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In yesterday’s schedule section, I mentioned the long drought since the Pittsburgh Pirates had an international amateur free agent developed in their system make a start for the team. The last was Elmer Dessens on September 24, 1998. That streak was broken by Dario Agrazal making a start for them last night. He began his […]

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 (Kevin Newman, Nick Burdi and Bryan Reynolds), he will be removed from this list. Everyone below him will be shifted up a spot, and a new player will […]

The Florida State League All-Star game was played on Saturday night in Jupiter, Florida. The South All-Stars won 2-0 and were led by two members of the Bradenton Marauders. In the bottom of the first inning, Calvin Mitchell (pictured above) led off with a double. He moved to third base on a single, then scored […]

The Indianapolis Indians announced that 28-year-old infielder Darnell Sweeney has been signed as a minor league free agent by the Pittsburgh Pirates and he will report to Indianapolis. Sweeney has been a free agent since the end of 2018. He has played parts of two season in the majors, seeing time with the Philadelphia Phillies […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates are turning to 24-year-old right-handed pitcher Dario Agrazal on Saturday in a start against the Miami Marlins. This very well could be a one-and-done start, with Agrazal returning to the minors afterwards. The Pirates have off on Monday and Thursday next week, as well as Trevor Williams set to return, and Jordan […]

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The 2018-19 International signing period wraps up today. The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed a total of 43 players since the signing period began back on July 2nd last year. We have seen some last minute deals signed on June 15th in the past, but don’t count on anything big happening today. Back in January, we […]

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 (Kevin Newman, Nick Burdi and Bryan Reynolds), he will be removed from this list. Everyone below him will be shifted up a spot, and a new player will […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates announced the signing of two draft picks on Friday night. They signed outfielder Sammy Siani, who was taken with the 37th overall pick in the draft. They also signed infielder Ernny Ordonez, who was taken in the 33rd round and announced as a third baseman. Siani had a commitment to Duke, while […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates (30-38) will take on the Miami Marlins (24-42) for three games on the road this weekend. The Pirates will send out Steven Brault in the series opener for his sixth start of the season. Brault allowed two runs over 6.1 innings in his last start. That followed up two outings in which […]