The Greensboro Grasshoppers won the South Atlantic League North first half last week, putting the High-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the post-season....
The Pirates have Gold Glove third basemen in Ke'Bryan Hayes and Jared Triolo. They've got another candidate in the system in power hitter Jack Brannigan.
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' 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.
