Tag: Adonis Pichardo

In the past for the DSL prospect list, we have done the top ten prospects to watch. I planned to do it that way this year until I started it and couldn’t even decide on the first spot. Usually a few players separate themselves from the pack, so you have a general idea about the […]

About three weeks ago, I did a DSL recap of the first half and it was mostly focused on a young team having a lot of issues with injuries. Since then, the team has been relatively healthy, at least compared to the first half. The problem with the three injuries that have occurred since then, […]

Seven games into the Dominican Summer League season, the Pirates are playing like you would expect a team filled with first years players to play. That is especially true of a team that had a combined zero starts between their five starters in the rotation before Opening Day. It’s actually six starters if you count […]

Ben Badler from Baseball America released the Pittsburgh Pirates 2014 international signing recap on Wednesday. On Tuesday, BA announced that the Pirates spent approximately $1.94M in 2014 on international players. That money actually covers two separate signing periods, as the international signing period begins on July 2nd each year and ends on June 15th the […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates have made their sixth big international signing since the July 2nd period opened, though this one is a bit different than the other five from yesterday. They got right-hander Adonis Pichardo out of the Dominican. He is 18 years old already, which means he has been eligible to sign before this signing […]