Tag: Keon Broxton

A few notes on the day Stephen Tarpley makes his season debut. ** We start with Tarpley, who has been out with an oblique injury suffered during Spring Training. This is his second late start to a season with the Pirates. Tim Williams has been keeping us updated on Tarpley’s return, announcing over the weekend […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded outfielder Keon Broxton and pitching prospect Trey Supak to the Milwaukee Brewers for infielder Jason Rogers. The 27-year-old Rogers hit .296/.367/.441 in 86 games as a rookie this season. Broxton was added to the active roster in September and appeared in seven games for the Pirates, going 0-for-2 with three […]

Indianapolis built up a huge lead at the beginning of the season in the standings, but struggled toward the middle of the season with call-ups and players adjusting to the level. However, once the first-time players at the level adjusted, the team improved. After sweeping Scranton in the first round of the playoffs, Indianapolis took Columbus to […]

Altoona made the post-season this year, winning a Wild Card spot, but going on to lose to Bowie in the playoffs in a best of five series. They made the playoffs on the strength of a very prospect-rich team throughout the year. That started with two of the best prospects in the system at the […]

CHICAGO — September is a month where rosters expand across baseball, and with that expansion comes the potential for rookies to get their first taste of the big leagues. Most of those rookies play a minor role when they first come up, although some go on to play a bigger role and become fixtures on the […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates have officially announced the call up of outfielder Keon Broxton from Indianapolis. To make room on the 40-man roster for Broxton, Jung-Ho Kang was placed on the 60-day disabled list. As first reported here yesterday, Broxton will add some speed, power and depth to the Pirates’ bench for the last two weeks. […]

INDIANAPOLIS — With the impending free agency following the season, the Pirates have some interesting decisions that need to be made at the big league level. One of the biggest decisions was already made, with Keon Broxton getting called up to the majors. Broxton, who had a breakout campaign split between Indianapolis and Altoona, would have […]

The Indianapolis Indians were eliminated from the Triple-A playoffs last night, losing the deciding game of the International League championship series. Today, the Pirates are calling up outfielder Keon Broxton, Pirates Prospects has learned through a source. Broxton returned to Altoona this year, posting a .302/.365/.464 line in 204 plate appearances. This followed a 2014 season […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Josh Bell has shown a great deal of consistency in his adjustment to Triple-A, although that hasn’t been the case for a few other young hitters on the roster. Alen Hanson, Willy Garcia, and Keon Broxton are all talented players who could reach the majors one day, but none of them have seen […]

If Keon Broxton can steal one more base this season, he will become the first Pirates’ minor league player in 48 years to reach double-digits in doubles, triples, homers and steal 40 bases. Back in 1967, Johnny Jeter reached those four marks and no one has been able to match it since. Jeter ended up […]