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...
Results matter.
When it comes to evaluating prospects, there's always the aspect of raw tools and projections of future abilities. There is also a reason...
This week, I updated my top 50 tiered prospect rankings, incorporating the half-season results of the Pittsburgh Pirates minor league players into a system...
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...
It's difficult evaluating hitters in Greensboro when they're playing at home. The field dimensions at First National Bank Field have a reduced space in...
Wednesday's action in the Pittsburgh Pirates system saw the Bradenton Marauders fall to 2.5 back in their race for the playoffs, with an elimination...