Tag: Bligh Madris

Every Monday during the minor league season, we take a look at the top performers in the Pittsburgh Pirates farm system, giving scouting reports on the top ten pitchers and top ten hitters from the previous week. The column was originally called Top Performers, then The Twenty. The number 21 obviously has a lot of […]

Every Monday during the minor league season, we take a look at the top performers in the Pittsburgh Pirates farm system, giving scouting reports on the top ten pitchers and top ten hitters from the previous week. The column was originally called Top Performers, then The Twenty. The number 21 obviously has a lot of […]

A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today. If a player is in the majors for an extended time (Colin Moran and Edgar Santana), or loses his prospect eligibility (Kyle Crick and Dovydas Neverauskas), he will be removed from this list. Everyone below him will be shifted up a spot, and a […]

BRADENTON, Fla. – Bligh Madris went through a lot during his junior year at Colorado Mesa in 2017. He saw his offense pick up with the addition of power to his game. That led to him being picked by the Pirates in the ninth round of the draft. He then went on to hit well […]

Every Monday during the minor league season, we take a look at the top performers in the Pittsburgh Pirates farm system, giving scouting reports on the top ten pitchers and top ten hitters from the previous week. The column was originally called Top Performers until last year when we changed it to The Twenty. The […]

A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today. If a player is in the majors for an extended time (Colin Moran, Edgar Santana, Dovydas Neverauskas), or loses his prospect eligibility, he will be removed from this list. Everyone below him will be shifted up a spot, and a new player will be […]

The weakest team in the Pirates’ system this year, as far as full-season teams, will be the Bradenton Marauders. The prospect depth at the level is thin, with very few players who could eventually become impact prospects, or even starters one day in the majors. The strength of the team is easily on the pitching […]

When we did our mid-season update of our top 50 prospects after the draft signing period ended, just one player from Morgantown made that list. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent their top four draft picks, plus two of their better over-slot signings, to the GCL team. The top young pitching prospects from the 2016 draft were […]

The New York-Penn League held their All-Star game on Tuesday night in Troy, New York and it was Tristan Gray who threw the big haymaker in this contest. His seventh inning home run gave the South All-Stars the lead, and his ninth inning single gave them an insurance run in their 5-2 victory. For his […]

The Pirates have seen their outfield depth decreasing in the upper levels in recent years. Part of that has been due to graduations of...