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Morning Report: Sunday is a Loaded Day for Pitching Prospects

I mentioned yesterday morning that the Pittsburgh Pirates had a strong group of pitchers going in the minors. Mitch Keller, Brandon Waddell and Oddy...

The West Virginia Power Top 10 Shows a Rare Down Year For Breakout Candidates

West Virginia has been the home of the breakout prospect the last few years. They had Gregory Polanco and Alen Hanson in 2012 and...

Pirate City Notes: Camp Day Headlined By Two of the Most Promising Young Pitchers

BRADENTON, Fla. - The Pirates have no shortage of top young pitching prospects in their system. They saw Jameson Taillon make the jump to...

Prospect Notebook: First Looks of 2017 at Taylor Hearn and Gage Hinsz

BRADENTON, Fla. - Today was the first day of full squad workouts for minor leaguers at Pirate City. Some players had already reported early,...

Nine Pittsburgh Pirates on World Baseball Classic Rosters

The World Baseball Classic rosters were announced on Wednesday night for all 16 teams. We knew ahead of time that a few big names...

Luis Escobar Named Top Sleeper Prospect for Pirates, Could Possibly Play in WBC

Keith Law wrapped up his prospect coverage on Friday morning with a sleeper prospect for each team (subscription required). He named right-handed pitcher Luis Escobar...

Pittsburgh Pirates 2017 Top Prospects: #19 – Luis Escobar

The Pirates Prospects 2017 Prospect Guide is now available for pre-sales. The book will be released the week before Spring Training, and we are...

Two Early Round Pirates Draft Picks Lead the Morgantown Top 10 Prospects

The Morgantown Black Bears typically get all of the college drafted players from the top half of the draft, along with some of the...

First Pitch: An Early Look at the Pirates Breakout Candidates For 2017

Today we announced our Breakout Prospect of the Year, which was Mitch Keller (obviously). Eric Wood was the breakout position player, just as I predicted to...

The Twenty: Taylor Hearn and Jordan Luplow Led the System This Week

Every week we have live reports from all over the system, while John Dreker provides additional views of the minors via MiLB.tv, which included...

Prospect Watch: Good Final Starts From Escobar, Hutchison, and Hinsz

A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today. If a player is in the majors and loses his prospect eligibility, he...

Morning Report: Thoughts on Nick Kingham, Drew Hutchison and Luis Escobar

Last night I got a chance to watch three pitchers of note while I was doing the Prospect Watch. I started by watching Nick...