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Pirates Prospects
6h ago
The Pirates traded JT Brubaker at the start of this season, eventually receiving 20-year-old infielder Keiner Delgado as the player to be named later from the New York Yankees. Early in his Pirates career, Delgado has looked impressive. His first stop was for a single game in the FCL, where he went 2-for-5 with a ..read more
Pirates Prospects
1d ago
Braxton Ashcraft had his best start of the season on Wednesday for Altoona. The right-hander pitched five shutout innings, allowing two hits, two walks, and striking out five. Ashcraft is one of the top ten prospects in the Pirates’ system, due to a fastball that can sit mid-to-upper 90s, and a hard slider that is ..read more
Pirates Prospects
2d ago
Right-handed pitcher Thomas Harrington made his return to the mound on Tuesday night for Bradenton. Harrington, who is rehabbing from a shoulder issue in Spring Training, pitched three shutout innings, allowing one hit, one walk, and striking out three. Harrington is currently one of the top ten prospects in the system, and slated for Altoona ..read more
Pirates Prospects
3d ago
The minor league season is a little over a month old, with the Triple-A season extending a week longer than everyone else. By this point, a sample size has formed to identify some of the standout players at each level. Fortunately for the Pirates and their MLB depth, they have been led by the best ..read more
Pirates Prospects
5d ago
Paul Skenes made what should be his final start in Triple-A on Sunday. The top pitching prospect in baseball allowed two runs on three hits in 4.1 innings, walking two and striking out four. In seven starts this year, Skenes has an 0.99 ERA in 27.1 innings, with a 45:8 K/BB ratio. He routinely overpowers ..read more
Pirates Prospects
5d ago
Jared Jones continues to be the bright spot and the hope during this 2024 Pittsburgh Pirates season. On Saturday, Jones pitched seven shutout innings, allowing one hit, no walks, and striking out ten. For a short time, it looked like the Pirates might waste the start. Their offense was shut out across six innings against ..read more
Pirates Prospects
5d ago
The Pittsburgh Pirates made a surprising move at the start of the season, trading right-handed pitcher JT Brubaker to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later. Brubaker was rehabbing an injury, and wouldn’t return until the second half this year, with one more year of control remaining. Last week, the Pirates ..read more
Pirates Prospects
6d ago
In his fourth professional game, Charles McAdoo went 6-for-6 with two home runs. The game on August 8th, 2023 came almost a month after the Pittsburgh Pirates drafted McAdoo in the 13th round out of San Jose State. McAdoo was coming off a junior year where he batted .325/.409/.543 in 234 at-bats, showing good numbers ..read more
Pirates Prospects
6d ago
The Pirates took on Cal Quantrill on Friday night. Heading into the start, Quantrill had a 6.00 ERA on the road. He had a 3.0 K/9 and a 4.2 BB/9. For an offense that has been struggling and ranks as one of the worst in the game, this was supposed to be a break for ..read more
Pirates Prospects
6d ago
Carlson Reed pitched five shutout innings for Bradenton on Friday night, going five innings for the first time in his career. The Pirates drafted Reed in the fourth round last year out of West Virginia. The right-hander was a reliever during his junior year in college, but the Pirates have been stretching him out, due ..read more