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The Pittsburgh Pirates (54-75) take on the Cincinnati Reds (60-68) in a weekend series at PNC Park, with game three this afternoon at 1:35 PM. The Pirates will send out Dario Agrazal for his ninth Major League start in the series finale. He pitched two scoreless innings of relief on Wednesday. His last start for the […]

Each Sunday through the end of the season, we are going to take a look at the updated 2020 MLB draft standings. The Pittsburgh Pirates have 33 games left in the regular season, which ends five weeks from today on September 29th at home against the same Cincinnati Reds team that they are playing this […]

After looking at the stats for the 2019 draft picks last Sunday, I wanted to do the same for the 2018 draft picks. The Pirates signed a total of 33 draft picks last year. The list below is broken down into groups by their current team. I also included the five non-draft free agents still […]

A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today. If a player is in the majors for an extended time or loses his prospect eligibility (Clay Holmes, Jacob Stallings, Pablo Reyes, Kevin Newman and Bryan Reynolds), he will be removed from this list. Everyone below him will be shifted up a spot, and […]

The Appalachian League named their season All-Star team on Friday night and Francisco Acuna of the Bristol Pirates was named as the second baseman on the squad. Acuna is batting .301/.368/.446 through 49 games this year. He has 19 doubles and nine stolen bases. He leads the league in doubles, ranks seventh in average and […]

Early each minor league season, we post an article about how the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired their minor league starting pitchers. There have been a few of those articles now, so you can see the progress that they made in developing international players and draft picks over time, or look at how often they needed to […]

A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today. If a player is in the majors for an extended time or loses his prospect eligibility (Clay Holmes, Jacob Stallings, Pablo Reyes, Kevin Newman and Bryan Reynolds), he will be removed from this list. Everyone below him will be shifted up a spot, and […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates (52-75) take on the Cincinnati Reds (60-66) in a weekend series at PNC Park, starting tonight at 7:05 PM. In the opener, the Pirates will send out Mitch Keller, who will be making his third start since returning from Indianapolis. He gave up one run over five innings against the Los Angeles […]

The Eastern League named their End-of-Season All-Stars on Friday afternoon and the Altoona Curve are represented by outfielder Jared Oliva. With 11 days left in the season, Oliva is hitting .289/.362/.421 in 112 games, with 24 doubles, six triples, six homers and 33 stolen bases in 43 attempts. He has played 103 games in the […]

About five years ago at this time, almost every article surrounding the Pirates’ catching situation boiled down to one thing: How can the Pirates replace Russell Martin after the 2014 season? The Pirates added Martin on a two-year deal prior to the 2013 season, and saw his value soar. He was set to receive a […]