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Pirates Prospect Watch: Braxton Ashcraft and Matt Gorski Stood Out in May

On May 2nd, Braxton Ashcraft allowed six runs, four earned, in six innings of work. That actually lowered his ERA to 6.64. Since that...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Lonnie White’s Grand Slam Leads Greensboro to 15 Runs

The Greensboro Grasshoppers have been known to put up some big scoring nights. On Thursday, the Pirates' High-A affiliate combined for 15 runs on...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Bubba Chandler Returns to Altoona

Bubba Chandler made his return to the mound on Wednesday for Altoona, after exiting his May 17th start as a precautionary move with forearm...

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Davis Returns for 2009; Winter League Playoffs

RHP Jason Davis has signed a minor league contract with the Pirates for 2009.

Wakfield Versus Pirate Aces

I was looking for something to make myself feel worse. And I found it on my drive home this evening: how about comparing Tim...

Pena In, Perez Out, and a Dominican Twist

Another pitcher inked to a minor league contract:

RHP Eddie Pena

2009 win projection – ZiPS

Dan Szymborski released his ZiPS projections for the Pirates yesterday, and they are not pretty. ZiPS is much less optimistic about the team's chances...

Pirates ink four arbitration-eligible players; Maholm, McLouth remain unsigned

The Pirate signed four of their arbitration eligible players to one-year deals today. Adam LaRoche will receive $7.05 million and John Grabow will...

Minor League Signing News

Two more minor league contracts:

Paul Mildren is a 24-year old left-handed starting pitcher from Australia.

Catching Up With the Winter League Playoffs


In the Venezuelan League playoffs on Saturday, Aragua beat La Guaira 9-3.

Alvarez in Mini-Camp; Hernandez and Belisario in Playoffs

Pirates' mini-camp is wrapping up, and management seems to be pleased with most everyone, with one cautionary exception:

Shortstop Signings; Perez Gets Out of a Jam

Pirates' mini-camp continues, and there are only 28 more days until spring training starts.

Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says that there are 18 or so minor leaguers in Bradenton now, while the team is having voluntary mini-camp.

Pirate Prospect #18 – Jordy Mercer

I am counting down my personal list of the top 25 Pirate prospects. You can follow the countdown here, or by clicking on the...

More Contracts and Another Save for Hernandez

The Pirates are busy this week with minicamp.

Pirate Prospect #19 – Matt Hague

I am counting down my personal list of the top 25 Pirate prospects. You can follow the countdown here, or by clicking on the...
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