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The Pittsburgh Pirates have announced the signing of five more picks from their 2024 MLB draft class, including fifth round outfielder Will Taylor. According to Jim Callis, the Pirates signed Taylor to an over-slot deal of...
The FCL Pirates clinched the playoffs on Thursday. They finished the 2024 regular season with a 36-23 record, winning the Florida Complex League South Division with a one game lead over the Rays and Red Sox....

Williams: Oneil Cruz, Jared Triolo, and Active vs Passive Mindsets in Baseball

After whiffing at a breaking pitch that traveled out of the zone for strike two on Saturday, Oneil Cruz stepped out of the box. He...

Statcast Heroes: Oneil Cruz, Rowdy Tellez, Triple-A Pitching Depth, Javier Rivas

The Pittsburgh Pirates went 2-4 over the last week, while scoring just one run in three different games. They had some good starts from...

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...

Statcast Heroes: A Pirates Themed Introduction to the New Bat Tracking Data

Major League Baseball released their latest massive update to the publicly available Statcast data, introducing bat-tracking data this week. For an intro to the...

Williams: Knowledge, Understanding, and the Pirates Issues With Developing Prospects

The best story in the early part of the Pirates season has been Jared Jones. Drafted in the second round in 2020 out of La...

Statcast Heroes: Oneil Cruz, Rowdy Tellez, Paul Skenes, Nick Gonzales, Garret Forrester

Every Wednesday, I’ll be recapping the weekly Statcast leaders at each level of the Pittsburgh Pirates system that has data available. That includes the...

Statcast Heroes: Power, Relief, and Swing and Miss in Opening Day Pirates Win

The Pittsburgh Pirates won their Opening Day contest against the Miami Marlins by a 6-5 score in 12 innings. The game was highlighted by...

Pirates Win Opener in Extra Innings

The Pittsburgh Pirates won in extra innings on Opening Day, beating the Miami Marlins by a 6-5 score after a Jared Triolo RBI single...

Williams: The Pittsburgh Pirates Will End Their Five Year Losing Streak in 2024

Normally, I do a pre-season analysis, where I fill in my own depth chart and playing time estimates for the upcoming Pittsburgh Pirates season,...

Pirates Set Their Opening Day Roster With Jared Jones in the Rotation

The Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday made the final moves to set their Opening Day roster, with the most notable decision being Jared Jones making...

Williams: Has The Future Finally Arrived?

I'll be honest, I wasn't interested in covering the "build" part of this "build" as closely as I covered the last Pittsburgh Pirates front...

Statcast Heroes: Oneil Cruz, Martin Perez, Marco Gonzales

We're living in a special time for advanced baseball metrics. Today, you can watch a game, while having a laptop open to Baseball Savant,...
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