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Pirates Prospect Watch: Braxton Ashcraft is Heating Up in the Altoona Rotation

Braxton Ashcraft looks like he's starting to heat up. The right-hander pitched 5.1 innings for Altoona on Saturday night, allowing one run on five...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Patrick Reilly Throws Five No-Hit Innings

Patrick Reilly threw five no-hit innings for the Greensboro Grasshoppers on Friday, leading the High-A team to a 5-0 victory. Reilly was drafted in the...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Henry Davis and Matt Gorski Power Indianapolis to Victory

The power is finally showing up for Henry Davis. The 2021 first overall pick hit two home runs for Indianapolis on Thursday night, giving...

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Pirates Trade Brian Jeroloman to the Nationals

Rob Biertempfel reports that Brian Jeroloman has been traded to the Washington Nationals. https://twitter.com/BiertempfelTrib/status/335471551774326784 The Pirates claimed Jeroloman in late 2011 from Toronto, then lost him...

Prospect Trends: AAA Depth and WV Prospects Going in Different Directions

It's received wisdom these days that AAA teams serve more as taxi squads for their parent teams than as prospect development vehicles.  Most teams...

First Pitch: Thursday Thoughts on Liriano, Martin, Wilson, Milwaukee, Sanchez

Thursday is podcast recording day. Today it was also "Go see Luis Heredia at Pirate City" day (article coming tomorrow), and "Ten Articles Will...

Minor League Schedule: Holmes Tries Again In West Virginia

5/17/13 Starters: Brandon Cumpton, Casey Sadler, Zack Dodson, Clay Holmes

Prospect Watch: Tony Sanchez Keeps Hitting, Gregory Polanco Homers

Top Pitcher: David Bromberg, Top Hitter: Charlie Cutler, HR: Gregory Polanco

Snider Goes Swimming as Pirates Pound Brewers 7-1

Let's not mince words. The Pirates pummeled Milwaukee on Thursday. It was a strange game, to say the least. Just to give you an idea of how...

Injury Update: Morton, Karstens and McDonald

A quick update on some of the Pirates' pitchers recovering from injury: -- Charlie Morton pitched Thursday for Altoona, going four innings while allowing two...

Jonathan Mayo Posts Mock Draft, Peterson Mentioned Again

It's been a busy day for draft coverage today, but one thing is for certain, DJ Peterson has jumped up in the rankings for...

Draft Preview: Focusing In On Certain Players

The 2013 MLB draft begins exactly three weeks from today and the Pittsburgh Pirates pick twice early on, 9th and 14th overall. By now,...

Keith Law Posts Mock Draft, New Name Associated With Pirates

Keith Law has posted his first mock draft for insiders(subscription required) and he has a surprising new name linked to the Pittsburgh Pirates, first...

Minor Moves: Holmes Off DL, d’Arnaud Starts Rehab

The Pittsburgh Pirates have made a handful of minor league moves today involving West Virginia and Bradenton. Clay Holmes was activated off the disabled list...

Prospect Notebook: When Should Taillon and Pimentel Be Promoted to Indianapolis?

After losing 6 of 8 games last week (through May 8th), the Altoona Curve had more success this week going 4-1.  Of particular note,...
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