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Injuries & Moves: Top prospect Skenes reassigned to Minors

March 17, 2024

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This prospect is setting lofty goals for pivotal year

@AlexJStumpf
March 16, 2024

This story was excerpted from Alex Stumpf’s Pirates Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

Ben's Biz: 2024 Triple-A promotional night highlights

@BensBiz
March 15, 2024

This is an excerpt from the latest edition of the Ben's Biz Beat Newsletter, bringing Minor League Baseball business and culture news to your inbox each and every Thursday. Check out the full newsletter HERE.

Pumping triple digits, Skenes strikes out Holliday in battle of No. 1 picks

@AlexJStumpf and @JakeDRill
March 14, 2024

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Round Two of the most anticipated prospect clash of the spring brought another successful showing for Paul Skenes against Jackson Holliday. The first inning of Thursday night’s Spring Breakout exhibition between Orioles and Pirates prospects featured Holliday (MLB Pipeline’s No. 1 overall prospect) stepping into the batter’s

Bucs' pitchers star in Spring Breakout showcase

@AlexJStumpf
March 14, 2024

BRADENTON, Fla. -- As the home clubhouse at LECOM Park started to fill up with Pirates prospects, there was a buzz in the room. These young players have been practicing together in the Minor League Spring Training camp, but tonight, they were teammates. And if Thursday night’s Spring Breakout game

Best of Spring Breakout: Catchers, pitchers, infielders, outfielders

March 14, 2024

Spring Breakout is here, and if you can’t tell, we’re just a little excited. It all started on Thursday, when No. 7 Reds prospect Cam Collier hit the first homer in a 4-1 victory over the Rangers' prospects, and the showdown of the night saw MLB Pipeline's No. 3 overall

LIVE: Orioles-Pirates Spring Breakout

@JakeDRill
March 14, 2024

The rematch between Jackson Holliday and Paul Skenes is the main draw for the Spring Breakout game featuring Orioles and Pirates prospects on Thursday. And for good reason. Holliday is MLB Pipeline’s No. 1 overall prospect, while Skenes is ranked No. 3, making him the top pitching prospect in baseball.

Ranking the 10 best Spring Breakout rosters

@SamDykstraMiLB
March 13, 2024

The 2024 MLB Pipeline preseason Farm System Rankings were published Friday night, giving fans an idea of how the young talent of each organization lines up. Supporters for all 30 clubs will get a closer look at the next generation of stars this week during MLB's inaugural Spring Breakout --

Here's the Pirates' Spring Breakout roster

@AlexJStumpf
March 12, 2024

BRADENTON, Fla. -- The Pirates are the only team with four pitchers on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 prospects list. On March 14, three of those pitchers will get to suit up together in what could be a preview of what a future Pirates rotation will look like, in Major League

Ashcraft's journey 'starting to pay off' in impressive camp

@AlexJStumpf
March 10, 2024

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Sunday was not exactly Braxton Ashcraft’s day. He started his inning by surrendering a couple of ground-ball singles before a Termarr Johnson two-out error brought them home, meaning he had to take the loss in a 9-7 Pirates defeat to the Phillies at LECOM Park. Consider that

Burrows driven toward debut a year after surgery

@AlexJStumpf
March 8, 2024

BRADENTON, Fla. -- At this time last year, Mike Burrows looked to be on the verge of breaking through to the Majors. Regarded as one of the team’s top pitching prospects, he seemed positioned to be one of the Pirates’ first options when they needed to go to the Minors

Breaking down the Bucs' key positional battles so far

@AlexJStumpf
March 6, 2024

This story was excerpted from Alex Stumpf’s Pirates Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

Bralyn Brazoban highlights

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Omar Alfonzo highlights

March 6, 2024

Tres Gonzalez highlights

March 6, 2024

Jesus Castillo highlights

March 6, 2024

Patrick Reilly highlights

March 6, 2024

Pirates tell Skenes he won't make Opening Day roster

No. 3 overall prospect will remain in big league camp, however, per GM Cherington
@AlexJStumpf
March 5, 2024

BRADENTON, Fla. -- While it always seemed like a remote chance of happening, general manager Ben Cherington announced Tuesday that the Pirates told their top pitching prospect, Paul Skenes, that he will not be on the Opening Day roster. Skenes, the No. 1 pick in last year’s MLB Draft and

Here are the Pirates' 2024 Top 30 prospects

March 5, 2024

The Pirates have at least one thing that every other team covets: pitching. No other team in baseball has four arms in this year’s Top 100 Prospects list (the Reds and Padres have three each). And there’s depth behind that quartet. Six of Pittsburgh’s top seven and 10 of the

Now a full-time pitcher, Chandler finds success in routine

@AlexJStumpf
March 2, 2024

This story was excerpted from Alex Stumpf’s Pirates Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. BRADENTON, Fla. -- Just about every player will stress the importance of a routine and process for their success. Bubba Chandler is no exception,

Skenes headlines 'tight-knit group' of exciting young arms in Bucs camp

2022 first-rounder Johnson continues to turn heads in Bradenton
March 1, 2024

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Paul Skenes stoked excitement in Pittsburgh when he hit 102 mph twice during his Grapefruit League debut Thursday. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 Draft shouldn't need much time before becoming the ace of a franchise that hasn't received a first-place vote in National League

Skenes takes Round 1 in head-to-head with fellow No. 1 overall pick

Top pitching prospect retires Holliday, throws 1-2-3 inning in debut
@AlexJStumpf
February 29, 2024

SARASOTA, Fla. -- A matchup of Paul Skenes and Jackson Holliday is perhaps the most exciting pitcher-batter battle this spring. The two were the first overall Draft pick the past two years and rank as the top hitting and pitching prospect on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100. “I wasn’t going to

Pirates' No. 3 prospect wows in spring debut

@AlexJStumpf
February 24, 2024

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Jared Jones insists that his breaking pitch is a slider, not a cutter, regardless of how it was classified online. It certainly spins like a slider, consistently hitting over 2,500 rpm in the Pirates’ Grapefruit League-opening 5-3 loss Saturday against the Twins at the Lee Health

Johnson impressing Bucs as youngest guy in camp

@AlexJStumpf
February 21, 2024

This story was excerpted from Alex Stumpf’s Pirates Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. BRADENTON, Fla. -- One look at Termarr Johnson's T-shirt showed where his priorities were this winter. The first was what was emblazoned on the

Skenes vs. Holliday? PIT-BAL intriguing matchup in Spring Breakout

February 15, 2024

BRADENTON, Fla. -- When looking towards the upcoming Spring Breakout game between the Pirates and Orioles, there is one matchup that immediately stands out. “Seeing Paul [Skenes] versus [Jackson] Holliday is going to be pretty cool,” Bubba Chandler said. A potential matchup between the last two No. 1 overall Draft