The Pirates have the potential for one of the best bullpens in the game. David Bednar has been one of the best relievers over the last few years, while Aroldis Chapman has one of the best...
The strength of this Pittsburgh Pirates team is clearly on the pitching side. The top prospects in the system are pitchers. The depth of the system is mostly pitching. The sleepers in the system are even...
The Pittsburgh Pirates wrapped a split series with the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday with a 9-2 win.
This series was split at two games each, and featured as many highs as it did lows. David Bednar bounced...
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...
