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The Milwaukee Brewers aren't a big swing and miss team. Prior to Tuesday night's game against the Pirates, they ranked 22nd in baseball in swinging strikes, at 10% of their total pitches. Yet, the Pittsburgh Pirates...
Nick Gonzales keeps hitting. The middle infielder, playing second base on Tuesday night for Indianapolis, went 2-for-4 with a walk. That extends his hitting streak to 13 games, and continues his streak of reaching base in all...

Heredia Convinces Manager to Leave Him In During Impressive Start

The State College Spikes fell flat in Luis Heredia's second start in the New York-Penn League Tuesday in Batavia, N.Y. The Spikes fell to...

State College Spikes Players Notes: 6/25/12

The State College Spikes opened a three-game series against the Batavia Muckdogs Monday night at Batavia's Dwyer Stadium. It was State College's first true...

The View From the Booth: Joe Putnam

Starting this month, Pirates Prospects will be introducing a new feature to the site called "The View From the Booth".  On the fourth Monday...

Stetson Allie Makes His Pro Debut

About two months ago, I covered Jameson Taillon's pro debut in West Virginia.  It was raining that night, and Taillon's outing was shortened as...

Tyler Waldron Video Recap

Tyler Waldron was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 5th round of the 2010 draft, signing for a slot-level price of $173,500.  He...