UPDATE 3:51 PM: Jon Heyman is hearing that there's nothing serious with Justin Upton yet. He also says the Pirates are "probably not a fit" and that they won't include Cole or Taillon.
UPDATE 1:16 PM: Jon...
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...
As per Nick Cafardo's Sunday column in the Boston Globe, Jon Lester has "been on the Pirates' radar" along with the usual suspects of Zack Greinke, Cole Hamels, Matt Garza, and Ryan Dempster. Carfardo goes on...
It was hard to make the argument a few weeks ago that Starling Marte needed more time. Marte was in the middle of a pretty amazing hot streak. On June 22nd, Marte had a .754 OPS...
Indianapolis is in first place in their division, and they have the best record in the entire International League. They have an 11 game lead in the standing over second place Columbus, their opponent this afternoon....
Indianapolis Indians 12, Columbus Clippers 9
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The Indianapolis Indians and Columbus Clippers traded the lead back and forth tonight at Victory Field, but it was the Indians who came out on top, coming from behind twice for...
Just like the months in the summer heat up, so does Neil Walker at the plate. After hitting .278 in April and .238 in the month of May, Walker's bat has started to become red hot...
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 mid-season update.
1. Gerrit Cole, RHP, Altoona (2-2, 5.17)...
Attendance was a little sparse to start the game at the neo-retro gem of a ballpark known as Canal Park in downtown Akron. Whether it was the pockets of gray clouds overhead or the Italian-American festival...
Six former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date including one of the better pitchers from the franchise's early years. John Fredland tackles a doubleheader between the Reds and Pirates from the 1974 season in his...
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...
Top prospect Gerrit Cole, will make his first start in 12 days due to the Eastern League All-Star break and his one inning appearance in the Futures Game. Bradenton was rained out yesterday. They will play...
