Tag: Jin-De Jhang

Minor league free agency officially kicked in on Friday evening and the Pittsburgh Pirates had a smaller group than usual. Just seven players were on the list, which was the second lowest total in baseball behind the four players for the Houston Astros. The key names on the list are infielders Eric Wood and Wyatt […]

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 (Colin Moran, Nick Kingham, Edgar Santana, Kyle Crick, Max Moroff and Dovydas Neverauskas), he will be removed from this list. Everyone below him will be shifted up a […]

The Altoona Curve will be getting some familiar catching help tomorrow, as Jin-De Jhang is headed to join the team. He has been out all season since suffering an arm injury playing winter ball in Australia. Jhang has been playing in Extended Spring Training down at Pirate City and the recent reports from there have […]

The player going to the four full-season affiliates of the Pittsburgh Pirates left for their respective cities on Friday, leaving behind 63 players in Extended Spring Training. That number includes a large group of players who are either injured or on rehab. Besides players in Major League camp who we have updated already throughout spring […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates made their first three Spring Training cuts on Friday morning by optioning pitchers Dario Agrazal and Luis Escobar, while reassigning catcher Jin-De Jhang to minor league camp. The Spring Training roster now sits at 61 with 20 days before Opening Day. You can view our Spring Training tracker here, which has been […]

BRADENTON, Fla. – A few injury updates to start this report, which will be a mix of MLB updates and prospect updates. Pirates’ Director of Sports Medicine Todd Tomczyk said today that outfielder Daniel Nava would be sidelined for 10-12 weeks after undergoing back surgery. Things already weren’t looking good for Nava’s chances of making […]

BRADENTON, Fla. – Today was a rough day for the Pirates, as they lost 13-2 to the Red Sox. It was also a rough day for two young pitching prospects making their debuts in big league camp. Dario Agrazal and Luis Escobar were both scheduled to pitch an inning, and both were lifted early with […]

Winter league baseball wrapped up this week, so now it’s time to look back on the entire off-season. There were 22 current Pittsburgh Pirates who saw action this winter. I didn’t include any of the players like Edwin Espinal, who signed with the Detroit Tigers, or Carlos Munoz, who is still looking to sign a […]

In Venezuela on Sunday, Jose Osuna extended his team record hitting streak to 17 games with a home run. He was the DH and went 1-for-3 with a walk. The home run, which is shown below, was his fourth of the season and hit off of Logan Duran, who is a 36-year-old veteran winter league […]

In Australia on Friday, Jin-De Jhang was named to the All-Star game representing the World Team. He is hitting .273/.333/.364 through 12 games this winter and playing impressive defense, which includes a 70% caught stealing rate. There was a final fan ballot to pick the last two spots on the World Team and Michael Suchy […]