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John Sickels Releases His 2017 Top 20 Pirates Prospects List

John Sickels over at Minor League Ball, posted his list of the top 20 prospects for the Pittsburgh Pirates. His list includes grades for...

Baseball America Releases Top Ten Prospects List For Pirates

Baseball America released their top ten prospect list for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday morning. Austin Meadows has taken over the top spot on...

Austin Meadows Leads a Very Deep Altoona Top 10 Prospect List

As we have noted in our season recaps, some of the lower level teams were really thin around the bottom of their top ten...

Kevin Newman and Cole Tucker Lead a Position Player Heavy Bradenton Top 10

Over the last few years, the Pirates have been drafting a lot of the same types of hitting prospects. They are guys who hit...

2016 Shortstop Recap: Jordy Mercer’s Days as a Pirates Starter Look Numbered

Yesterday I broke down Josh Harrison's season, noting that he excelled defensively, added some value on the bases, and didn't provide much value on...

2016 Second Base Recap: Josh Harrison Gives the Pirates Exactly What They Need

After Francisco Liriano was traded, the next contract that Pirates fans started looking at was Josh Harrison's extension. Harrison signed an extension at the...

Austin Meadows and Kevin Newman Among Top 20 Prospects in Eastern League

Baseball America continued their top 20 rankings with the Eastern League on Thursday morning. They have outfielder Austin Meadows ranked third in the league,...

First Pitch: The Future at Shortstop For the Pirates

I wasn't planning on talking about the shortstops in the Pirates' minor league system just yet. We've got our season recaps coming up this...

Kevin Newman Named Baseball America’s Number Three Prospect in the FSL

Baseball America released their top 20 prospects for the Florida State League today, and Kevin Newman ended up number three on the list. He...

First Pitch: The Pirates Are Building Good Shortstop Depth in Their System

A few years ago, the Pittsburgh Pirates didn't have a shortstop of the future on the horizon. They drafted Chase d'Arnaud and Jordy Mercer...

Kevin Newman Made Some Small Adjustments to Improve His Hitting

ALTOONA, PA - "Obviously, he was on the map as a first rounder, but, he's opening eyes and making  think about to what they are...

Six Pirates on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects List

MLB Pipeline posted their updated top 100 prospects list late Wednesday night and the Pittsburgh Pirates have six players in the new rankings. They...