Tag: Samuel Reyes

It was reported by Jon Heyman last night that right-handed pitcher Montana DuRapau will be promoted to the Pittsburgh Pirates today. Right-handed pitcher Clay Holmes is reportedly on the way to join the Pirates today as well. We will have more on those moves when they are made official. For now, seven minor league pitchers […]

The Dominican winter league held their annual draft on Wednesday night and six Pittsburgh Pirates were selected. The winter draft this year was for Dominican players who made their debut in full season ball during the 2018 season. Once these players are drafted, that teams holds their rights during the winter whether the play or […]

The 2017 DSL Pirates lacked experience coming into the season. They were filled with first-year players on the pitching side and on offense. Despite that inexperience, they finished the season with a winning record and saw some breakout performances from a few second-year players. The Pirates used a total of 36 players this season, with […]

The GCL Pirates wrapped up their schedule yesterday. We will have a full recap, along with a top ten prospects list from the team later this month. For now, I just wanted to do a quick look at the highlights from the team. The Pirates drafted a four high school players with their first four […]

Yesterday was the start of the international signing period, which will run until June 15th, though most of the big signings usually happen during the first day. The Pittsburgh Pirates were extremely busy, signing at least 20 players total. They have already spent more this signing period than they did during the last one, though […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted hard-throwing left-handed pitcher Jake Brentz to the Altoona Curve. Brentz has been pitching for the Bradenton Marauders, representing the team in the Florida State League All-Star game over the weekend. Acquired late last year in the Arquimedes Caminero deal, the 22-year-old Brentz has a fastball that touches 100 MPH, and […]

The DSL roster for the Pirates this year will be extremely inexperienced. They signed 23 international amateur players this off-season and 21 one them will be with the team on their 35-man roster. Doing some quick math, you’ll see that they will have more new players than returning players. The Pirates didn’t bring a lot […]

Ben Badler at Baseball America posted his yearly international review for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday morning. Since the Pirates (and most other teams) don’t announce any international signings, the scouting reports on these players are hard to get until they actually start to play games. We will get updated reports on these players once […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed right-handed pitcher Samuel Reyes, who is the younger brother of Bradenton infielder Pablo Reyes. The younger Reyes was signed as an international free agent out of the Dominican Republic, receiving a $45,000 bonus. He is the 19th international player the Pirates have signed since the 2016-17 signing period started back […]