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Prospect Watch: Gerrit Cole Bounced Early in Second Straight Start Due to Pitch Count
Top Pitcher: Clay Holmes, Top Hitter: Josh Bell, HR: Josh Bell
Prospect Watch: Oliver Has Good Debut, Cunningham Shows Power
Top Pitcher: Andy Oliver, Top Hitter: Jacob Stallings, HR: Jarek Cunningham, Taylor Lewis, Jacob Stallings
Which Prospects From Indianapolis Will Help the Pirates This Year?
Earlier I posted the 2013 Indianapolis Indians preview. The Triple-A squad is going to be where most of the replacements are going to come from for the Pittsburgh Pirates this… Read more
How Did Vic Black Get His Unusual Delivery?
The majority of Pirates fans haven’t had many chances to see Vic Black pitch. They’ve probably seen the numbers, highlighted by a 1.65 ERA and an 85:29 K/BB ratio in… Read more
Prospect Notebook: A Look at Nick Kingham’s Constantly Increasing Velocity
Nick Kingham pitched his first game today against the New York Yankees minor league system. Kingham started the Double-A game, going two innings while allowing three runs on four hits… Read more
Prospect Notebook: New Focus on the Running Game Extends to the Minors
It seems like there have been daily reports out of major league camp about how the Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers are focusing more on controlling the running game this year. After… Read more
Pirates Cut 11 Players, Including Jameson Taillon
The Pittsburgh Pirates have made their first cuts of Spring Training. So far they have cut four players today, with those players being Hunter Strickland, Vic Black, Matt Hague, and… Read more
Spring Training 2013 Position Battles: The Bullpen
With pitchers and catchers reporting today, and Spring Training starting up this week, we will be previewing the position battles to follow throughout the Spring. To keep track of the… Read more
First Pitch: The FanGraphs Reports, and Luis Urena as a Sleeper
Over the last month, Kiley McDaniel has been posting some great reports over at FanGraphs. I’ve been retweeting them on Twitter, but keep forgetting to link to them in the… Read more
The Updated 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates Bullpen
The Pittsburgh Pirates have made some big changes to their bullpen over the last few weeks. They traded Chris Resop, signed Jason Grilli, traded Joel Hanrahan, and acquired Mark Melancon… Read more
