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My sports highlight yesterday had nothing to do with baseball. The Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Lakers last night, and in the process, the veteran leadership from Russell Westbrook was on display. If you're not an NBA...
The Pittsburgh Pirates took on the Philadelphia Phillies in the second annual Spring Breakout game on Friday, putting the prospects of each organization against each other on MLB Network. While the game had the televised feel of...

Down the Stretch: Greensboro Has a Reloaded Team For the Playoffs

The lone Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate in the full-season playoffs this year will be the Greensboro Grasshoppers. Finishing 39-26 in the first half, Greensboro won the...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Omar Alfonzo Homers For Greensboro

Omar Alfonzo hit his third homer of the year in High-A on Tuesday. Alfonzo went 2-for-3 with a walk and the homer in the middle...

2024 Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Tiered Rankings Version 4.0

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...

First Pitch: Omar Alfonzo Leads the Latest Wave of Pirates Minor League Promotions

The Pittsburgh Pirates made a series of roster moves throughout their minor league organization on Tuesday. With the trade deadline passed, the FCL season...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Omar Alfonzo Homers in His Greensboro Debut

The Pittsburgh Pirates promoted Omar Alfonzo to High-A Greensboro on Tuesday, and he didn't waste time making an impact. Alfonzo went 4-for-4 with his...

Pirates Prospect Watch: The Best Hitters and Pitchers At Each Level in the First Half

Minor league baseball has been on a break this week, with only the rookie ball teams playing. Full-season teams return tomorrow, and as such,...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Axiel Plaz Leads a Power Display in Bradenton

The Bradenton Marauders had a power display on Friday night. The offense combined for three home runs, which wasn't the biggest power display they've...

Williams: Breaking Down the Sleepers on the Bradenton Marauders

One of my favorite levels to follow as a prospect writer is Single-A. This level features a lot of raw abilities, and young players...

Statcast Heroes: Oneil Cruz, Matt Gorski, Omar Alfonzo, and Plenty of Velocity

I've been focusing on the new bat tracking data over the last two weeks with the Statcast Heroes articles. This week I'm getting back...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Bradenton is on a Ten Game Winning Streak

The Bradenton Marauders have won ten games in a row for the first time in franchise history, after sweeping all six games last week...

Statcast Heroes: Jared Jones, Bailey Falter, Paul Skenes, Eric Lauer, Omar Alfonzo

Each week in Statcast Heroes, I’ll be recapping the weekly leaders at each level of the Pittsburgh Pirates system that has data available. That...

Williams: Pirates Prospects Sleepers to Follow in Single-A

What makes a player a prospect? Prospects are ultimately players who have the chance to play in the Major Leagues one day. As a player...