P3 Episode 3: What To Do With Alvarez, Gomez, and Mercer; Casey Sadler Interview

Episode three of The Pirates Prospects Podcast can be downloaded or streamed below. This week's episode includes analysis from Tom Bragg (@TomBraggSports) and James Santelli (@JamesSantelli) on the Pi... Read More

Jeff Locke is a bit of a puzzle

It's no secret that the just-concluded homestand against the Nats and Mariners was pretty disappointing. The Pirates went 2-3 over the five games, though they could've pretty easily gone 4-1. Of cours... Read More

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

TOP OF THE SYSTEMA look at how the current top 20 prospects did today. -Note that this list doesn't include players currently in the majors. If a player is in the majors, he will be removed, everyone... Read More

Matt Curry Has Hamate Surgery

Matt Curry had hamate surgery. Photo Credit: David HagueAltoona Curve first baseman Matt Curry had surgery to fix the fractured hamate bone in his right wrist yesterday.- Curry was our #34 prospect i... Read More

Walker goes 1-for-4 in first rehab start; injured hand feels good

Neil Walker went 1-for-4 in a rehab assignment with Altoona tonight. Photo credit: David HaguePirates second baseman Neil Walker saw his first game action in thirteen days, making a rehab start in Al... Read More

First Pitch: Should Travis Snider Be Starting Against Left-Handers?

Should Travis Snider be getting more playing time against left-handers? Photo credit: David HagueIt's a question I get often: Why isn't Travis Snider starting against left-handers? Sometimes it's str... Read More

Jeanmar Gomez to Start on Sunday

Jeanmar Gomez will start on Sunday. Photo Credit: David HagueJeanmar Gomez's start last night appears to have bought him an additional start. Michael Sanserino reports that the right-hander will also... Read More

Prospect Watch: Bell and Lambo Homer; Joely Rodriguez Breaking Out?

TOP OF THE SYSTEMA look at how the current top 20 prospects did today. -Note that this list doesn't include players currently in the majors. If a player is in the majors, he will be removed, everyone... Read More

Injury Update: Kyle McPherson Receives PRP Injection

Kyle McPherson received a PRP injection.Travis Sawchik of the Trib has an update on Kyle McPherson:Kyle McPherson visited Dr. James Andrews Mon. Andrews treated Kyle's elbow with a PRP injection& pr... Read More

Minor Moves: Tim Alderson to Indianapolis, Quinton Miller to Altoona

Quinton Miller has been promoted to Altoona.The Pirates have made the following minor league pitching moves, most likely as a chain reaction to the Duke Welker promotion.**Tim Alderson has been prom... Read More