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What has stood out about Quinn Priester in the early games in Triple-A this year is his high whiff rate. The 2019 first rounder has two starts with double-digit whiff totals, seeing an increase over his...
The Pirates sent down 2020 seventh overall pick Nick Gonzales this spring, relegating him to a depth option for the second base position. He seemed to take that personally, recording hits in nearly every game since,...

Morning Report: A Retirement, An Injury, and Something You Won’t Want to Miss

Some news, notes and a cool piece of memorabilia on a Wednesday morning. ** Erik Lunde announced his retirement on Monday. He was an 18th...

First Pitch: A Deeper Look at the Prospects Traded in the Francisco Liriano Deal

Everything about the Francisco Liriano trade has been weird. The actual trade itself was unconventional. A lot of the opinions following the deal have...

First Pitch: The Pirates Are Taking a Huge Risk With the Francisco Liriano Trade

I expected the Pirates to add a starting pitcher today, predicting last night that they'd go for a lower cost guy, rather than one...

Pirates Trade Francisco Liriano to the Blue Jays

The Pirates made a surprising late move today, dealing Francisco Liriano to the Toronto Blue Jays, according to Robert Murray. https://twitter.com/RobertMurrayFRS/status/760215885340561408 Jon Heyman has since confirmed...

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...

Top Performers: Hanson, Garcia, Ramirez, Keller, Tarpley, Williams

Every week we have live reports from all over the system, while I provide additional views of the minors via MiLB.tv, which included Indianapolis...

What Has Led to Harold Ramirez Hitting So Well in Double-A?

ALTOONA, PA - Harold Ramirez began his 2016 campaign on quite a cold -- literally and figuratively speaking -- stretch. After a breakout season...

Four Altoona Curve Named to Eastern League All-Star Game

On Thursday afternoon, the Eastern League announced the rosters for their July 13th All-Star game in Akron. Four Altoona Curve players were named to...

Top Performers: Bell, Glasnow, Holmes, Tarpley, Waddell and Garcia Lead Last Week’s Best

Every week we have live reports from all over the system, while I provide additional views of the minors via MiLB.tv, which included Indianapolis,...

Top Performers: Glasnow, Bell, Meadows, Ramirez, Frazier and Polo Highlight Last Week’s Best

Every week we have live reports from all over the system, while I provide additional views of the minors via MiLB.tv, which included Indianapolis,...

Prospect Watch: Cody Dickson Continue Recent Success Against League’s Best

A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today.  Note that this list doesn't include players currently in the majors. If a...

Morning Report: Harold Ramirez Still Has a Lot of Development Left

When Tim Williams was writing up his First Pitch the other day about overlooked issues during minor league development, I noted that Harold Ramirez...