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Pirate City Notes: Solis, Waldron, Relievers, Watson, Mathisen, Allie

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

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 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 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

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

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?

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

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

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

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 »