Tag: Stephan Meyer

Pittsburgh Pirates minor league pitcher Stephan Meyer retired on Tuesday. The 23-year-old right-hander was the 18th round draft pick in 2015 out of Bellevue University. Meyer had pitched for Morgantown during all three of his seasons in pro ball. He split his draft year between the GCL and the NYPL, posting an 0.77 ERA in […]

A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today. If a player is in the majors and loses his prospect eligibility, he will be removed. Everyone below him will be shifted up a spot, and a new player will be added to the bottom of the list. If a player is out for […]

The West Virginia Black Bears (referred to from here on out as Morgantown, to avoid confusion with the West Virginia Power) began their 2016 season last night. This year’s team features the top college draft picks from the 2016 draft, along with the top players coming up from the short-season leagues last year. The two […]

BRADENTON, Fl. – Today was a camp day at Pirate City, which is always one of my favorite days. The games were only seven innings, but you’ve got four teams in action, which means 28 innings of Pirates pitching prospects, and 28 innings of Pirates hitting prospects. If you’re there to watch the Pirates prospects, […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates just announced two more draft signings today, 18th round pick RHP Stephan Meyer and 33rd round pick LHP Sean Keselica, which was announced by us earlier today on Twitter. Both players will report to Morgantown. You can see the player page here for Meyer and here for Keselica. The draft track has […]

With their second pick in the draft, the Pirates took prep third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes. Surprisingly, they went the next 12 picks drafting college or JuCo guys before taking another prep player. That came in the 19th round, when they took projectable left-hander Ike Schlabach. They’ve also been on a pitching run lately, with their […]