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Each week in Statcast Heroes, I’ll be recapping the weekly leaders at each level of the Pittsburgh Pirates system that has data available. That includes the Major Leagues, Triple-A, and Single-A. The results give a quick...
The Milwaukee Brewers aren't a big swing and miss team. Prior to Tuesday night's game against the Pirates, they ranked 22nd in baseball in swinging strikes, at 10% of their total pitches. Yet, the Pittsburgh Pirates...

Pirates Prospect Watch: First Look at Recently Acquired LHP Jackson Wolf

ALTOONA, PA - The Pirates have their complex league teams in the playoffs right now. I'm in Altoona this week, and got my first...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Live Reports From Altoona

ALTOONA, PA - Aaron Shortridge was on the mound last night for the Curve, and continued his impressive month of August. I'm in Altoona...

Pirates Prospect Watch: Rodolfo Nolasco is the Latest To Homer Twice in a Game

The Pirates have been getting some power from their minor league position players this week. They had a two homer game from Josiah Sightler...

Prospect Watch: Aaron Shortridge Strikes Out Nine, Jase Bowen Steals a Homer

Altoona had a big Saturday night on both sides of the ball, with one run allowed by Aaron Shortridge, and 13 hits and 6...

Prospect Watch: Jared Jones Has His Best Start For Indianapolis

It wasn't a great day in the system for the teams. Bradenton was the only team in the Pirates' organization that won, with a...

Prospect Watch: Termarr Johnson and Aaron Shackelford Homer

Of the seven total affiliates, six of them won their game on Friday in the Pirates system. It was actually impossible for them to...

Pirates Prospects Daily: Carmen Mlodzinski Becomes First Cherington Pick To Reach Big Leagues

It was a pretty huge milestone for the Ben Cherington regime, as Carmen Mlodzinski became the first player drafted by them to reach the...

Pirates Prospects Daily: Josh Palacios Making Most Of Major League Opportunity

Entering this season, Josh Palacios had less than 100 career at-bats at the major league level. Brought in during the minor league portion of...

Pirates Prospects Daily: Abrahan Gutierrez Hitting Ground Running Returning From Injury

With two top 100 prospects that are catchers, it's easy to overlook the rest of the catching prospects in the Pirates system. One that...

Pirates Prospects Daily: Luis Peralta Using Sinker In Less Conventional Way

Whether intentional or not, there is an obvious trend growing within the Pirates system when it comes to their pitchers. We are seeing more go...

Pirates Prospects Daily: Matt Fraizer is Another Center Field Option in the Upper Levels

Due to the pandemic, the 2020 minor league season was canceled, removing a whole year of development for prospects all throughout each team's systems.  Some...

Pirates Prospects Daily: MLB Pipeline Likes The Pirates Outfield Depth

One of the themes I keep running back to when looking at how the Pittsburgh Pirates 40-man roster might line up for Opening Day,...