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Author: Tim Williams

Tim is the owner, producer, editor, and lead writer of PiratesProspects.com. He has been running Pirates Prospects since 2009, becoming the first new media reporter and outlet covering the Pirates at the MLB level in 2011 and 2012. His work can also be found in Baseball America, where he has been a contributor since 2014 and the Pirates' correspondent since 2019.

First Pitch: Pittsburgh, The Pirates, Major League Baseball, and Misery

I love a good underdog story. It's for that reason that I love the city of Pittsburgh. Most of my attachment these days to this city...

Pirates Roundtable: Where Do the Pirates Need to Add to Their Pitching Staff?

The Pittsburgh Pirates added a few pitchers in the last week, with their 2023 starting rotation and bullpen becoming a bit more set. The team...

Where Does the Pirates Bullpen Stand At This Point in the Offseason?

The Pittsburgh Pirates have been active in adding to their bullpen this offseason. At the end of last month, they tendered contracts to Robert Stephenson...

Pirates Officially Sign RHP Vince Velasquez, Who Joins Starting Group

The Pittsburgh Pirates have made their signing of right-handed pitcher Vince Velasquez official. The deal is for one year and $3.15 million. In a press...

First Pitch: The First Overall Pick, Two Pitchers, and Other Pirates News

The winter meetings didn't bring a big splash to the 2023 Pittsburgh Pirates, but it did bring the number one overall pick in 2023,...

Prospect Roundtable: Which Pirates MiLB Rule 5 Loss Would You Have Kept?

The Pittsburgh Pirates lost 11 players in the minor league phase of the 2022 Rule 5 draft. To read up on all of the...

Scouting Who the Pirates Added and Lost in the 2022 MLB Rule 5 Draft

The 2022 MLB Rule 5 draft is in the books, and it was a busy one for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates added one player...

Williams: What is the Importance of the Rule 5 Draft These Days?

If I type the hallowed words "Rule 5" in any article title, it's a guarantee Pittsburgh Pirates fans will blow up that article and...

Looking at ZiPS Projections to See Where the Pirates Should Add in 2023

Last week, Dan Szymborski released his 2023 Pittsburgh Pirates ZiPS projections at FanGraphs. This is one of my favorite projection systems, and every year I...

Who Wants to Be the Second Baseman For the Pittsburgh Pirates?

The Pittsburgh Pirates have a lot of needs at the MLB level. If you followed this team at all in 2022, you probably don't need...

First Pitch: Are the Pirates Really Changing Their Ways?

There's a reason that I'm still here. It's not entirely money. We all need to make a living in this Capitalistic hellscape, and I'm very fortunate...

Bryan Reynolds Trade Rumors: Yankees, Rockies, and Braves Interested

The MLB Winter Meetings began today, and as you'd expect after the Bryan Reynolds trade request being made public, there are teams attached to...

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