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Pirates Prospect Watch: Termarr Johnson Continues Hitting With His Sixth Homer

Termarr Johnson hit his sixth homer of the year for Greensboro on Wednesday night. The 2022 fourth overall pick put the Grasshoppers on the...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Patrick Reilly Strikes Out Ten in Six Shutout Innings

Patrick Reilly had the best start of his pro career on Tuesday. The right-hander went six shutout innings for Greensboro, striking out ten batters...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Indianapolis is Regaining Depth For Pittsburgh

As I mentioned in last week's recap, we're entering the time of the season where the most consistent performers should start getting moved up....

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Pirates Prospect Watch: Bubba Chandler Leaves Start Early

Bubba Chandler left his start early on Friday, after dealing with control problems. Chandler walked his first two batters, then issued three more walks with...

2024 Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Tiered Rankings Version 2.0

We are about six weeks into the 2024 minor league season, and some trends are beginning to develop in the Pittsburgh Pirates system. Those...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Sean Sullivan Throws Seven Shutout

Sean Sullivan led the Altoona Curve to a 4-1 victory on Thursday, pitching seven shutout innings against Akron. This was the longest outing of...

Pirates Prospect Watch: J.P. Massey Leads Greensboro to Victory

J.P. Massey had his best start of the season for Greensboro on Wednesday. The right-hander allowed one run on four hits in six innings,...

Statcast Heroes: A Pirates Themed Introduction to the New Bat Tracking Data

Major League Baseball released their latest massive update to the publicly available Statcast data, introducing bat-tracking data this week. For an intro to the...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Braxton Ashcraft Strikes Out Ten in Seven Shutout Innings

Braxton Ashcraft had his best start of the year on Tuesday afternoon, tossing seven shutout innings for Altoona. The right-hander allowed four hits, one...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Bradenton is on a Ten Game Winning Streak

The Bradenton Marauders have won ten games in a row for the first time in franchise history, after sweeping all six games last week...

First Pitch: The Pirates Need to Stop Optimizing Their Lineup to Optimize Their Lineup

On Sunday, the Pittsburgh Pirates played their 41st game of the season. The lineup that manager Derek Shelton submitted was the 40th different batting...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Thomas Harrington Makes His Double-A Debut

Thomas Harrington made his Double-A debut for the Altoona Curve in game two of a double header on Sunday. Harrington, who was drafted 36th overall...

Williams: A New Pirates Generation

This weekend hasn't gone as perfectly as you'd hope for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates were set to throw the two best pitching prospects in...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Hunter Barco Throws Five Shutout Innings

Hunter Barco threw five shutout innings for Greensboro on Saturday night, lowering his ERA at the level to 1.65. The lefty pitched five innings...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Esmerlyn Valdez Hits an Inside the Park Grand Slam

In the first inning of Friday's Bradenton contest, Esmerlyn Valdez hit an inside the park grand slam. The Pirates signed Valdez in early 2021 as...
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