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First Pitch: 12 Pirates Pitchers Who Throw 98+ MPH

This week's podcast went up today, and on the show we talked about whether Gregory Polanco or Jameson Taillon should come up in September....

Pittsburgh Pirates Mid-Season Top 20 Prospects, Minus Gerrit Cole

We usually release our mid-season prospect rankings right after the MLB draft. This not only shows the updated rankings with half of the minor...

Vic Black Placed on the DL With a Left Oblique Injury

The other day Vic Black left the Indianapolis Indians game after getting one out. Today Black was placed on the Triple-A disabled list with...

Vic Black Leaves Game With Unknown Injury

Vic Black left today's Indianapolis Indians game with an unknown injury today. Al Skorupa of Bullpen Banter has the details. https://twitter.com/alskor/status/336927735794524160 Black came on in relief...

Prospect Notebook: Cole Making Progress, But Still Needs Those Strikeouts

At the start of the year, the expectation from most Pirates fans was for Gerrit Cole to go to Triple-A as a formality, just...

Pirates Relief Pitching Prospects Drawing Interest?

Peter Gammons (via Will Flemming on Twitter) said on MLB Network that 10 teams were at Victory Field this weekend, looking at Pittsburgh Pirates...

Prospect Watch: Cole Has His Best Start While Pimentel Has His Worst Start

Top Pitcher: Gerrit Cole, Top Hitter: Mel Rojas, HR: Brett Carroll, Dilson Herrera

Prospect Trends: Some Turnarounds and Some Struggling Altoona Hitters

A month into the minor league season, things are starting to take shape with the Pirates' full-season affiliates.  With a deep roster and very...

Prospect Notebook: Pirates Have a Lot of Pitching Depth in Indianapolis

The Indianapolis Indians are off to a 19-7 start this year, which is their best start in 54 years. The last time they started...

First Pitch: Time to Start Looking at the Bullpen Depth

If there's one thing the Pirates have been good at, it has been finding relievers. Jason Grilli, Mark Melancon, and even guys like Jeanmar...

Prospect Watch: Bell Has a Big Day at the Plate, Cole Struggles With Control

TOP OF THE SYSTEM A look at how the current top 20 prospects did today.  Note that this list doesn't include players currently in the...

Indians Split Doubleheader in Columbus

A single pitch separated the Indianapolis Indians from twin shutouts at Columbus’ Huntington Park on Saturday evening: Kris Johnson’s sixth-inning offering to Clippers’ designated...