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Pirates 2011 International Spending Review
Baseball America has released the 2011 international spending information, noting the top overall spenders, and the top 30 individual bonuses. The Pirates finished sixth overall in 2011, spending $4.09 M…. Read more
International Hitting Prospects Starting to Emerge
I was watching batting practice at Pirate City towards the end of the day the other day. I was talking with one of the coaches, whose name I’ll leave out… Read more
Pirates Sign Three Prospects from the Mexican League
According to two links here and here (both in Spanish) The Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday signed three young players from the Leones de Yucatan team in the Mexican League. Two other… Read more
International Updates: Cespedes, Chen, Wada
Rob Biertempfel has a few updates on some international free agents via Twitter: -He mentions that the Pirates have interest in Yoenis Cespedes, but that they will quickly back away… Read more
Changes Coming to International Free Agency
We’ve heard a lot about the Collective Bargaining Agreement talks as it pertains to the draft and free agency. Melissa Segura of Sports Illustrated tweeted a CBA update on the… Read more
Pirates Have a Visit Scheduled With Cespedes
Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus reports (via MLBTR) that the Pittsburgh Pirates will be one of the teams who will be scheduling a visit with Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes in the… Read more
Pirates Are Suitors for Yoenis Cespedes
Earlier today a scouting video was released of top Cuban prospect Yoenis Cespedes, who is expected to be declared a free agent in the next few weeks. The video has… Read more
International Signing Updates
Back in June we heard about the Pittsburgh Pirates signing two kids from Taiwan, catcher Chin-De Chang and LHP Wei-Chung Wang. We have learned that Chang signed for 250k… Read more
Pirates Cut Ties with Venezuelan Summer League
The Pittsburgh Pirates will no longer lease their academy in Venezuela according to Jennifer Langosch, thus ending their affiliation in the Venezuela Summer League. Starting next season they will have… Read more
2011 Pittsburgh Pirates Top International Prospects
Now that I have finished the recaps for the VSL hitters and pitchers two weeks ago, and the DSL pitchers and hitters this week I thought I would revisit my… Read more
