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First Pitch: One Year Draft Trends Mean Nothing

For the last three days, I've been answering the same question over and over: Do the Pirates no longer like high school players in...

First Pitch: The Pirates’ Growing Depth at Shortstop and Third Base

The Pirates said they were drafting the "Best Player Available" in day one of the draft, but as I noted in my recap, this...

First Pitch: Predicting What the Pirates Might Do in an Unpredictable Draft

The draft is such a crap shoot. No matter how much information you have, and no matter how good or bad a pick looks, you...

First Pitch: The Logjam of Pitching Prospects in the Pirates System

A few weeks ago I wrote about the blocked hitting prospects in the Pirates' minor league system, noting that Keon Broxton, Jose Osuna, and Chase...

First Pitch: What Gerrit Cole Can Teach Us to Expect With Jameson Taillon

Earlier today I had my weekly radio segment with David Todd on ESPN 970 in Pittsburgh. We discussed a lot of topics in a...

First Pitch: Which Prospects Could the Pirates Afford to Trade This Summer?

The MLB draft is coming up next week, and we've got a lot of draft preview coverage coming this weekend. But before that happens,...

First Pitch: The Pirates Continue to Find Success With Low Budget Moves

Over the weekend, Jeff Sullivan wrote about the perfect off-season the Pittsburgh Pirates had, noting that a lot of their budget-minded moves have paid...

First Pitch: What Taillon’s Rehab Says For Cumpton’s and Kingham’s Future

On Thursday, Clint Hurdle was updating the Pittsburgh media in San Diego on Jameson Taillon's rehab progress. During his update, Hurdle offered up the...

First Pitch: The Minor League Transaction Chain Reaction

It's getting to that point in the minor league season where we will start to see promotions take place. A lot of the first...

First Pitch: Looking at the Prospect Depth for the Pirates This Summer

I was asked the other day for some of the prospects who could come up and help the Pittsburgh Pirates in the majors this...

First Pitch: Morton Keeps the Pirates Trending in the Right Direction

The starting rotation as a whole hasn't been a weakness for the Pittsburgh Pirates this year. Coming into the week, their rotation had a 3.22 ERA,...

First Pitch: Pedro Alvarez is Currently Posting the Best Numbers of His Career

The discussion surrounding Pedro Alvarez in Pittsburgh never seems to be a fully rational one. There are probably a lot of good reasons for...

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