Pirates Prospects
106 FOLLOWERS
Pirates Prospects is the best source for news on the Pittsburgh Pirates and their minor league system.
Pirates Prospects
23h ago
Termarr Johnson picked up three hits on Sunday, including his second home run of the season, as Greensboro won 7-4 at Hickory. Johnson is only batting .193 with a .684 OPS this year, but hopefully this outing and his two double performance on Saturday night is a spark that gets him on track. Prior to ..read more
Pirates Prospects
2d ago
The Pirates Prospect Watch has been running on Pirates Prospects for parts of 15 seasons, making its debut in late August 2010 as the “Pittsburgh Pirates Prospect Watch“. Today, there are more sites covering the minor league system. Some of those sites have interesting nightly takes on the happenings in the farm system. Some of ..read more
Pirates Prospects
3d ago
Bubba Chandler left his start early on Friday, after dealing with control problems. Chandler walked his first two batters, then issued three more walks with two outs. Following the third walk, he was removed from the game and replaced by RHP Justin Meis. Hopefully the decision to remove Chandler was a precautionary measure, and not ..read more
Pirates Prospects
4d ago
We are about six weeks into the 2024 minor league season, and some trends are beginning to develop in the Pittsburgh Pirates system. Those trends aren’t much different from the trends seen at the Major League level. In the first update to my original top 50 tiered rankings, I couldn’t help but notice how many ..read more
Pirates Prospects
4d ago
Sean Sullivan led the Altoona Curve to a 4-1 victory on Thursday, pitching seven shutout innings against Akron. This was the longest outing of the season for the right-hander, and the second time this week that Altoona got seven shutout frames from their starter. Sullivan has a 3.12 ERA in 34.2 innings this year, returning ..read more
Pirates Prospects
5d ago
J.P. Massey had his best start of the season for Greensboro on Wednesday. The right-hander allowed one run on four hits in six innings, with three walks and four strikeouts. Massey is returning to Greensboro for the second season, after spending the second half of 2023 at the level. The right-hander has dealt with control ..read more
Pirates Prospects
6d ago
Braxton Ashcraft had his best start of the year on Tuesday afternoon, tossing seven shutout innings for Altoona. The right-hander allowed four hits, one walk, and struck out ten. Ashcraft had struggled at the start of this season, getting hit hard in his first five starts. He’s returning from Tommy John in 2022, and this ..read more
Pirates Prospects
1w ago
The Bradenton Marauders have won ten games in a row for the first time in franchise history, after sweeping all six games last week against the St. Lucie Mets. The Marauders players show up with a strong presence in this week’s recap of the top hitters in the system. Six of the top hitters in ..read more
Pirates Prospects
1w ago
On Sunday, the Pittsburgh Pirates played their 41st game of the season. The lineup that manager Derek Shelton submitted was the 40th different batting order. It makes you wonder if the offensive struggles might be due to the lack of consistency with each player’s role on offense. The only consistency the Pirates have shown has ..read more
Pirates Prospects
1w ago
Thomas Harrington made his Double-A debut for the Altoona Curve in game two of a double header on Sunday. Harrington, who was drafted 36th overall in the 2022 draft, pitched three shutout innings, allowing no hits, one walk, and striking out four. This follows a rehab appearance in Bradenton where the right-hander threw three shutout ..read more