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First Pitch: If There Was a Minor League Season, Part 6

We've talked a lot here about the anticipated strength and depth of the 2020 Greensboro pitching staff.  Bradenton, though, should be plenty intriguing.  Among...

First Pitch: If There Was a Minor League Season, Part 5

This is getting tougher. Today we cover the hypothetical Bradenton position players.  The Pirates figure to have a logjam throughout class A, for both good...

First Pitch: Looking Back for the Quickest Turnarounds in Pirates History

The Pittsburgh Pirates finished with a 69-93 record way back in 2019, giving them a .426 winning percentage on the season. It's the 28th...

First Pitch: Sit Back and Watch a Random Game from the Past

While looking through YouTube for some possible full Pittsburgh Pirates games to share, I stumbled across a random game from April 17, 1983. I...

First Pitch: A New Feature and a Look Ahead at Some of the Upcoming Site Changes

Today is the start of a new series from Wilbur Miller, one that you can follow into October. He is previewing the 1979 Pittsburgh...

First Pitch: If There Was a Minor League Season, Part 4

Our hypothetical Altoona pitching staff isn't loaded in the rotation, but there are some interesting guys.  The bullpen has more than the usual number...

First Pitch: NL Central Farm System Rankings

In the comment section on Monday, someone suggested that we look at the farm system rankings around the NL Central to see what the...

First Pitch: You Think that Trade was Bad…

In yesterday's history section of the First Pitch article, you probably read about George Van Haltren, who was born on March 30th. He was...

First Pitch: Baseball in the Time of Coronavirus

l'm having some fun so far this season. There's no baseball. There probably won't be at all during the 2020 season. And yet every morning...

First Pitch: If There Was a Minor League Season, Part 3

Today let's look at the Altoona hitters for our hypothetical season. The Pirates are going to face a lot of tough choices, in part due...

First Pitch: Looking for Bargains in the Amateur Draft

Yesterday we got the news that MLB and the MLBPA agreed on a deal that changed the upcoming amateur draft rules. One of the...

First Pitch: Update on the 2020 Draft

Yesterday, Kiley McDaniel broke some news about the 2020 MLB amateur draft. It looks like MLB and the MLBPA have reached an agreement on...

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