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It’s been pretty disjointed recently in the farm system.  Some leagues had All-Star breaks this week, while injuries and promotions, as they always do around this time, have started piling… Read more »

It’s always hard to get a handle on players in short season ball. The two leagues in which the Pirates have short season affiliates are both intended as introductory leagues,… Read more »

A couple of AAA hitters may be wondering when they get to join the parade of Indianapolis players going to Pittsburgh, a couple of sluggers start to overcome slumps, and… Read more »

All-Star games are mostly over, so it’s time to get back to the regular edition.  I’ll cover more than a week here, so some good (and bad) stretches don’t go… Read more »

Check out Part One of the Mid-Season Prospect Trends Here Part 2 covers the pitchers whose prospect status has taken a step forward or backward in the first half of… Read more »

With the minor league season roughly half over and some leagues holding All-Star games, this is a good time to look back at the first half and see which Pirate… Read more »

Callups, or the possibility of them, gathered a lot of attention during the past week.  Injuries forced the Pirates to bring up two relievers and more injuries, combined with anemic… Read more »

There weren’t a lot of extreme performances one way or the other in the past week.  Several pitchers, including Rudy Owens, Aaron Pribanic, and Brandon Cumpton, combined one good start… Read more »

The biggest news for the farm system came at the end of the week, with reports that Josh Harrison and possibly Dusty Brown would be promoted to the Pirates to… Read more »