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Pirates Prospect Watch: Charles McAdoo Homers and Has a Web Gem in Double-A Debut

In his first game at the Double-A level, Charles McAdoo kept hitting. The third baseman was recently promoted by the Pirates from Greensboro after...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Bubba Chandler Strikes Out Ten in Career-Best Start

Bubba Chandler had the best start of his pro career on Friday night, pitching the Altoona Curve to a 5-0 victory. Chandler pitched seven shutout...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Zander Mueth is Shutting Out Rookie Ball Hitters

The Pittsburgh Pirates are turning into a pitching factory. The major league team is led by the two top pitching prospects in the game,...

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Jose Contreras Placed on Bereavement List, Jared Hughes Recalled

Right-handed reliever Jose Contreras has been placed on the bereavement list due to a death in his family, and the Pirates have recalled righty...

Pirates Notebook: Robbie Grossman Finally Comes To Pittsburgh

Outfielder Robbie Grossman will make his PNC Park debut Friday night in the leadoff spot, five years after the Pirates drafted him in the...

P3 Episode 4: Are the Pirates For Real? Plus a Jameson Taillon Interview

Episode three of The Pirates Prospects Podcast can be downloaded or streamed below. This week's episode includes analysis from Tom Bragg (@TomBraggSports) and James...

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,...
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