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Pirates Prospect Watch: Braxton Ashcraft Looked Great in Triple-A Debut

Braxton Ashcraft looked great in his Triple-A debut. The right-hander allowed one run in six innings of work. He allowed three hits, no walks,...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Shawn Ross Homers Thrice For Greensboro

Shawn Ross had a career day for the Greensboro Grasshoppers. The undrafted catcher out of Puerto Rico hit three home runs in a 7-1...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Charles McAdoo Is Greensboro’s Most Consistent Hitter

Charles McAdoo has been the most consistent hitter in High-A Greensboro this year. On Tuesday night, McAdoo went 3-for-6 with his ninth homer of...

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First Pitch: Finding the Line Between the Rays and the Brewers

Back in June, on one of the Pirates Prospects podcasts, we discussed the difference in trading strategies between the Tampa Bay Rays and the...

Minor League Schedule: Kingham and Glasnow Make Last Regular Season Starts

8/30/13 Probables: Casey Sadler, Nick Kingham, Pat Ludwig, Tyler Glasnow, Chad Kuhl, Blake Taylor

Pirate Offense Anemic in 4-0 Shutout Loss

After banging out 13 runs between their last two games, the Pittsburgh Pirates (77-56) could not get on the board Thursday night as Yovani...

Prospect Watch: West Virginia Clinches Playoff Spot, Paulino Hero on First Day With Indianapolis

Top Pitcher: Zack Thornton, Top Hitter: Harold Ramirez, Home Runs: Harold Ramirez, Mel Rojas, Jarek Cunningham

Injury News: Marte Making Progress

Clint Hurdle said pre-game that the Pirates have a tentative schedule for Starling Marte's return to action, and that he has been doing some...

Pirates Notebook: Breaking Bad Locke

In a move that does make sense logistically, but has some shock value when looking at it at face value, the Pirates sent Jeff...

Vic Black Is Officially the PTBNL in the Mets Deal

Ken Rosenthal reports that Vic Black is a strong possibility to be the PTBNL in the deal for Marlon Byrd and John Buck. https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/372842440727986176 Last night...

Pirates Playoff Odds After Trading for Marlon Byrd, John Buck

It would take a Hindenburg-esque crash for the Pirates to miss the MLB postseason (98-percent chance Bucs make it), but it is unlikely they...

Pirates Have Been the Most Aggressive Team Claiming Players

Here is an interesting note from Danny Knobler of CBS Sports: https://twitter.com/DannyKnoblerCBS/status/373123579438579712 The reference to the Orioles follows the news that they won claims on Josh...

Glasnow, Bell, and Dickerson Get Post-Season All-Star Honors

Three Pirates prospects so far have been named to post-season All-Star teams in their respective leagues. Alex Dickerson was named to the Eastern League...

Kendrys Morales Remains With Seattle

Jon Morosi of Fox Sports reports that Kendrys Morales has been claimed off waivers by an unknown team. https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/372069294802075648 https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/372069593822400514 Whoever the team is, they'd have two...

MLB Playoff Roster: 9 Important Points You Should Know

Learn about how "flex spots" for injured players will allow the Pirates to get creative -- and use players like Tony Sanchez and Jeff Locke.
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