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Pirates Prospect Watch: Mike Burrows Strikes Out Ten in Final Game of the Season

Mike Burrows tied a career best in single-game strikeouts with ten on Sunday afternoon. The right-handed pitcher went five innings, allowing three runs on four...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Andres Alvarez Delivers Huge Triple on Three Hit Day

Andres Alvarez had a three hit day at the bottom of the Indianapolis lineup. His triple in the seventh inning was the most significant...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Joshua Palacios Homers in Three Hit Game

Joshua Palacios had three hits, including a key home run, helping Indianapolis to a victory on Friday night. The Pirates' Triple-A squad was down 2-0...

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Polanco Tops MLB Pipeline’s Top 20 Pirates List

MLB Pipeline released their top 20 list of Pittsburgh Pirates prospects today and Gregory Polanco heads the group. Almost every prospect ranking had Polanco...

How Grady Sizemore Could Impact the First Base Market

All off-season I've been seeing Mike Carp's name thrown around on fan wish lists for the Pittsburgh Pirates' first base position. The only problem...

First Pitch: The Most Important Pitch For a Pirates’ Pitcher?

Earlier today I wrote an article about the sinkerball. By that, I mean I wrote over 4700 words on that one pitch, which consisted...

Draft Prospect Watch: Prep Shortstops Moving In Different Directions

Some mid-week draft news and notes, plus some early mock drafts. Most of the top college bats were in action tonight, so it's unusually...

The Art of Pitching: Mastering the Sinkerball

During the first week of Spring Training, I was watching the Major League pitchers doing their daily throwing programs, commonly referred to as long...

First Base Market: Davis and Smoak Don’t Seem Like Possibilities

At this point in Spring Training, I think everyone has to expect the Pittsburgh Pirates to go with Andrew Lambo as their starting first...

First Pitch: Why We Won’t See Top Prospects in the Majors Until Mid-Season

Earlier today the Pittsburgh Pirates made their first cuts of the Spring, which included sending Jameson Taillon to minor league camp. Taillon is the...

Some Early Mock Drafts For Pirates First Round Pick

While it's still early in the college baseball season and extremely early for prep players, with some high schools not even start their schedule...

Pirates 2013 International Signing Recap

Ben Badler from Baseball America released his recap of the 2013 signings by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Most of the bigger names are released when...

The Path to the Majors For Jameson Taillon and Casey Sadler

This morning the Pittsburgh Pirates cut six players from Major League camp, including three starting pitchers. Jameson Taillon, Casey Sadler, and Joely Rodriguez were...

Pirates Cut Six Players, Including Jameson Taillon

The Pirates have cut six players this morning. The following 40 man players have been optioned to the minors. Alen Hanson (Altoona) Casey Sadler (Indianapolis) Joely Rodriguez...

First Pitch: Clint Hurdle’s Awareness of the Minor League System

There's a perception with Clint Hurdle that he prefers veterans over rookies, and might not trust prospects. That often comes up in situations where...