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Bailey Falter Shuts Down the Brewers

The Milwaukee Brewers aren't a big swing and miss team. Prior to Tuesday night's game against the Pirates, they ranked 22nd in baseball in...

Jared Jones is Appointment Viewing

During the 2004 season, Oliver Perez had one of the best pitching seasons I can recall from a Pittsburgh Pirates starter in the last...

After Dropping to .500, Pirates Could Turn To Help in Triple-A

After losing 6-1 to the Boston Red Sox on Sunday, the Pittsburgh Pirates dropped to .500 on the season, finishing their week by getting...

P2Daily: High Times/Low Times

Saturday was a convergence of many schedules to create an eclipse type moment for me. For starters, I try to take off work every...

Prospect Watch

Pirates Prospect Watch: The Pirates Have Hitting in Triple-A

The Pittsburgh Pirates are struggling at the plate at the Major League level. Fortunately for them, a lot of their hitters in Triple-A are...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Never Giving Up

I liked the story of Javier Rivas on Sunday. The tall shortstop for the Bradenton Marauders went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a home run, three...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Braxton Ashcraft Has His Best Start of the Season

Braxton Ashcraft hadn't gotten off to the best start this season. In his first two appearances of the year, the right-hander allowed six runs...

Player Features

Jack Brannigan is the Next Gold Glove Quality Third Baseman in the Pirates System

The Pirates have Gold Glove third basemen in Ke'Bryan Hayes and Jared Triolo. They've got another candidate in the system in power hitter Jack Brannigan.

Discussion

Saturday Sleepers

Saturday Sleepers: Carlos Jimenez Has One of the Best Changeups in the System

In early 2022, I saw Carlos Jimenez pitch for the Bradenton Marauders. Of all the players who played in Single-A on that particular day,...

Saturday Sleepers: Valentin Linarez Added Velocity and Improved Control in 2023

Valentin Linarez had one of the biggest recorded velocity jumps in minor league baseball last year. Baseball America tracked the year-over-year four-seam velocity gainers from...

Saturday Sleepers: “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 17 year old throw 100 miles an hour”

At the start of the 2023 international signing period, the Pittsburgh Pirates added David Matoma as their first signing out of Uganda. The right-handed...

Saturday Sleepers: Omar Alfonzo is a Catching Prospect to Follow

On March 26, 2023, the Pittsburgh Pirates sent Omar Alfonzo to big league camp for a day. A catcher entering his age 19 season,...

ARCHIVES

Huntington to Get Three Year Extension?

We've been hearing a lot of talk lately about a Neal Huntington extension that is in the works.  Jon Heyman reported the other day...

Exploring the Arsenal: Previewing the Marlins’ Probable Starting Pitchers

Exploring the Arsenal will run prior to each series, providing you with a brief scouting report on the starting pitchers expected to oppose the...

State College Spikes 2011 Season Recap: Top Prospects

Our top 10 overall prospects for the State College Spikes factors in all of the individual rankings.  Along with the individual rankings, we also...

State College Spikes 2011 Season Recap: Pitchers

The State College Spikes featured two of the top ten prospects in the system this year with Stetson Allie and Nick Kingham, both 2010...

State College Spikes 2011 Season Recap: Hitters

The hitting in State College was weak for the first half of the 2011 season.  Then in the second half the team added Alex...

Wrapping Up the 2011 West Virginia Power Season

Today we wrapped up the 2011 West Virginia Power season, looking at all of the prospects at the level.  The content included: -The Hitters Recap,...

Bradenton Eliminated in 10th Inning

The Bradenton Marauders were eliminated from the first round of the 2011 Florida State League playoffs tonight when the St. Lucie Mets pushed across...

West Virginia Power 2011 Season Recap: Top Prospects

Our top 10 overall prospects for the West Virginia Power factors in all of the individual rankings.  Along with the individual rankings, we also...

West Virginia Power 2011 Season Recap: Hitters

The pitching staff in West Virginia got a lot of attention, although the offense didn't see the same hype.  That was mostly because there...

West Virginia Power 2011 Season Recap: Pitchers

Coming in to the 2011 season, the West Virginia rotation was one of the biggest stories in the minors.  The rotation was set to...

Year One in the Books For Jameson Taillon

The Pittsburgh Pirates haven't had an ace pitcher in the majors since Doug Drabek left the team after the 1992 season.  When the Pirates...

Game 143 Recap: McCutchen Hits Two Homers in Bucs Win

Brian Burres wasn't all that sharp. J.A. Happ gave up two homers to Andrew McCutchen. It all came down to a wild play in...
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