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Pirates Prospect Watch: Patrick Reilly Completes a Great Month in Greensboro

Patrick Reilly has been one of the breakout prospects in the lower levels of the Pittsburgh Pirates system this year. Drafted in the fifth...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Hunter Barco Strikes Out Nine in Five No-Hit Innings

The Pittsburgh Pirates scaled back the workload of left-handed pitcher Hunter Barco this month. Barco opened the month allowing eight runs in 4.2 innings...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Bubba Chandler is Taking His Game to the Next Level

You don't have to squint hard to see that Bubba Chandler is taking his game to the next level. On Thursday night, Chandler put...

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Pirates Prospect Watch: Accept No Imitations

The Pirates Prospect Watch has been running on Pirates Prospects for parts of 15 seasons, making its debut in late August 2010 as the...

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...
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