Tag Archives: Jameson Taillon
Huntington on Hanrahan, Alvarez, Marte, Cole, Cespedes
Over the weekend, Pittsburgh Pirates General Manager Neal Huntington participated in “Going to Bat for Vermont Farmers” – a baseball roundtable which also featured Brian Cashman, Theo Epstein, and Buster… Read more
Underscoring the Value of Home Grown Ace Potential
The Pirates have 4 pitchers in their system right now that profile as #1 ace-level pitchers, something they have not been able to cultivate through their system in a very long time.
Jameson Taillon is the Top Pitching Prospect in the SAL
Baseball America continued their league top 20 prospect lists today with the South Atlantic League. The Pittsburgh Pirates only had one player on the list, with Jameson Taillon coming in… Read more
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 drafted Jameson Taillon in the first… Read more
Three Stories of Stats and Fastball Command
Fastball command has kind of taken on a life of its own in Pittsburgh. The Pirates stress fastball command in the minors, especially at the lower levels when players are… Read more
A Glimpse of Jameson Taillon’s Potential
Jameson Taillon had his best start of the year, throwing four shutout innings with nine strikeouts.
Developing Pitchers, Not Throwers
It seems like every night when I write up the daily minor league schedule I am writing about a great walk to strikeout ratio with at least one of the… Read more
The Odds of a Super Rotation in Pittsburgh
In the last year, the Pittsburgh Pirates have added four pitchers with top of the rotation stuff. On August 16th, 2010, they signed their top two picks from the 2010… Read more
After the Draft: Pittsburgh Pirates Top 10 Prospects
Last night the Pittsburgh Pirates made two big splashes, adding right handed pitcher Gerrit Cole and outfielder Josh Bell to the system before the draft signing deadline. The addition of… Read more
Do the Pirates Have a Top Farm System?
With the Pittsburgh Pirates signing Gerrit Cole and Josh Bell last night, the question has to be asked: where does the farm system rank in all of baseball? I follow… Read more
