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Jared Jones is Appointment Viewing

During the 2004 season, Oliver Perez had one of the best pitching seasons I can recall from a Pittsburgh Pirates starter in the last...

After Dropping to .500, Pirates Could Turn To Help in Triple-A

After losing 6-1 to the Boston Red Sox on Sunday, the Pittsburgh Pirates dropped to .500 on the season, finishing their week by getting...

P2Daily: High Times/Low Times

Saturday was a convergence of many schedules to create an eclipse type moment for me. For starters, I try to take off work every...

Pirates Prospects Daily: Hard Hits

What has stood out about Quinn Priester in the early games in Triple-A this year is his high whiff rate. The 2019 first rounder...

Prospect Watch

Pirates Prospect Watch: Never Giving Up

I liked the story of Javier Rivas on Sunday. The tall shortstop for the Bradenton Marauders went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a home run, three...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Braxton Ashcraft Has His Best Start of the Season

Braxton Ashcraft hadn't gotten off to the best start this season. In his first two appearances of the year, the right-hander allowed six runs...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Nick Gonzales Extends Hitting Streak to Eleven Games

The Pirates sent down 2020 seventh overall pick Nick Gonzales this spring, relegating him to a depth option for the second base position. He...

Player Features

Jack Brannigan is the Next Gold Glove Quality Third Baseman in the Pirates System

The Pirates have Gold Glove third basemen in Ke'Bryan Hayes and Jared Triolo. They've got another candidate in the system in power hitter Jack Brannigan.

Discussion

Saturday Sleepers

Saturday Sleepers: Carlos Jimenez Has One of the Best Changeups in the System

In early 2022, I saw Carlos Jimenez pitch for the Bradenton Marauders. Of all the players who played in Single-A on that particular day,...

Saturday Sleepers: Valentin Linarez Added Velocity and Improved Control in 2023

Valentin Linarez had one of the biggest recorded velocity jumps in minor league baseball last year. Baseball America tracked the year-over-year four-seam velocity gainers from...

Saturday Sleepers: “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 17 year old throw 100 miles an hour”

At the start of the 2023 international signing period, the Pittsburgh Pirates added David Matoma as their first signing out of Uganda. The right-handed...

Saturday Sleepers: Omar Alfonzo is a Catching Prospect to Follow

On March 26, 2023, the Pittsburgh Pirates sent Omar Alfonzo to big league camp for a day. A catcher entering his age 19 season,...

ARCHIVES

Pirates Prospects Daily: Johan Oviedo, Gilberto Celestino, First Base

Pittsburgh Pirates starter Johan Oviedo will undergo Tommy John surgery, according to a report by Francys Romero. The starter pitched 177.2 innings in 2023,...

Pirates Prospects Daily: The Best Pitchers on the 2023 Pittsburgh Pirates

At the outset of my sports writing career, I was a fantasy sports writer. In 2009, as I was starting this site, I had...

Pirates Prospects Daily: Ryan Borucki’s Breakout; The Gift of David Bednar

The MLB non-tender deadline passed at 5 PM on Friday evening, with the Pittsburgh Pirates agreeing to a deal with LHP Ryan Borucki, and...

Pirates Prospects Daily: First Impressions From the Pirates Rookie Hitters

There were 81 rookie position players this year who received 100 or more plate appearances. Out of that group, the Pittsburgh Pirates had seven players,...

Pirates Prospects Daily: The Pirates Are Very Short-Handed in the Rotation

The Pittsburgh Pirates are going to need to add starting pitching this offseason. Even if they go with a few bullpen spots in 2024, the...

Pirates Prospects Daily: Pirates Protect Two From Rule 5; Who is Available?

The Pittsburgh Pirates added INF Tsung-Che Cheng and RHP Braxton Ashcraft to the 40-man roster yesterday, protecting each player from the upcoming Rule 5...

Pirates Prospects Daily: The Pittsburgh Pirates 2023 Minor League Free Agents

Today is the deadline for the Pittsburgh Pirates to add players to the 40-man roster, protecting them from the Rule 5 draft. Last week,...

Pirates Prospects Daily: Who Do the Pirates Need to Protect From the Rule 5 Draft?

Who do the Pittsburgh Pirates need to protect from the draft in 2023 when rosters need to be set next week?

Williams: Winning Time

Free agency began in Major League Baseball yesterday, although baseball's offseason always starts at a crawl. The Pirates have trimmed their roster down to...

Pirates Prospects Daily: Never tired of ballin’, so it’s on to the next sport

I've been following the NBA lately. Growing up in central PA, a little closer to the Pittsburgh side, I didn't have an NBA team as...

Pittsburgh Pirates 2023 Year-End Prospects: Paul Skenes Stands Alone in Tier One

I haven't published a prospect ranking to this site in about two years. We've approached the process a few times. I've had my own...

Williams: Grading Prospects By Current Value and Future Value

Over the last few weeks, I've been creating a new system to rank and project the future value of prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates'...
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