Tag: Alessandro Ercolani

Something occurred to me recently. According to my social media memories, 15 years ago around this time I was where most aspiring prospects writers are...

Thomas Harrington looks like he's settling in at the Triple-A level. The right-hander allowed one run on two hits in six innings, carrying a...

Yesterday I looked at the best performing hitters in the Pittsburgh Pirates minor league system. This system has been dropped to the bottom-third in...

Bubba Chandler continued to dominate hitters in his second start at the Triple-A level. Billy McKinney has been hitting at the same level for...

The minor league season kicked off the final stretch this past week. Technically, the MLB All-Star Break isn't the half-way point for most of...

I've been going through the Pittsburgh Pirates' minor league system over the last month, projecting out the prospects at every level. The Triple-A level is...

The minor league season is a little over a month old, with the Triple-A season extending a week longer than everyone else. By this...

Alessandro Ercolani is a 19-year-old pitcher from the small country of San Marino, with a mix of six pitches that all show promise. The Pirates gave him the assignment of pitching in High-A Greensboro, which he embraced with four shutout innings in his debut.

The strength of this Pittsburgh Pirates team is clearly on the pitching side. The top prospects in the system are pitchers. The depth of...

I was at Pirate City this weekend, getting a look at some of the prospects in the system, while getting a feel for where...

Monday was a slow day in the minors, with just the Dominican Summer League in action. There was a little bit of news. Bradenton...

After a rare Monday that saw three of the four full season teams play, Tuesday kind of gets things back to normal with everyone...