Tag: Jake Burnette

The Pittsburgh Pirates cut eight pitchers from minor league camp on Tuesday afternoon. There are also two retirement announcements from over the off-season, plus a recent retirement from minor league camp. All three retired players were signed in 2016, two as draft picks. The two biggest names among the players cut today would be Jake […]

TOP OF THE SYSTEM A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today.  Note that this list doesn’t include players currently in the majors. 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 added to the […]

West Virginia took two out of three on the road from Hagerstown. The series included the completion of a game suspended two weeks ago, along with a rain out of a regularly scheduled game. Much of the interest with this year’s edition of the Power lies with the hitters rather than the pitchers. The Pirates […]

Today is Opening Day for the minor league season and it marks the return of the Morning Report. Late last season, we started up the Morning Report in place of the daily Minor League Schedule article and the Prospect Highlights, combining the two into one article and adding a lot more. Today we will just […]

At the end of the 2014 season, things looked bad for right-handed pitcher Jake Burnette’s future. He was a member of that strong 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates draft class, going in the seventh round and receiving a $550,000 bonus to break his commitment to Georgia Tech. That was the fifth biggest bonus in the draft for […]

Today's Starters: John Kuchno, Luis Heredia, Austin Coley, Hector Garcia, Jake Burnette

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 […]

Today's Starters: Brandon Cumpton, Orlando Castro, Jason Creasy, Tyler Glasnow, Luis Heredia, Marek Minarik, Dario Agrazal Jr., Jake Burnette

Today's Starters: Jhonathan Ramos, Adrian Sampson, Joely Rodriguez, Shane Carle, Buddy Borden, Tyler Eppler, Jake Burnette

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. 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 added to the […]