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Winter Leagues: Espinal Starts Off Strong; Santana has Second Straight Tough Outing

On Tuesday in the Dominican, Jung-Ho Kang couldn't build off his first home run from the day before. He went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts,...

Winter Leagues: Edgar Santana Makes His Winter Debut

On Saturday night in the Dominican league, Edgar Santana made his winter debut. The 26-year-old right-handed pitcher, who just celebrated his birthday last Monday,...

Pirates Notebook: Angel Sanchez was Surprised by His Promotion to Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH — The Pirates bullpen continues to be a revolving door. After six roster moves involving relievers on Tuesday, the Pirates made two more on...

Pirates Call Up Reliever Angel Sanchez; Option Edgar Santana to Indianapolis

The Pittsburgh Pirates have selected the contract of right-handed pitcher Angel Sanchez from Indianapolis. To make room for him on the 25-man roster, reliever...

Morning Report: Which Top 50 Prospects Could Lose Their Prospect Status this Year?

With Steven Brault getting recalled for last night's game, I thought I could bring back the Prospect Status updates for today. I stopped because...

Morning Report: Checking the Progress of Last Year’s AFL Participants

The Pittsburgh Pirates sent seven players to the Arizona Fall League last year. That's an average amount of players, although there weren't any highly...

Pirates Activate Francisco Cervelli; Option Edgar Santana to Indianapolis

The Pittsburgh Pirates have activated Francisco Cervelli from the 10-day disabled list for Monday's game in Philadelphia and optioned reliever Edgar Santana to Indianapolis...

Pirates Notebook: Jordy Mercer Has Become One of the Best Eighth Place Hitters in the NL

PITTSBURGH — Jordy Mercer is hitting seventh in the Pirates’ lineup on Friday against the San Francisco Giants, but he’s become one of the...

Pirates Notebook: Edgar Santana’s Transition to a Multi-Inning Reliever

PITTSBURGH — Pirates reliever Edgar Santana pitched for multiple innings for the first time in his MLB career on Wednesday against the Colorado Rockies. Santana...

Edgar Santana Makes Debut and New Bullpen Look Works Out in Pirates’ 7-6 Win

PITTSBURGH — Five years ago, Edgar Santana had never played organized baseball. Saturday afternoon in the Pirates’ 7-6 win over the Miami Marlins, he...

The Book on Edgar Santana

The Pirates called up Edgar Santana today, addressing their current bullpen issues by adding the top relief pitching prospect in the system. Santana has...

From Knocking Coconuts Out of Trees With a Rock to Pitching in the Majors

INDIANAPOLIS - His journey is almost complete, just two steps left. Edgar Santana’s unlikely rise to the major leagues culminated with his call-up by the Pirates...
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