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Pirates Prospect Watch: Termarr Johnson Homers on Three Hit Day

Termarr Johnson picked up three hits on Sunday, including his second home run of the season, as Greensboro won 7-4 at Hickory. Johnson is only...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Accept No Imitations

The Pirates Prospect Watch has been running on Pirates Prospects for parts of 15 seasons, making its debut in late August 2010 as the...

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...

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

Prospect Highlights: Polanco Crushes a HR, McGuire Shows Off a Cannon

Analysis
All of the scheduled minor league games tonight were rained out, which means there is no Prospect Watch. In it's place, here are a...

Minor League Schedule: Monday Rainouts Lead To Busy Tuesday

Analysis
Today's Starters: Phil Irwin, Jay Jackson, Joely Rodriguez, Jason Creasy, Dovydas Neverauskas, Shane Carle

Minor Moves: Harold Ramirez and Barrett Barnes To The Disabled List

Injury Updates
We heard last night that West Virginia outfielders Harold Ramirez and Barrett Barnes both left their game early and for both of them, it looked...

Tony Sanchez, Chris Stewart, and the Depth vs Best 25 Debate

Analysis
Yesterday there were two events that took place which will raise controversy in the next week for the Pittsburgh Pirates. At the minor league...

Top Performers: Homers For Polanco, Bell, Jhang, and Osuna in Week One

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 Performers: Even Without Taillon and Glasnow, Pirates Get Strong Pitching

The 21
Below are the pitching Game Scores* in the Pittsburgh Pirates' farm system from the last week. Normally in this weekly article, the top ten...

First Pitch: You Can’t Stop Pitching Injuries, You Can Only Hope to Contain Them

First Pitch
Once upon a time, it seemed like every top pitching prospect the Pittsburgh Pirates had would go down with a major injury. Bobby Bradley,...

Minor League Schedule: Phil Irwin Gets First Start

Analysis
Today's Starters: Phil Irwin, Joely Rodriguez, Dovydas Neverauskas

Week In Review: Who Needs to Step Up With Jameson Taillon Out?

Analysis
At the start of the week, Jameson Taillon received his second opinion on his injured right elbow. After the opinion the Pirates and Taillon were...

Draft Prospect Watch: Louisville’s Nick Burdi Is Worth Watching

2014 Draft
On Friday night, we took a look at a day filled with two big pitching match-ups and staff aces pitching well. Then on Saturday, we covered...

Harold Ramirez and Barrett Barnes Injured in West Virginia Game

Injury Updates
The sixth inning of today's West Virginia Power game saw outfielders Harold Ramirez and Barrett Barnes go down with injuries. Barnes came up favoring his...

Prospect Watch: Gregory Polanco Homers, Nick Kingham Throws Six Shutout Innings

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...
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