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First Pitch: The Development Approach the Pirates Need to Better Develop Prospects

Today's article is mostly going to be an open discussion on a topic we've been talking about all weekend: Development. The Pirates weren't the best...

First Pitch: Can the Pirates Develop a Way Forward?

This is something of a followup to the discussion yesterday of the Pirates' hitter development . . . more specifically, of some of the...

First Pitch: More Proof That the Pirates Don’t Know What They Have With Their Own Players

The Pirates don't know what they have with their own players. It's a comment that has been made many times this offseason by new General...

First Pitch: How Much Value Can Keone Kela Gain This Season?

Keone Kela is the new closer for the Pittsburgh Pirates. It's a move that was expected, but made official yesterday. Kela is only under team...

First Pitch: What Can Jarrod Dyson Do For the Pirates?

It's hard to see the Pirates having any kind of shot at contending this year. I don't think the expected signing of Jarrod Dyson...

First Pitch: Random, Speculative Thoughts

A couple unrelated ramblings . . . . **MLB apparently is considering changes to the postseason.  There'd be two more teams in each league make...

First Pitch: Projecting the Pirates 2020 Opening Day Roster

It feels like the World Series was just yesterday. It feels like a week ago that we were debating whether Pirates owner Bob Nutting...

First Pitch: 2023

When does the window open for the Pirates? That's the question I asked yesterday, and we won't officially know the answer until we see...

First Pitch: When Does the Window Open For the Pirates?

Short update this morning while I get back to finishing off building a few web sites... I wrote yesterday about how the Pirates are focused...

First Pitch: I Wrote An Article About the Pirates

I hate writing headlines. You come up with an article topic. Then you figure out what you're going to say. Then you write it all...

First Pitch: Baseball Prospectus Releases 2020 PECOTA Rankings

Baseball Prospectus released their PECOTA rankings today, which come with some changes to the system this year. You can check out those changes here. Joe...

First Pitch: More Prospect Rankings by Position

Baseball America posted their list of the top right-handed pitching prospects in baseball. Mitch Keller made the list in the 12th spot. Keller was...

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