching Prospect to Follow

On March 26, 2023, the Pittsburgh Pirates sent Omar Alfonzo to big league camp for a day. A catcher entering his age 19 season,...

ARCHIVES

Top 10 Hitters: Is Mel Rojas Finally Putting Things Together?

The 21
Below are the top Runs Created* totals in the Pittsburgh Pirates' farm system from the last week. The rankings include every hitter who had...

Top 10 Pitchers: Brandon Cumpton Continues Pitching Well…For Indianapolis

The 21
Below are the pitching Game Scores* in the Pittsburgh Pirates' farm system from the last week. The top ten scores are highlighted in the...

Week In Review: Polanco Offer, Roster Moves, Prospect Reports, 2014 Draft

Analysis
The big news this week was the revelation that the Pirates offered Gregory Polanco a seven year contract. Polanco turned the deal down, obviously, although...

Prospect Watch: Locke Has a Great Start; Hanson, Jones, and Rojas Homer

Prospect Watch
TOP OF THE SYSTEM A look at how the current top 20 prospects did today.  Note that this list doesn't include players currently in the...

Minor League Schedule: Vance Worley Makes His Second Start

Analysis
Today's Starters: Vance Worley, Chad Kuhl, Justin Topa

Draft Prospect Watch: Max Pentecost and Michael Conforto Wrap Up Weekend With Big Games

2014 Draft
Wrapping up the weekend of college ball with some Sunday stats and a look at four former Pittsburgh Pirates draft picks that will all...

Pirates Recall Jaff Decker, Option Brent Morel

Transactions
The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled outfielder Jaff Decker, and have optioned Brent Morel to Triple-A. The set of moves was expected, as we heard...

Prospect Reports: Breaking Down Nick Kingham’s Stuff Against Akron

Analysis
Follow @CTD_Sypien // It was a tale of two Nick Kingham's on a cool spring Saturday night in Akron, Ohio. Kingham dazzled with consistency during...

Prospect Highlights: Great Video of Nick Kingham, Terrific Catch From Chris Dickerson

Analysis
With very little in the way of highlights from Saturday in the minors, we take a look at a video from mid-April in which...

First Pitch: Thoughts on Decker, Wandy, Worley, Glasnow, 2014 Draft

First Pitch
The Brent Morel promotion was a strange one. The Pirates probably only needed an extra hitter for the three game series against the Cardinals...

Jaff Decker to Be Promoted to Pittsburgh

Transactions
Jaff Decker will be promoted to Pittsburgh tomorrow, according to his agent, Tom O'Connell. https://twitter.com/TOC_OSM/status/465343666870321152 Decker was pulled from tonight's game in Indianapolis early. Starling Marte...

Minor League Schedule: Jeff Locke Returns to Indianapolis

Analysis
Today's Starters: Jeff Locke, A.J. Morris, Cody Dickson
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