We are about six weeks into the 2024 minor league season, and some trends are beginning to develop in the Pittsburgh Pirates system. Those trends aren't much different from the trends seen at the Major League...
Sean Sullivan led the Altoona Curve to a 4-1 victory on Thursday, pitching seven shutout innings against Akron. This was the longest outing of the season for the right-hander, and the second time this week that...
J.P. Massey had his best start of the season for Greensboro on Wednesday. The right-hander allowed one run on four hits in six innings, with three walks and four strikeouts.
Massey is returning to Greensboro for the...
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.
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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 walk, and struck out ten.
Ashcraft had struggled at the start of this...
The Bradenton Marauders have won ten games in a row for the first time in franchise history, after sweeping all six games last week against the St. Lucie Mets. The Marauders players show up with a...
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...
Thomas Harrington made his Double-A debut for the Altoona Curve in game two of a double header on Sunday.
Harrington, who was drafted 36th overall in the 2022 draft, pitched three shutout innings, allowing no hits, one...
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...
Hunter Barco threw five shutout innings for Greensboro on Saturday night, lowering his ERA at the level to 1.65. The lefty pitched five innings for the first time in his career, after pitching into the fifth...
In the first inning of Friday's Bradenton contest, Esmerlyn Valdez hit an inside the park grand slam.
The Pirates signed Valdez in early 2021 as an international free agent, and he arrived in the US after one...
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 from the New York Yankees. Early in his Pirates career, Delgado has...
