A few Pirates' players and friends in Winter League action.... the Puerto Rican League and the Australian League begin play later this week.
MEXICAN PACIFIC LEAGUE
Caneros de los Mochis 7, Venados de Mazatlan 1
This was a scoreless...
Gerrit Cole, the first overall pick in the 2011 draft, and the top prospect in the Pittsburgh Pirates' system, will start the Arizona Fall League's Rising Stars game, which takes place on November 5th. The game...
Born on this date in 1944 was Pirates pitcher Jim Bibby, who was with the team from 1978-1983. Prior to joining Pittsburgh, Bibby had just a 60-69 career record at the age of 33 but he...
Checking in with Pirates' players and friends in Winter League action:
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Toros del Este 6, Estrellas de Oriente 3
Los Estrellas took an early lead with solo homers in the 1st and 2nd innings, but Los Toros...
Earlier this week we heard that draft bonuses were the last major issue to be resolved in the Collective Bargaining Agreement, with Bud Selig pushing for hard slotting. Since then we've heard that hard slotting is...
With the World Series coming to an end tonight, the 2011/2012 off-season officially begins tomorrow. You can check out all of the important off-season dates on the Off-Season Calendar. Here is a quick primer of all...
The Mesa Solar Sox won 10-3 against Peoria today, although the two Pirates prospects that played didn't factor in to the victory. Robbie Grossman returned to action after a day off, and went 1-for-4 with a...
Born on this date in 1935 was longtime Pirates pitcher Bob Veale, who played for the team from 1962-72. Veale was signed as a free agent out of college in 1958 and the Pirates sent him...
Just a little bit of winter league action for Pirates' players and friends today... the Dominican League had a scheduled day off.
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Caribes de Anzoategui 3, Bravos de Margarita 1
Not a lot of offense in this...
The Mesa Solar Sox lost 8-7 to Scottsdale after a walk off homer from Bryce Harper off of Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Jeff Inman. Inman, pitching in his second game in three days, came on to get...
MLB Trade Rumors has been releasing their 2012 Free Agent and Trade Market reviews, and looked at the shortstop position in their most recent update. Among the updates, they listed Ronny Cedeno as a guy who...
There is just one major issue remaining before the Major League Baseball owners and the players union agree to a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, and that issue is draft bonuses, according to Ronald Blum of the...
