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-P- From a chat at BP: Joel (Washington, DC): Your very own BP Latin America expert has the Pirates in on Miguel Sano at $4 million+ and therefore possibly going cheap at #4 in the draft....

Not-so-fun fact: the score of today's game (6-1) is the inversion of Ian Snell's record (1-6). Like a lot of starts he's had this year, Snell managed to get through several innings, but he allowed...

Freddy Sanchez went 6-for-6 with a homer and a double in a rollercoaster win against the slumping Cubs on Monday, and Andy LaRoche and Jason Jaramillo both added three hits apiece. Matt Capps left...

Dustin Baldwin, the photographer from the Introducing the West Virginia Power photos from a few weeks back, has been kind enough to share some more pictures with us. That's Chase D'Arnaud...

This is a pretty cool review of Pirates scouting director Greg Smith's history with the Bucs and Tigers.  Smith is exceptionally good at picking players that were valued more highly coming...

This isn't huge news, but no one has reported it in English. Also, there's a post on Bert Blyleven below, so I guess we get to have a rare Netherlands day. Enjoy it, Dutchophiles! The Pirates...

Rather than my usual off-day roundup of what's going on in the minors, I want to take a broader look at what's going on in the farm system. I'm taking another look at a top prospects list I made...

-P- It's already been mentioned in one FanPost here, but I'll add a link: Tanner Scheppers, the injured Fresno State pitcher who the Bucs drafted in the second round last year but didn't sign, is...

Class AAA Indianapolis: After notching two or more hits for four straight games, Andrew McCutchen has gone 1-for-his-last-13. He came off the bench in yesterday's game, but that because of a...