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Pirates Extend Contract With Indianapolis Through 2020 Season

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The Pittsburgh Pirates and Indianapolis Indians have agreed on a Player Development Contract that will run through the 2020 season. The old deal was set to expire after the 2016 season. The Pirates moved their AAA club from Nashville to Indianapolis in 2005. They have had a winning record there each of the last five seasons, and they have made the playoffs three of the last four years.

The 2016 season should be an exciting one for Indianapolis. They will likely start the season with five of the top ten prospects in the organization. Tyler Glasnow and Jameson Taillon are set for the rotation, while first baseman Josh Bell, second baseman Alen Hanson and catcher Elias Diaz should all be in the infield. Later in the year, Nick Kingham should return from his Tommy John surgery, giving them six of the top ten prospects. It’s also possible with the way that Austin Meadows played at AA last year, that he could see some time at Indianapolis at the very end of the season.

The Pirates are signed with Altoona and West Virginia through the 2018 season. They own the teams in Bradenton and Bristol(as well as GCL/DSL). They Morgantown PDC is unknown, but they are at least with the Pirates through the 2016 season and it’s likely the Pirates would like to keep them around. After winning the NYPL title this year, the feelings should be mutual with the Morgantown ownership.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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