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Pirates Prospect Watch: Bubba Chandler Leaves Start Early

Bubba Chandler left his start early on Friday, after dealing with control problems. Chandler walked his first two batters, then issued three more walks with...

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,...

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

Draft Prospect Watch: Derek Fisher Homers In Second Game Back

2014 Draft
Some mid-week draft news and notes. Baseball America has two draft features from this week that are worth checking out, plus a couple other...

Brandon Cumpton avoids first slow start of career

Analysis
Brandon Cumpton is off to a staggeringly strong start this season. However, that is not something that he is generally accustomed to. This is a...

Prospect Highlights: Polanco and Allie Homer, Triple From Alen Hanson

Analysis
Three big name players from the Pirates farm system had big hits in yesterday's games. As you will see, three was the common theme...

Tyler Glasnow is Set to Make His 2014 Debut on Friday

Analysis
Top pitching prospect Tyler Glasnow will be making his 2014 debut on Friday for Bradenton against St. Lucie. Glasnow missed the start of the...

Brandon Cumpton Will Be Replacing Wandy Rodriguez

News
This is nothing but speculation at this point, but it appears that Brandon Cumpton will be replacing Wandy Rodriguez for Thursday's start in Pittsburgh....

First Pitch: The Pirates Would Be Struggling Now, Even With Gregory Polanco

First Pitch
The Pittsburgh Pirates lost again tonight, falling 4-1 to the Cincinnati Reds and Johnny Cueto, and dropping to 9-12 on the season. I wasn't...

Minor League Schedule: Kingham Goes In Altoona Tonight

Analysis
Today's Starters: Jay Jackson, Nick Kingham, Orlando Castro, Buddy Borden

Prospect Watch: Three Hits and a Homer Each For Gregory Polanco and Stetson Allie

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 Moves: Zack Dodson Placed on the Altoona DL

Injury Updates
Here are all of the latest moves in the Pittsburgh Pirates minor league system. **Zack Dodson was placed on the disabled list with a left...

Injury Updates: Luis Heredia, Jameson Taillon, Austin Meadows

Injury Updates
On Sunday, Pittsburgh Pirates' General Manager Neal Huntington spoke with the media, and gave a few updates on some of the injured prospects in...

Russell Martin and Travis Snider Suspended

Transactions
Major League Baseball has announced that Travis Snider and Russell Martin have been suspended for their role in the fight during Sunday's game against...

Prospect Highlights: Fine Defensive Play By Alen Hanson, Big Night For Altoona Bats

Analysis
A few highlights from last night's 10-1 Altoona win, plus the walk-off winner in extra innings for Indianapolis. First off, with some nice fielding...
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