The other day I wrote about Michael McKenry, noting his strong numbers in a small sample size this year, and asking when he would be for real. In the article I noted that McKenry's numbers this...
Two of the Pirates top prospects will get the start today. For Altoona, Gerrit Cole will take the mound, coming off his best start since being promoted to AA. He threw six shutout innings on Tuesday...
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees 9, Indianapolis Indians 8
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A throwing error and a sacrifice fly allowed the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees to score the tying and the winning runs in the bottom of the 10th inning, to defeat the Indianapolis Indians...
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 majors. Rankings are from the post trade deadline update.
1. Gerrit Cole, RHP,...
The Pittsburgh Pirates starting staff was one of the best heading into the All-Star break, but have had some struggled in the second half. One of those starting five has been James McDonald, who entered the...
Today is a busy date in Pittsburgh Pirates history, eight former players born on this date and one transaction of note. In his Jolly Roger Rewind, John Fredland recaps a game from 1958 with a big...
Robby Rowland's first two professional seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks weren't what the he expected from himself. The 20-year-old, who was drafted in the third round of 2010 out of Cloverdale, California High, was committed to...
Exploring the Arsenal will run prior to each game, providing you with a brief scouting report on the starting pitcher expected to oppose the Pirates. The chart below shows the horizontal and vertical movement of...
Back in early July, I did an in-depth look at the two Dominican Summer League teams of the Pittsburgh Pirates, with early season notes on the players to watch. We now take a look at how...
Baseball America has released their early 2013 draft rankings, and Mark Appel holds the number one spot. Baseball America notes that the draft class looks underwhelming from a college hitting standpoint. The high school class looks...
After the Wandy Rodriguez trade was made, I wrote about how I wasn't a fan of the deal. It wasn't that I thought Rodriguez was a bad player. I think he can be a good pitcher...
Jameson Taillon gets the start tonight for Bradenton, coming off one of the best starts of his career, a seven inning shutout performance on Monday night. Justin Wilson goes for Indianapolis tonight. He ranks second in...
