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The Milwaukee Brewers aren't a big swing and miss team. Prior to Tuesday night's game against the Pirates, they ranked 22nd in baseball in swinging strikes, at 10% of their total pitches. Yet, the Pittsburgh Pirates...
Nick Gonzales keeps hitting. The middle infielder, playing second base on Tuesday night for Indianapolis, went 2-for-4 with a walk. That extends his hitting streak to 13 games, and continues his streak of reaching base in all...

The 2013-14 International Signing Class Has Already Started to Pay Off for the Pirates

We plan to have an article dedicated to the international side each Sunday throughout the season. So until the Dominican Summer League begins play...

Bristol Top 10: A Young Group of Prospects Led by Projectable Pitching Talent

Most of the talk for Bristol this season centered around their horrible win-loss record and very poor fielding. The team was supposed to have...

Morning Report: Edwin Espinal and Edison Lantigua Receive League Honors

A few of the leagues around the minors have started announcing their post-season All-Star teams already. On Friday, both the Appalachian League and the...

Jordan George is the Pirates Prospects Player of the Month for July

Jordan George was promoted to Altoona at the end of July, playing his final four games of the month at the new level. When...

Big Upside Prep Pitchers Highlight the 2016 GCL Pirates Top 10

The GCL Pirates featured a lot of pitching talent this year. The Pirates spent most of their 2016 draft funds on over-slot prep pitchers,...

First Pitch: An Early Look at the Pirates Breakout Candidates For 2017

Today we announced our Breakout Prospect of the Year, which was Mitch Keller (obviously). Eric Wood was the breakout position player, just as I predicted to...

Pirates Prospects 2016 Mid-Season Top 50 Prospects

At the start of the 2016 season, I wrote about "The Next Wave" -- the group of prospects who would join the Pirates in...

2016 GCL Pirates Season Preview and Top 10 Prospects

Out of the three Pirates short-season affiliates, the GCL team easily has the most upside. A big reason for this is due to the...

Morning Report: The Gap in Talent Between the DSL and GCL

For the second year in a row, the top prospect coming over from the DSL, has had some trouble adjusting to the GCL. Last...

Morning Report: Multiple Players Struggling With Jump From DSL to GCL This Year

If it wasn't for Ke'Bryan Hayes, the GCL Pirates would have a horrible offense this year. With his 1.024 OPS, which ranks fourth in...

Morning Report: The Best Prospects in the GCL

If you noticed the top 30 on our Prospect Watch from last night, you'll see that all of the top 30 prospects that were...

Edison Lantigua Named Among the Top 20 Prospects in VSL/DSL

Ben Badler from Baseball America has named his top 20 prospects from the DSL/VSL from last season and Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Edison Lantigua  made...