Tag: Aaron Pribanic

Here are some injury updates from minor league camp. **Evan Chambers broke his foot and will be out for eight weeks. The 2009 third round pick had successful surgery last week, and had his cast removed this week. He has been walking on crutches with a boot the last few days. **Aaron Pribanic had labrum […]

In action from the last day of the Australian Baseball League’s regular season today, Stefan Welch went 1-for-3, with a double, two walks and two RBI’s. Adelaide lost their third straight game to close the season. They came into the weekend needing to sweep the four game series just to give themselves a chance at […]

Earlier today it was announced that Jameson Taillon was promoted to Double-A. Here are some other minor moves that were announced throughout the day. **Aaron Pribanic, who was rehabbing in the Gulf Coast League and was on the Altoona disabled list, has been activated off the DL and assigned to the GCL. **Catcher Jonathan Schwind […]

Top prospect in the Pirates system, Gerrit Cole, gets the third start of his professional career tonight at home against Ft. Myers. The Pirates made a handful of minor league moves yesterday, including the promotion of Tim Alderson to AAA and the return of Stetson Allie to the West Virginia roster. A.J. Burnett will make […]

Yesterday’s Indianapolis game was postponed due to rain. They will play a doubleheader today. Nick Kingham makes his third start of the season today as he tries to bounce back from two very poor outings. Hunter Strickland gets his second start after missing 22 months. A full recap of yesterday’s games can be found here. […]

All four teams play tonight, starting with Altoona at 6:30 against Akron. Both Altoona and Bradenton had off yesterday. Two big starts on the schedule for tonight. For Indianapolis, Charlie Morton takes the mound in a rehab start, while Gerrit Cole, the top ranked player in the Pirates farm system, makes his pro debut. A […]

There were a lot of top Pirates prospects throwing today. Unfortunately, a lot of the top guys in the system were on the road. Jameson Taillon and Stetson Allie, both top ten prospects, started in the A-ball games at Toronto’s minor league complex. Missing out on those two guys throwing is missing out on some […]

Throughout the year we’ve talked about the Rule 5 roster crunch that the Pittsburgh Pirates will face this off-season.  Some of that has been over-blown to the point where people suggest trading prospects like Starling Marte just because the Pirates might not have a spot to protect him.  Make no mistake, the Pirates aren’t at […]

The Altoona Curve split a double header with the Richmond Flying Squirrels tonight, losing game one 6-2, then winning game two 4-3.  Kyle McPherson started game one, and had a rough outing.  Aaron Pribanic started game two, striking out eight batters, but also getting hit around a bit.  Below are a few impressions from tonight’s […]

One of the strengths to the 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates has been their bullpen.  The bullpen has combined for a 3.43 ERA this year, which ranks 10th in the majors, and sixth in the National League.  The Pirates are anchored by one of the best closers in the game, Joel Hanrahan.  They’ve got two capable set […]