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Normally, I do a pre-season analysis, where I fill in my own depth chart and playing time estimates for the upcoming Pittsburgh Pirates season, along with ZiPS projected WAR totals. This year, I'm looking at the...
All of the articles on Pirates Prospects this year will be my voice, with the exception of one: Roundtable. I wanted to find a way to give the fans a voice, but in a more structured...

A Breakdown of the New Minor League Baseball Collective Bargaining Agreement

It’s been a long time in the making, but it’s finally here—minor league baseball players are now represented by a union. The minor leagues have...

Pirates Business: What It Would Take to Gain an Extra Year of Service After 2023

With the season underway, I wanted to revisit a topic that’s interesting for me and useful for you—breaking down service and what it would...

Pirates Business: Breaking Down the 2023 Opening Day Payroll

It’s that time of year again—for the fourth season on this site I’ll be presenting my Opening Day payroll calculation. With pre-arbitration salaries now reported,...

Pirates Business: The Bryan Reynolds’ Extension Saga

The recent negotiations that have come to light surrounding the Bryan Reynolds’ contract extension remind me of a popular anecdote from another famous negotiation: As...

Pirates Business: Minor League Splits

The season is almost upon us and come this time next week, I’ll be breaking down the opening day payroll for the Pittsburgh Pirates....

Pirates Business: Options Remaining For the 2023 Pittsburgh Pirates

This week, as players are starting to get sent down to minor league camp, we're breaking down how many options are remaining for members...

Pirates Business: Who Could Qualify for the Prospect Promotion Incentive?

Coming into 2023 and we’re now in Year 2 with the new Prospect Promotion Incentive—PPI for the cool kids—in place from the new Collective...

Pirates Business: Major League Baseball’s Economic Reform Committee

Looking back, it can probably be argued this all started in February 2019, when the San Diego Padres signed free agent Manny Machado to...

Pirates Business: Explaining the Uncertainty With the Regional Sports Networks

When A.J. Burnett—the Batman—retired after the 2015 season, it would have been reasonable to think that it was the last time that the Pittsburgh...

Pirates Business: What is Service Time Manipulation?

Baseball is full of roster rules and regulations that aren’t always the easiest to understand. Well, these are my favorite parts of baseball, so...

Pirates Business: Explaining Service Time

Baseball is full of roster rules and regulations that aren’t always the easiest to understand. Well, these are my favorite parts of baseball, so...

Pirates Business: Designated for Assignment

Baseball is full of roster rules and regulations that aren’t always the easiest to understand. Well, these are my favorite parts of baseball, so...

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