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Prospect Trends — Turning Around Flagging Careers
The Pirates have several minor leaguers working to revive stalled careers. Surprisingly, the organization now has better depth in hitters than pitchers at the upper levels. Or maybe I should… Read more
Prospect Trends: Hanson’s Getting It in Gear While Pimentel’s Going the Other Way
The farm system as a whole has been in something of a slump for a week or so, but a couple of former prospects are showing some power at the… Read more
Prospect Trends: AAA Depth and WV Prospects Going in Different Directions
It’s received wisdom these days that AAA teams serve more as taxi squads for their parent teams than as prospect development vehicles. Most teams in the International and Pacific Coast… Read more
Prospect Trends: Some Turnarounds and Some Struggling Altoona Hitters
A month into the minor league season, things are starting to take shape with the Pirates’ full-season affiliates. With a deep roster and very talented pitching staff, Indianapolis is dominating… Read more
Prospect Trends: Some Fast Starts for West Virginia Hitters
The season’s first two weeks have produced some noteworthy performances in the Pirates’ farm system, both good and bad. It’s way too early to start drawing any conclusions from these… Read more
Prospect Trends — Week Ending 8/12
The minor league season is down to its last few weeks and, at this stage, most of the players have (or have not) accomplished most of what they’re going to… Read more
Prospect Trends — Week Ending 8/5
As the minor league season gets into the late stages, most of the teams in the Pirates’ system are playing well. Even West Virginia, which had a miserable 23-47 first… Read more
International Prospect Trends: July 2012
Back in early July, I did an in-depth look at the two Dominican Summer League teams of the Pittsburgh Pirates, with early season notes on the players to watch. We… Read more
Prospect Trends — Short Season Progress Report
It’s hard for a prospect to have a trend when his pro career may be just a few weeks old, or when he’s only a few weeks removed from the… Read more
Prospect Trends — Week Ending 7/22
The Pirates continue to get more good hitting and less good pitching than expected in their farm system. TRENDING UP Brock Holt, SS (AA): Holt continues to hit, and continues… Read more
