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Pirates and Altoona Curve Extend Player Development Contract

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The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Altoona Curve have extended their Player Development Contract for four more seasons, which will run them through the 2022 season. Altoona has won the Eastern League title twice, first in 2010 and then again last year. They also won their division during the 2004 season.

The Curve have been an affiliate of the Pirates since their first season back in 1999, so the two clubs will be together for at least 24 seasons after signing this new agreement. That’s the longest run of any current affiliate outside of the rookie league teams (GCL and DSL) which are owned by the Pirates.

The Pirates currently have a contract with Indianapolis through 2020. Bradenton and Bristol are owned by the Pirates, while the current PDC’s with the West Virginia Power and Morgantown end after this season.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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