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Pirates Won’t Hold Any Starting Pitching Prospects Back From Indianapolis

BRADENTON, Fla. - The biggest question all throughout Spring Training was whether one of the Indianapolis starting pitching prospects would have to move to...

John Sickels Places Five Pirates in His Top 175 Prospects

John Sickels posted his list of the top 175 prospects earlier this week and gave one Pirates' prospect the highest ranking he has ever received....

Prospect Notes: Meadows Recovering Quickly, Garcia and Keller Recaps

BRADENTON, Fla. - Two weeks ago today, Austin Meadows had surgery to repair a fractured orbital bone. The injury came after getting hit in...

Pirates Notes: Cory Luebke Makes the Pirates’ Opening Day Roster

BRADENTON, Fla. - The Opening Day roster for the Pirates is starting to take shape, after the team made five more cuts today. All...

2015 Pirates International Signing Review

Ben Badler from Baseball America posted his annual review of the Pittsburgh Pirates' international signings on Thursday morning. He covered ten players total in...

Pirates Make Another Round of Cuts as Opening Day Roster Takes Shape

The Pittsburgh Pirates made another round of cuts on Thursday morning, trimming five players from the roster. All of the players were reassigned to...

First Pitch: The Pirates Correct Their Biggest Off-Season Mistake

BRADENTON, Fla. - I've never been in the group that thinks the Pirates are heading for a down year in 2016. True, they're probably...

David Todd Podcast: Injury Updates, Opening Day Roster and Juan Nicasio

Tim Williams did his weekly radio interview with David Todd today on ESPN 970 in Pittsburgh. Here are the highlights of the interview, with...

Juan Nicasio Wins a Rotation Spot, Ryan Vogelsong Moved to the Bullpen

BRADENTON, Fla. - After today's game, Pirates' manager Clint Hurdle announced that Juan Nicasio will be a member of the rotation this year, with...

Injury Updates: Kang, Diaz, Hughes, Polanco, Mercer, Tarpley, Tucker, Mathisen

BRADENTON, Fla. - Jung-ho Kang played the field for the first time on Monday, and today he's increasing the workload. Pirates' Head Athletic Trainer...

Averaging Out the Farm System Rankings

On Wednesday morning, Baseball Prospectus released their rankings of the farm systems around baseball. They had the Pittsburgh Pirates ranked sixth overall. You can...

First Pitch: The Most Difficult Decision For the Pirates This Week

BRADENTON, Fla. - The Pirates answered a few questions about their Opening Day roster today. Matt Joyce was named to the team, Jeff Locke...