Four former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date. Two of them were very good starting pitchers from the 1980's while the other two were not only teammates on the 1991 team, but they also shared...
There's one thing that drives me nuts, and that's same-team player comps. I understand why they exist. In most cases that's all fans know. If you say a player could be like Andrew McCutchen, a Pirates...
Bradenton was rained out yesterday. They will play a doubleheader, beginning tomorrow morning and Jameson Taillon is scheduled to throw game one as of right now. Bradenton will face former Pirates farm hand and long-time major...
After pitching well out of the Altoona (and, briefly, Indianapolis) bullpen for six weeks, Tim Alderson got his first start Tuesday night at Bowie. The Curve won the game, 7-3, beating top prospect Dylan Bundy's older...
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The Indianapolis Indians just finished a very successful home stand, winning 8 of 10 games, and propelling themselves into first place in the International League Western Division. Today they...
TOP OF THE SYSTEM
A look at how the current top 10 prospects did today. Note that this list doesn't include players currently in the majors. Rankings from the 2012 Prospect Guide, which can be purchased here.
1. Gerrit...
After the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired right-hander A.J. Burnett during the off-season, Kevin Correia looked to be the odd man out of the rotation. Having six options, it looked as if Correia would start the season in...
Keith Law released his first mock draft of the year today. With the eighth overall pick, Law has Deven Marrero going to the Pirates. That's the same as Baseball America's mock draft last week.
In the top...
If I told you at the start of the 2012 season that a West Virginia Power corner OF had a triple slash line of .304/.351/.528 (879 OPS, 224 ISO), you would be ecstatic that Josh Bell was having...
Baseball America has released their top 100 draft prospects for the upcoming draft, complete with scouting reports. The list is for subscribers, and is broken down in groups of 25 on their draft page.
The top six...
According to Taiwan Baseball, the Pittsburgh Pirates are one of eight major league teams who have shown serious interest in Taiwanese infielder Tzu-Wei Lin. The site mentions that Lin should receive a seven figure bonus, which...
The Major League Baseball draft is three weeks away. The Pittsburgh Pirates pick eighth overall, which is the first time they've picked outside of the top four since 2005, when the club selected Andrew McCutchen with...
