For many years of my life, I was a walking database of knowledge about the Pittsburgh Pirates and their minor league system.
I covered Spring Training in Bradenton for years. I also covered games in each minor...
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the...
Something occurred to me recently.
According to my social media memories, 15 years ago around this time I was where most aspiring prospects writers are...
I've been going through the Pittsburgh Pirates' minor league system over the last month, projecting out the prospects at every level.
The Triple-A level is...
The Pittsburgh Pirates were originally scheduled to see three top 100 prospects pitching on Thursday. Rain had other plans.
Paul Skenes was scheduled to start...
Lonnie White Jr. was drafted 64th overall in 2021, signing with the Pirates rather than going to Penn State as a two-sport athlete. Injuries slowed the start of his career, but he returned in 2023, with some of the best numbers in the system during the second half.
