Sometimes you don't see the best results from the best prospects.
Sunday's action featured left-handed pitcher Anthony Solometo on the mound for Altoona. The top five prospect in the system, and top 100 prospect in the eyes...
Last year, I asked a simple question behind the scenes: Does Pirates Prospects need to exist?
We've reached a point in time on the internet that I predicted years ago. When I started this site in 2009,...
I love the challenge system in Triple-A.
At the Major League level, if you argue balls and strikes, you immediately get ejected from the game. It doesn't matter how wrong the call was. It doesn't matter that...
The original plan was for the Pirates to throw all three of their top 100 pitching prospects on Thursday. Jared Jones was scheduled against Philadelphia. Paul Skenes was slated to start in Triple-A, while Bubba Chandler...
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 2022 to 2023, and the Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander had one of the...
David Bednar looked fired up tonight.
The Pittsburgh Pirates closer entered the 5-2 game in the ninth inning and delivered three 97 MPH fastballs to Nick Castellanos. All three went for strikes, with the last two swinging....
Paul Skenes has now thrown 9.1 scoreless innings. He's struck out 19 batters in that time. He's allowed two walks and four hits. What he hasn't done is pitch much more than three innings per start.
On...
The Pittsburgh Pirates are 9-4. They've started the 2024 season with surprising production from the team as a whole, seeing massive improvements from their pitching staff and their position player group.
It's still early. There have only...
The Pittsburgh Pirates were originally scheduled to see three top 100 prospects pitching on Thursday. Rain had other plans.
Paul Skenes was scheduled to start for Indianapolis and Bubba Chandler was scheduled to start for Altoona. Both...
Proprioception is the awareness of your body in space.
When you close your eyes, reach out your finger, and touch the tip of your nose, this is using the sense of proprioception to know instinctively where everything...
If the weather holds up on Thursday, the Pittsburgh Pirates will once again send three top 100 prospects to the mound on the same night.
Jared Jones is scheduled to pitch for the Pirates at Philadelphia. Paul...
It's early in the season. That's the disclaimer you'll read below several times. Having said it for the first time, I'll say that this has been my favorite article to put together. The scouting process requires...