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Pirates Prospects
13h 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
1d 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
1d 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
2d 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
2d 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
2d 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
Pirates Prospects
3d ago
The Pittsburgh Pirates ranked 27th in wRC+ and 28th in wOBA in the combined 2022-2023 seasons. There’s a chance those advanced offensive numbers won’t register for you, even if the Pirates ranked at the bottom of the league. So, how about this. They ranked 29th in batting average. 27th in on-base percentage. 28th in slugging ..read more
Pirates Prospects
4d ago
The Bradenton Marauders won an 8-0 shutout on Thursday, led by a combined one-hit effort from Antwone Kelly and Connor Oliver. Neither pitcher is a top 30 guy in the system, but both have emerged as sleepers to watch. Kelly got the start, pitching five no-hit innings. The right-hander walked three and struck out five ..read more
Pirates Prospects
4d ago
The best story in the early part of the Pirates season has been Jared Jones. Drafted in the second round in 2020 out of La Mirada High School, Jones has exploded onto the scene with a 3.18 ERA in 34 innings, led by a dominant 42:5 K/BB ratio. Baseball America just updated their top 100 ..read more
Pirates Prospects
4d ago
The Pittsburgh Pirates were swept by the Oakland Athletics this week, losing the final game by a shutout score of 4-0. As I wrote earlier in the week, the offense has been severely lacking. There are very few above-average performers, and too many players who look like they need to be replaced on the Major ..read more