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Here are the weirdest stats and plays from the past month in the Minors
Welcome to Crooked Numbers, a monthly column dedicated to Minor League Baseball on-field oddities and absurdities. The edition, rounding up the month of August, features RBI explosions, epic sweeps, same-named individuals and, of course, much more. Keeping track of this type of thing is a team effort, so get in
Amid whirlwind season, Cook's debut 'one to remember'
PITTSBURGH – Billy Cook was playing Fortnite with former teammates in the Orioles’ system Saturday night when he got a call from Triple-A Indianapolis manager Miguel Pérez. He let it go to voicemail the first time so he could keep gaming, but the second time he called, Cook knew he
As he joins Top 100 list, RHP prospect ascending fast
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Chandler moves on from checkers because Triple-A is 'like a chess game'
Bubba Chandler pumped his hand in excitement and yelled joyously as the final out of his second start for the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians ended on Friday night. For the second consecutive start, the Pirates' No. 1 prospect dazzled with his new team, tossing six scoreless innings and tying his career
Pirates' updated Top 30 prospects: Who are the big movers?
The Pirates’ Top 30 Prospects list certainly looks different now than it did preseason. Some of it was expected, like Paul Skenes and Jared Jones graduating from their Top 100 status to become part of the core of this rotation. Some of it was a product of the Trade Deadline,
Here are the weirdest stats, plays from the past month in the Minors
Welcome to Crooked Numbers, a monthly column dedicated to Minor League Baseball on-field oddities and absurdities. The edition, rounding up the month of July, features intra-organizational no-nos, wild romps, unexpected mound dominance and, of course, much more. Keeping track of this type of thing is a team effort, so get
Youngest player on Bucs' Triple-A roster? No problem for top prospect Chandler
This season, Indianapolis has been no stranger to fast-rising pitching prospects. Mere months after Paul Skenes' ascension from Indy ace to National League All-Star Game starter to potential Rookie of the Year, another Pirates top prospect was dominant in his Triple-A debut in the form of Bubba Chandler. The righty
10 rookies who have stood out over the past month
Rookies continue to make substantial contributions in the Majors, it just doesn't happen to be the same crop of them who commanded the spotlight earlier in the season. As a result, nine of the best newcomers vaulted onto the latest edition of MLB Pipeline's Rookie Hot List after not being
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'It worked out great': Pirates sign top Draft pick Konnor Griffin
During one summer night in 2019, Brent Heavener and his wife went to watch a summer league game after hearing Konnor Griffin was on the team. Heavener is the baseball coach at Jackson Prep in Mississippi, and Griffin was set to join the team. It didn’t take long for Heavener
Bucs acquire top IF prospect Yorke from Red Sox for Priester
HOUSTON -- It turns out the Pirates’ first Trade Deadline deal was not necessarily as a buyer or a seller, but a change-of-scenery deal involving a pair of former first-round picks. Right-hander Quinn Priester is going to the Red Sox, and in return, the Pirates are receiving infield prospect Nick
Here are the prospects the Pirates dealt for at the Deadline
Here’s a rundown of what you need to know about the prospects the Pirates are acquiring at this year's Trade Deadline.
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Four Bucs players to watch from Draft's later rounds
If there is a strength of this Pirates Draft, it’s that they were able to acquire a wide net of talented players that extended to the later rounds. “I think some of the things we prioritized were athleticism, chance for impact talent up and down the board and high character
Pirates target upside, collegians with Day 2 picks
Throughout the leadup to the Draft, Pirates general manager Ben Cherington and amateur scouting director Justin Horowitz insisted they were going to select the best players available. In the first two rounds, their draft board led them to three of the top high school talents: Shortstops Konnor Griffin and Wyatt