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...
Jared Jones continues to be the bright spot and the hope during this 2024 Pittsburgh Pirates season. On Saturday, Jones pitched seven shutout innings,...
On Sunday, the Pittsburgh Pirates played their 41st game of the season. The lineup that manager Derek Shelton submitted was the 40th different batting order. It makes you wonder if the offensive struggles might be due...
I've been playing a lot of chess over the last two years. Last year, I decided to commit to getting better at the sport, if you want to call it that. It's not a physical competition,...
The Pirates have Gold Glove third basemen in Ke'Bryan Hayes and Jared Triolo. They've got another candidate in the system in power hitter Jack Brannigan.
This weekend hasn't gone as perfectly as you'd hope for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Pirates were set to throw the two best pitching prospects in the game on Friday and Saturday. Breakout starter Jared Jones was scheduled...
The Pittsburgh Pirates ranked 27th in wRC+ and 28th in wOBA in the combined 2022-2023 seasons.
There's a chance those advanced offensive numbers won't register for you, even if the Pirates ranked at the bottom of the...
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 Mirada High School, Jones has exploded onto the scene with a 3.18...
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 concept, check out this primer from Mike Petriello of MLB.com.
I'll be digging...
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 Major Leagues, Triple-A, and Single-A.
The results give a quick glimpse at players...
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 includes the Major Leagues, Triple-A, and Single-A. The results give a quick...
Valentin Linarez had one of the biggest recorded velocity jumps in minor league baseball last year.
Baseball America tracked the year-over-year four-seam velocity gainers from...
At the start of the 2023 international signing period, the Pittsburgh Pirates added David Matoma as their first signing out of Uganda. The right-handed...
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...
Braxton Ashcraft had his best start of the year on Tuesday afternoon, tossing seven shutout innings for Altoona. The right-hander allowed four hits, one...
On Sunday, the Pittsburgh Pirates played their 41st game of the season. The lineup that manager Derek Shelton submitted was the 40th different batting...
The Pirates traded JT Brubaker at the start of this season, eventually receiving 20-year-old infielder Keiner Delgado as the player to be named later...
Braxton Ashcraft had his best start of the season on Wednesday for Altoona. The right-hander pitched five shutout innings, allowing two hits, two walks,...
Right-handed pitcher Thomas Harrington made his return to the mound on Tuesday night for Bradenton. Harrington, who is rehabbing from a shoulder issue in...
