Tag: Blake Weiman

After making six cuts Monday morning, the Pittsburgh Pirates made an additional five cuts after Monday’s loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. Will Craig and Oneil Cruz were optioned to Indianapolis, while Arden Pabst, Jason Delay and Blake Weiman were all reassigned to minor league camp. Cruz made a lot of noise at big league […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent right-handed pitcher JT Brubaker to Morgantown on a rehab assignment. He will also be joined in Morgantown by Major League veteran reliever Brandon Maurer. Brubaker has been out since April 24th with elbow irritation. He threw 35 pitches in a simulated game last week, so he should be up to […]

On Thursday, we asked readers to submit questions for a Pirates Q&A. We received a great response to the post and started answering those questions on Friday. Tim Williams started with questions about the off-season on Friday, then on Saturday, he tackled questions about prospects, the Pirates budget and Manny Machado. We left two questions […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates are holding their annual winter mini-camp at Pirate City this week. The four-day event is voluntary for any player on the 40-man roster and also includes non-roster invites to Spring Training. Tim Williams is providing live coverage of the camp. A total of 26 players have shown up, though it’s possible more […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates announced a large group of non-roster invites to Spring Training on Saturday morning. That group includes first baseman Will Craig, third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes, outfielder Bryan Reynolds, right-handed pitchers Tyler Eppler, Geoff Hartlieb, Alex McRae and Eduardo Vera, left-handed pitcher Elvis Escobar, Brandon Waddell and Blake Weiman, and catchers Jason Delay, Christian […]

The 2018 Arizona Fall League season wrapped up on Thursday for the Surprise Saguaros. The Pittsburgh Pirates originally selected eight players to go to the fall league. That number was down to six by the end of the season and the Pirates received mixed results from their players. We start with the early departures and […]

The Surprise Saguaros played their final home game this Arizona Fall League season on Wednesday afternoon, taking on Mesa. They had Cole Tucker and Bryan Reynolds in the lineup, as they lost 10-6. Tucker doubled in his first at-bat on Wednesday and scored four batters later. It was his fifth double of the fall and […]

It was a busy day for Pittsburgh Pirates in the Arizona Fall League on Saturday. All three hitters were in the lineup and two of the three relievers made an appearance. The Surprise Saguaros were already eliminated from the playoffs before today, then they took on first place Peoria and lost 7-4. Cole Tucker doubled […]

The Surprise Saguaros took on Glendale on Tuesday afternoon, as the Arizona Fall League schedule winds down with just seven games left after today. The Saguaros faced playoff race elimination on this day, and they went with a lineup that included all three hitters from the Pittsburgh Pirates. By the end of the day, all […]

The Arizona League Fall-Stars game takes place tonight at 8 PM EST and it is televised on MLB Network. If you don’t get that channel, MLB.com will have a live feed of the game. The Pittsburgh Pirates will be represented by shortstop Cole Tucker and left-handed pitcher Blake Weiman. I’ll be updating on Tucker and […]