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First Pitch: The Pirates are Giving a Lot of Aggressive Promotions to Hitting Prospects

While writing up the top 30 today, two trends occurred over and over. These two trends seemed to be a change from how the...

Pirates Have Players Among the Youngest in the League at Every Level

Baseball America posted the lists of the ten youngest players in each league, going from the Majors down to Low-A. The list only includes...

Morning Report: The Prospects That Could Develop at West Virginia This Year

Yesterday was Opening Day in the minors, with all four full-season affiliates of the Pittsburgh Pirates playing their first game. We posted the season...

Prospect Watch: Nick Kingham Looks Strong in Opener, Cole Tucker Has a Big Day at the Plate

TOP OF THE SYSTEM A look at how the current top 20 prospects did today.  Note that this list doesn't include players currently in the...

First Pitch: Which Pirates Prospects Could Make a Jump in the Top 100 Rankings?

Today I wrote about the breakout candidates in the lower levels of the Pittsburgh Pirates' system, looking at guys who could go from being...

2015 West Virginia Power Opening Day Roster

The West Virginia Power have released their 25-man Opening Day roster for the 2015 season. Pitchers Jake Burnette Austin Coley Eric Dorsch Montana DuRapau Yeudy Garcia Junior Lopez Alex McRae Nick Neumann Dovydas Neverauskas Miguel...

Minors Notes: An Over-Slot Prep Pitcher Showing Promise Now That He’s Finally Healthy

At the end of the 2014 season, things looked bad for right-handed pitcher Jake Burnette's future. He was a member of that strong 2011...

Pirates are Giving Cole Tucker an Aggressive Promotion to West Virginia

Under Neal Huntington, the Pittsburgh Pirates have never been afraid to make an unexpected move, even if that move is largely unpopular. They have...

Pittsburgh Pirates 2015 Top Prospects: #9 – Cole Tucker

The Pirates Prospects 2015 Prospect Guide is now on sale. The book features prospect reports on everyone in the system, the 2015 top 50 prospects,...

First Pitch: How Cal Ripken Almost Killed Me, and Maybe Put a Few Baseball Players at Risk Too

I grew up an Orioles fan, and for one reason: Cal Ripken Jr. Well, technically two reasons. While my dad was from Pittsburgh, my...

Pirates 2014 First Round Pick Cole Tucker Had Surgery to Repair a Torn UCL in His Hand

Last July, Cole Tucker went down with a thumb injury in his 11th professional game. A day after the injury happened, I talked to...

Baseball America’s 2014 Pirates Draft Report Card

Baseball America has released their 2014 Pittsburgh Pirates draft report card, which gives insight into the best tools among pitchers and position players. John...
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