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Pirates Prospect Watch: Andres Alvarez Delivers Huge Triple on Three Hit Day

Andres Alvarez had a three hit day at the bottom of the Indianapolis lineup. His triple in the seventh inning was the most significant...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Joshua Palacios Homers in Three Hit Game

Joshua Palacios had three hits, including a key home run, helping Indianapolis to a victory on Friday night. The Pirates' Triple-A squad was down 2-0...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Alika Williams Has a Four Hit Night

Alika Williams had four hits on Thursday night for Indianapolis. Since being sent down for Nick Yorke, Williams is 8-for-14 at the Triple-A level. He's...

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Taking Another Look at the Pitching Staff

About a month ago, the Pittsburgh Pirates had one of the best starting pitching rotations in the league.  They were ranked 4th overall, thanks...

Daily Prospect Profile: Brandon Cumpton

21 earned runs in 10.2 innings.  That's how Brandon Cumpton started his 2011 season with West Virginia.  The 2010 9th round pick signed out...

Minor League Schedule: 8/5/11

Today's starting pitchers: Rudy Owens, Kyle McPherson, Jhonathan Ramos, Zack Von Rosenberg and Nick Kingham

Ohlendorf Goes 6 Innings, As Indians Overcome 5 Errors

Indianapolis Indians  4,  Toledo Mud Hens  3 Ross Ohlendorf made his second rehab start with the Indians, though he did not figure into the decisions...

Game 110 Recap: 3 Run 8th Pushes Losing Streak to 7

This was nothing short of a gut punch. The Pirates scraped together a six run fourth inning to take a two run lead only...

Pittsburgh Pirates Prospect Watch 8/4/11

Ross Ohlendorf makes another AAA rehab start, while Brandon Cumpton and Zac Fuesser both have strong outings.

Projection, Projection, Projection — Will the Pirates’ Draft Approach Work?

As the more fanatical Pirate fans are all well aware, the Pirates in recent drafts have followed a fairly extreme pattern of focusing on...

One Year Ago Today: Pirates Bolster Bullpen

I've talked a few times the last few days about how the July 31st trade deadline doesn't represent the final opportunity to add talent...

Is Wes Freeman Climbing in to the Top 50?

One of the big stories in the minors the last few weeks has been the hot streak by outfield prospect Wes Freeman.  In his...

VSL/DSL Pirates Transactions

The Pirates have recently released five players from the VSL/DSL rosters and added five new players in their place. Earlier this year they needed...

Zack Von Rosenberg vs Colton Cain

The 2009 draft saw two big bonuses awarded to high school pitchers by the Pittsburgh Pirates.  One bonus was for $1.2 M, going to...

Daily Prospect Profile: Brock Holt

Coming in to the 2011 season, one position player that I had my eye on was Brock Holt.  The 23 year old middle infielder...