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Author: 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.

Morning Report: Top Pitching Prospects and Possible Innings Limits

Jameson Taillon went over the 50 inning mark last night, meaning he is no longer considered a prospect. Our cutoff for starting pitchers is...

Prospect Watch: Live Report on Gage Hinsz’s Seven Strikeout Night

A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today. If a player is in the majors and loses his prospect eligibility, he...

Mitch Keller Voted the Best Pitcher in the South Atlantic League

Baseball America continued their best tools series on Friday morning, covering High-A and Low-A. The Pittsburgh Pirates didn't have anyone from Bradenton make the...

Morning Report: The Pirates Have Made a Lot of Player Changes in a Short Time

I watched a few minutes of the Pirates broadcast last night, literally. I spent my night watching Indianapolis play and talking to some minor...

Prospect Watch: Brault Gets Roughed Up in Return to Indianapolis

A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today. If a player is in the majors and loses his prospect eligibility, he...

Vogelsong Activated from Disabled List, Boscan Released, Moroff Optioned

The Pittsburgh Pirates activated pitcher Ryan Vogelsong from the 60-day disabled list on Thursday. To make room on the 40-man roster, they have unconditionally...

Austin Meadows and Eric Wood Recognized Among the Eastern League Best

Baseball America continued their top tools rankings, moving down to Double-A on Thursday morning. Yesterday, Tyler Glasnow was named the best pitcher in the...

Morning Report: The GCL Pirates Have Quite a Rotation Set for this Week

The GCL rotation this week is providing a little excitement for the future. Nick Kingham is now scheduled to pitch his final game in...

Prospect Watch: Good Outing From Waddell, Taylor Returns From Tommy John

A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today. If a player is in the majors and loses his prospect eligibility, he...

MLB Pipeline Ranks Pirates as Fourth Best Farm System

After the trade deadline, MLB Pipeline re-ranked their list of the top farm systems and the Pittsburgh Pirates now have the fourth best system....

Glasnow and Hanson Listed Among the Best in the International League

Baseball America posted their list of the best tools in Triple-A on Wednesday morning, and two players from Indianapolis made the list. The players...

Morning Report: Debut for Drew Hutchison Tonight with Indianapolis

While looking through Wednesday's minor league schedule on Tuesday afternoon, I noticed that Luis Escobar was starting tonight for Morgantown and the game will...

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