Tag: Miguel Rosario

Pirates Prospects has learned that the Pittsburgh Pirates released eight minor league players on Wednesday morning.  The Pirates cut 11 players from Major League camp yesterday, so these moves were bound to happen with Pirate City getting crowded. The list today includes infielder Luis Perez, outfielders Matt Diorio, Ryan Nagle and Victor Fernandez, and pitchers […]

The Pirates have made a series of moves in the last 12 hours, all related to the trade deadline. They added infielder Oneil Cruz and right-handed pitcher Angel German to the West Virginia Power roster. Both players were acquired yesterday for Tony Watson. To make room, pitchers Blake Cederlind and Oddy Nunez were both placed […]

Action from the few Pittsburgh Pirates left in winter ball over the weekend, plus a note on third baseman Eric Wood. Saturday In Puerto Rico, Danny Ortiz continued to play on after his team was eliminated in the first round. He was taken in the draft by Cangrejeros de Santurce. Ortiz went 0-for-4 with two […]

With a few players seeing their season end last weekend, and Jose Osuna attending the Pirates mini-camp in Bradenton, the action in winter ball has been very light this week. There won’t be much going on unless some players of note return to action, so there might only be a couple more winter articles left. […]

On Saturday afternoon, Eric Wood batted third for the Surprise Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League championship game. Just over 48 hours later, he was batting third and playing third base for Gigantes del Cibao in the Dominican. Wood went 1-for-3 with an RBI single and a walk in his team’s 6-5 win. On defense, […]

Two days worth of action from around the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Venezuela. Report today includes a scouting report of the extended outing from Luis Heredia on Tuesday night. Monday Monday was a very light day on the schedule, with three games total and only one of those games included players from the Pirates. In […]

Over the off-season, we are going to use the Sunday night/Monday morning First Pitch article to recap the week that was in fall/winter ball. I started off today with a recap of the first two weeks in the Arizona Fall League, as well as a look at some interesting players in winter ball who are […]

Some notes for a Sunday morning, including a very strange occurrence for the GCL Pirates, and something that you don’t see often, happened to Eric Wood on Friday. I wanted to start with a brief mention of an Altoona reliever getting lost in the mix. Miguel Rosario began the year with Bradenton and moved up […]

It appears that Kevin Newman’s injury wasn’t as serious as first thought. Just under three weeks after being hit in the eye with a pitch, he has been activated from the disabled list. The 2015 first round pick was hitting .346/.414/.444 at the time of the injury. Bradenton also added third baseman Wyatt Mathisen to […]

The West Virginia Power have made a few moves this morning, including the expected addition of Stephen Tarpley for tonight’s start, which we announced yesterday. In addition to adding Tarpley, they also activated Jerrick Suiter off the disabled list. To make room on the roster, they promoted Montana DuRapau and Miguel Rosario to Bradenton. Tarpley […]