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Starling Marte: Bruised But Not Broken
Pittsburgh Pirates outfield prospect Starling Marte, who was hit on the hand by a pitch in the 2nd inning of last night’s game, has had X-rays that turned out negative. … Read more
Prospect Watch: Mercer On a Hot Streak, Garcia Hits Sixth Homer
TOP OF THE SYSTEM A look at how the current top 10 prospects did today. Note that this list doesn’t include players currently in the majors. Rankings from the 2012… Read more
Draft Street FREE Fantasy Contest is BACK! $250 in Cash Prizes!
A few weeks ago we held the first Draft Street free roll, giving you a chance to win part of a $200 prize pool, paid out to the top six… Read more
Phil Irwin Promoted to Altoona
The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted pitchers Phil Irwin and Josh Poytress from Bradenton to Altoona. Irwin’s promotion is expected. He returned to Bradenton over the weekend after missing the early… Read more
Pirates Notebook: Pitching Staff Racking Up Punchouts
The Pittsburgh Pirates had a pitch to contact staff during the 2011 season. That however, has changed so far in 2012. Out of all of the starters in the majors… Read more
2012 Pirates Draft Prospects Rundown: 5/7
STATS Mark Appel - 7.0 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 0 HR, W (7-1) Kevin Gausman - 7.2 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1… Read more
Prospect Trends — Week Ending 5/6
Some of the hitters in the system started picking it up in the past week. Apart from hitters mentioned here, Robbie Grossman and Tony Sanchez started showing some signs of… Read more
Minor League Schedule: 5/7/12
Altoona is off today. They resume their schedule at home on Tuesday night, playing a two game series before starting a seven game road trip on Thursday. Trent Stevenson, the… Read more
