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Unless you follow the four Pittsburgh Pirates minor league teams very closely, you might be surprised to learn who leads each team in OPS. There are no top prospects in this group, just four players off to great starts this season. Indianapolis is led by third baseman Deibinson Romero, who has a 1.221 OPS. That […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates have the best pitching staff in baseball, though it’s not the big league club. The Altoona Curve have got some great pitching this season, especially from their starters. In fact, they lead all of baseball in one important category. If you look at all 30 MLB teams and all 120 teams minor […]

Organizational depth is a great thing for preparation for injuries at the Major League level. However, it is not always the best thing for getting prospects needed reps to allow them to grow and develop. Indianapolis has a few of these situations. First, is the recently publicized log jam at the catcher position with up-and-coming […]

As far as minor league pitchers go for the Pirates, it doesn’t get much bigger than the two going tonight. Nick Kingham will make his fourth start for Indianapolis, while Tyler Glasnow makes his third start for Altoona. Today’s starts hold a little more importance for both of them, though I will stress that one […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates made seven trades this past off-season that involved players going the other way. Today, we take a look at the early results from these players traded away. Starting with the Major League players and working our way down the prospect list. I’ve also added some minor league names of note that left […]

I spent a lot of time the last two days covering extended Spring Training, focusing mostly on the upper level guys who only project to be there for a short amount of time. Today I had articles looking at three different pitchers in three different circumstances, all with the same underlying trend — Jim Benedict was […]

Deibinson Romero was an off-season signing that didn’t get much notice, other than the fact that Fangraphs projected him to be the top minor league free agent this past off-season. The early results from Romero have been great with a 1.149 OPS that easily leads the International League. In fact, second place in the league […]

I spent most of today getting coverage from extended Spring Training at Pirate City, catching up on some of the injuries that have taken place in camp, while also watching a game that featured Clayton Richard and Gage Hinsz pitching. I’ve got a great report on Richard coming tomorrow, talking a bit about how he performed […]

Andrew McCutchen is closing in on a career milestone that he could reach today with a great day. He is four hits shy of 1,000 in his career. It’s been done 32 times in team history and he will add his name to that list shortly. McCutchen is actually 34th on the team’s hit list, […]

The start of a season magnifies everything. If a player does well, the hopes for that player skyrocket. If a player struggles, the panic sets in. And perhaps no position experiences this more often than the bullpen. In fact, bullpen panic exists year round. If Starling Marte starts the year 3-for-29, people will have concerns. […]