Tag: Brandon Mann
Minor Moves: Ryan Beckman to Altoona, Brandon Mann Released
The Pittsburgh Pirates have made a bunch of minor moves in the farm system, with the biggest one occurring today when they released pitcher Brandon Mann and assigned reliever Ryan Beckman to the Altoona Curve. Mann was a free agent signing over the off-season. He had pitched well, but he is already 30 years old […]
Top 10 Pitchers: Brandon Cumpton Continues Pitching Well…For Indianapolis
Below are the pitching Game Scores* in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ farm system from the last week. The top ten scores are highlighted in the write-up below. The rankings include every pitcher who made a start for a Pirates’ minor league affiliate, with no limitations on whether the starting pitcher has prospect eligibility. *Game Score is […]
Minor League Schedule: Doubleheaders For Altoona and Bradenton on Saturday
Today's Starters: Tyler Waldron, Tyler Sample, Brandon Mann, Orlando Castro, John Kuchno, Shane Carle
Top Performers: Sadler, Sampson, and Glasnow Off to Good Starts
Below are the pitching Game Scores* in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ farm system from the last week. The top ten scores are highlighted in the write-up below. The rankings include every pitcher who made a start for a Pirates’ minor league affiliate, with no limitations on whether the starting pitcher has prospect eligibility. *Game Score is […]
Minor Moves: Bradenton Bullpen Gets A Makeover
After using Walker Gourley two days in a row, possibly the first time I’ve ever seen a position player do that, the Bradenton Marauders added some fresh arms to their bullpen. The first move that left them somewhat short-handed, was promoting Tyler Waldron to Altoona and getting Brandon Mann back in return. Mann had just […]
Prospect Watch: The Unreal Numbers From the Bradenton Marauders Rotation
TOP OF THE SYSTEM A look at how the current top 20 prospects did today. Note that this list doesn’t include players currently in the majors (Stolmy Pimentel #13). If a player is in the majors, he will be removed, everyone below him will be shifted up a spot, and a new player will be […]
Stetson Allie Joins the Altoona Curve
As expected, Stetson Allie has joined the Altoona Curve, now that he’s recovered from him oblique injury. Earlier in the week I reported that Allie had one more rehab game left in extended Spring Training before heading out to Altoona. As it turns out, he didn’t actually miss any time with Altoona, since last night’s […]
Pirates Sign Seven Minor League Free Agents
The Pittsburgh Pirates have announced the signings of seven minor league free agents today. We had heard previously about Michael Martinez and Brandon Mann, while Kyle McPherson has returned to the organization. On top of those names, also announced today were LHP Adam Wilk, LHP Daniel Schlereth, 1B Travis Ishikawa and RHP Elvin Ramirez. Ishikawa, […]
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