Tag: Gage Hinsz

Right-handed pitcher Gage Hinsz was placed on the injured list on Sunday with a right forearm strain. He was scheduled to begin the season in the Altoona Curve rotation. Hinsz missed parts of 2017 with a shoulder injury that was eventually diagnosed as a scapular stress fracture. That ended his season in August, but then […]

Over the last two days, we have been posting the season previews for each full-season affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The group going to Greensboro has a lot young players with breakout potential. Bradenton has some of the top prospects in the system on offense and a nice second tier group of top 50 prospects […]

The winter league season got off to a very slow start for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Just a handful of players were seeing action. Once the later starting leagues began playing, the Pirates ended up with a decent amount of winter participants. Below you’ll find a recap for every player, along with a note about the […]

After missing the 2018 season due to open heart surgery, the Pittsburgh Pirates sent 22-year-old right-handed pitcher Gage Hinsz to Puerto Rico to play winter ball. Facing much better competition than he saw in High-A in 2017 with the Bradenton Marauders, Hinsz dominated the league and put himself back on the prospect map. Hinsz wrapped […]

In Puerto Rico on Wednesday night, Gage Hinsz continued his brilliant comeback from open heart surgery back in May. He tossed six shutout innings on four hits (all singles), one walk and he struck out eight batters. Hinsz has thrown shutout ball in four of his five winter starts. He was facing a lineup last […]

In Puerto Rico on Wednesday night, Gage Hinsz made his fourth start of the winter and this was his best outing. He tossed six shutout innings on three hits and a walk, while striking out three batters. Hinsz posted a 10:3 GO/AO ratio. It’s his third shutout appearance of the winter. He debuted with four […]

After just one player from the Pittsburgh Pirates saw winter league action on Wednesday, Thursday saw two starting pitching prospects take the mound and five other players got into games. We start in Puerto Rico, where Gage Hinsz made his third start of the winter after missing the entire 2018 season. Hinsz came into the […]

In Puerto Rico on Friday night, Gage Hinsz made his second start and it was just as impressive as his first game. After throwing four shutout innings over the weekend on one hit, one walk and five strikeouts, he followed that up with five shutout innings last night. Hinsz allowed two singles, with one walk […]

In Puerto Rico on Saturday night, Gage Hinsz pitched in a game for the first time since August of 2017 and he put together an outstanding outing. He tossed four shutout innings, allowing one hit and one walk, while striking out five batters. Hinsz dealt with shoulder issues for most of 2017, which was eventually […]

Last week the winter league in Puerto Rico announced an agreement with the Pittsburgh Pirates for next year. It appears that the Pirates are getting an early jump on that agreement, with at least three players headed to the league for the winter season, which begins next week. Gage Hinsz, Jordan Jess and Jerrick Suiter […]