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Pirate City Notes: Solis, Waldron, Relievers, Watson, Mathisen, Allie
The Pirates are playing the Yankees over at McKechnie Field. Here at Pirate City, the Pirates are playing the Yankees minor league teams. The A-ball teams are home today, featuring… Read more
Prospect Notebook: Taillon Doesn’t Have His Best Stuff; Pimentel Will Start
Jameson Taillon made his first start in minor league camp since being sent down. The last time the right-hander threw was in the World Baseball Classic. John Dreker described the… Read more
A.J. Burnett Struggles With His Curveball Today at Pirate City
A.J. Burnett got a start today at Pirate City, going up against the Toronto Blue Jays’ Triple-A squad. The right-hander went five innings, giving up two runs on three hits,… Read more
Garrett Jones Says He’s Back to 100 Percent
Garrett Jones took some swings at Pirate City this afternoon, rotating between the Triple-A and Double-A minor league games. The first baseman went 2-for-6 on the day, but most importantly… Read more
Pirate City Notes: Jameson Taillon and A.J. Burnett Starting Today
The Triple-A and Double-A teams are home for the second day in a row. Today they’ll be going up against Toronto’s farm system, and the highlight from a prospect standpoint… Read more
Prospect Notebook: A Look at Nick Kingham’s Constantly Increasing Velocity
Nick Kingham pitched his first game today against the New York Yankees minor league system. Kingham started the Double-A game, going two innings while allowing three runs on four hits… Read more
Pirate City Notes: Oliver to be a Starter; When will Heredia be in West Virginia?
The minor leaguers take on the Yankees farm system today. The lineups, pitchers, and notes are below. First, a few notes from camp. **Andy Oliver was optioned to Triple-A today…. Read more
Tony Sanchez and Andy Oliver Optioned to Triple-A
The Pittsburgh Pirates made their second round of cuts this morning, optioning catcher Tony Sanchez and left-handed pitcher Andy Oliver to Indianapolis. The Spring Training tracker has been updated. There… Read more
Prospect Notebook: Seeing Two Pitchers For the First Time; Brewer Hits 95
Today I got to see two pitchers for the first time. For the last year I’ve seen Wei-Chung Wang walking around in a red shirt as he recovered from Tommy… Read more
Pirate City Notes: Curry, Rowland, Rivera, Von Rosenberg, Wang
Here is a look at today’s lineups for the minor league games. The teams will be taking on Toronto’s farm system this afternoon. The upper level teams are on the… Read more