Tag: Sam Street

Pirates Prospects has learned that the Pittsburgh Pirates have optioned Nick Kingham to Indianapolis on Monday. The move is not surprising with the team not needing a fifth starter until May 19th due to off-days today, Thursday and next Monday. Expect a move to fill the 25-man roster tomorrow due to the off-day today, with […]

Only three Pittsburgh Pirates are still in action at this point, so this is a quick recap of the last week in winter baseball. We will have a full winter recap next weekend as the final article. In the Dominican, Richard Rodriguez and his team won the league title and moved on to the Caribbean […]

The regular season ended in Australia on Saturday, but two Pittsburgh Pirates will continue on into the playoffs. Here’s a recap from the last two days of action. The next winter article will be next Sunday, with a recap for the week. Then once all of the Pirates are done for the winter, we will […]

Action from the last three days of winter ball below. There were no games of interest on Monday. Seven Pittsburgh Pirates were still playing as of Tuesday, though one saw his season end that day. Tuesday In game three of the Venezuelan league finals, Elvis Escobar went 1-for-4 with a solo homer in his team’s […]

On Sunday in Australia, Michael Suchy extended his on base streak to 21 games by going 2-for-5 with a single and his 12th double. He scored two runs and drove in a pair. With one week remaining in the season, Suchy is hitting .306/.386/.570 through 34 games. In this unusually high year for offense, he […]

It was a busy Saturday in Australia with every team playing a doubleheader and all four Pittsburgh Pirates got into action. We start with Michael Suchy, who extended his on base streak to 20 games. He has reached base on hits in all but one of those games. Suchy went 1-for-2 with a double and […]

We have winter league news from the last four days, including an update on a recent minor league signing. On Monday in Venezuela, Elvis Escobar went 1-for-3 with a double, walk, RBI and run scored in his team’s 11-9 victory. Lara swept their second round playoff series and moved on to the finals. Escobar went […]

In Colombia on Friday night, shortstop Francisco Acuna went 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI. He also had two hits on Thursday. Acuna is 4-for-12 at the plate in four playoff games. He was on the bench for the first 2 1/2 games of the playoffs, but he appears to have taken his […]

On Sunday in Australia, Robbie Glendinning went 1-for-4 with a single and a run scored. Through his first two weeks of winter action, he’s hitting .344/.462/.469 in eight games. He has eight RBIs and has scored 11 runs. Michael Suchy extended his on base streak to 15 games, going 1-for-2 with a double, run scored […]

There wasn’t much going on Thursday night in winter ball action, so we have updates here from the last two days. I’ll note that the playoffs are going on in Colombia, but Francisco Acuna didn’t play in either of his team’s first two games. He is still on the active roster. In Mexico on Thursday, […]