Yesterday we started a new series that will be nine parts, looking at the top Game Scores from minor league starting pitchers for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The first article looked at the best from the Indianapolis...
The Pittsburgh Pirates had a nice group of prospects at three of their four full-season affiliates. That was true last year as well, when Bradenton was the weak link of the group. This year, the Altoona...
On Monday afternoon, the Eastern League announced the selections for their All-Star game on July 10th. The Altoona Curve have three players named to the Western Division squad. Right-handed pitchers James Marvel and Pedro Vasquez, will...
In yesterday's Morning Report, we took a look at the Bradenton Marauders, seeing what has gone right and what has gone wrong for them over the first two months of the season. That followed a look at...
Every year we do an early projection of the full-season minor league clubs for the Pittsburgh Pirates as prep for the Prospect Guide. While the Prospect Guide prep focuses on where individual players will play, this...
We continue with our "best of" series today by taking a look at the best hitter, best pitcher, biggest surprise and biggest disappointment from the Altoona Curve. We looked at three teams last week, then Morgantown...
ALTOONA, Pa. - The Pirates promoted outfielder Jason Martin to Triple-A Indianapolis last week after he hit .325 with a .913 OPS for the Altoona Curve to start his 2018 campaign. The promotion did not come as...
The Eastern League named their rosters for the All-Star game scheduled on July 11th in Trenton and four Altoona Curve were selected for the game. First baseman Will Craig, third baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes and pitchers Taylor...
From Tuesday through Friday last week, we looked at the progress of the top prospects from the 2017 DSL Pirates, GCL Pirates, Bristol Pirates and Morgantown. Then on Tuesday we looked at the 2017 West Virginia Power....
The last two Morning Reports have been looks at the first month for both the West Virginia Power and Bradenton Marauders. We move up to Altoona today, where the team is loaded with top 30 prospects...
The rosters for the Altoona Curve and West Virginia Power were both released on Thursday afternoon ahead of the Opening Day games later today. There were also a few late changes for Indianapolis and Bradenton.
Both Gage...
The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Altoona Curve have extended their Player Development Contract for four more seasons, which will run them through the 2022 season. Altoona has won the Eastern League title twice, first in 2010...