Tag: Travis Swaggerty

The Florida State League announced the All-Star selections for their June 15th All-Star game. The Bradenton Marauders had seven players selected. Outfielders Travis Swaggerty and Calvin Mitchell, shortstop Robbie Glendinning, third baseman Dylan Busby and pitchers Cody Bolton, Luis Escobar and Joel Cesar were all chosen to represent the Marauders. The obvious choices here are […]

Every Monday during the minor league season, we take a look at the top performers in the Pittsburgh Pirates farm system, giving scouting reports on the top ten pitchers and top ten hitters from the previous week. The column was originally called Top Performers, then The Twenty. The number 21 obviously has a lot of […]

Every Monday during the minor league season, we take a look at the top performers in the Pittsburgh Pirates farm system, giving scouting reports on the top ten pitchers and top ten hitters from the previous week. The column was originally called Top Performers, then The Twenty. The number 21 obviously has a lot of […]

Every Monday during the minor league season, we take a look at the top performers in the Pittsburgh Pirates farm system, giving scouting reports on the top ten pitchers and top ten hitters from the previous week. The column was originally called Top Performers, then The Twenty. The number 21 obviously has a lot of […]

A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today. If a player is in the majors for an extended time or loses his prospect eligibility (Kevin Newman, Nick Burdi and Pablo Reyes), he will be removed from this list. Everyone below him will be shifted up a spot, and a new player will […]

Yesterday we looked at the season preview for the Greensboro Grasshoppers. It’s a group that has a lot of potential for breakouts prospects. We go up a level to the Bradenton Marauders today and they’re a group that has both top end talent and some potential. The minor league season begins on Thursday for all four […]

We posted our Q&A yesterday and got some interesting questions, which we will answer in separate articles over the next few days. Today we look at the strategy of the Pittsburgh Pirates for international signings, the prospect rankings of Conner Uselton and Nick Burdi’s usage by the Pirates last year. joe s: After years of international […]

Every year we post about five top 100 prospects lists. The fifth one came out on Wednesday morning from Fangraphs. The Pittsburgh Pirates have had between 3-5 prospects in each of the previously released lists. They have five again today, including a player making his first appearance on a top 100 list. At the bottom […]

Baseball America continued their rankings of the best prospects by position on Tuesday afternoon, posting their list of the top 40 center fielders. The Pittsburgh Pirates are represented on that list by Travis Swaggerty, Bryan Reynolds and Jason Martin. This list answered some questions from yesterday when Calvin Mitchell made the corner outfield list. I […]

Over the last two days, Keith Law has been releasing his list of the top 100 prospects in the game. He has four Pittsburgh Pirates on his list, including three players ranked higher than anywhere else. You can see those lists here for the top 1-50 and here’s the top 51-100. He also posted a […]