Mark Melancon was undeniably the Pirates best relief pitcher in 2013. The All-Star posted an incredible overall season stat line, and filled in admirably as the closer when Jason Grilli went down with an injury. Melancon’s 2013 season totals But he (More...)

Pittsburgh Pirates Videos of Taillon, Grilli, And Alen Hanson   Pirates top pitching prospect warms up before his appearance on Friday: Closer Jason Grilli warms up before his 1st spring appearance of 2014. Alen Hanson doubles off of Kevin Correia.

Videos of Gerrit Cole Pitching Against Twins In Friday’s “B” game against the Twins, Gerrit Cole gave up two runs and struck out four in three innings. Cole allowed a opposite field 2-run HR to left handed batter Jermaine Mitchell on a f (More...)

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Videos and Notes from Wednesday at Pirate City On Wednesday I was able to converse with several of the Pirates minor league players. Here is brief recap of the more interesting information I was able to gather. ~As I noted earlier, 2013 # 9 overall pick A (More...)

Austin Meadows Injury Update Pirates 2014 1st Round Draft Pick Austin Meadows told me that he has sustained a mild left hamstring injury. He is taking it easy, and has been spending most of the minor league practices working out indoors. He’s thankf (More...)

What Happens During Minor League Practice at Pirate City? Located in Bradenton, Florida, Pirate City is the training complex for the Pittsburgh Pirates. It’s here where the Pirates prepare for their Grapefruit League season. Once the big club is don (More...)

2014 Pittsburgh Pirates Preview: 2B,3B,SS - The Pirates will open 2014 with the same infield as they finished with in 2013

2014 Pittsburgh Pirates Preview: First Base Article By: Jim Falbo | @BuccoSharkTank For my first series of articles I will do a brief position by position analysis of the Pittsburgh Pirates. First Base: The most frequently discussed topic among Pirates fa (More...)

2014 Pittsburgh Pirates Preview: Catchers Article By: Jim Falbo | @BuccoSharkTank For my first series of articles I will do a brief position by position analysis of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Catchers: The Pirates already have their catching plan in place fo (More...)

2014 Pittsburgh Pirates Team Preview: Bullpen Article By: Jim Falbo | @BuccoSharkTank For my first series of articles I will do a brief position by position analysis of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bullpen “The Shark Tank” One of the biggest contri (More...)

2014 Pittsburgh Pirates Team Preview: Starting Rotation Article By: Jim Falbo | @BuccoSharkTank   For my first series of articles I will do a brief position by position analysis of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Starting Pitchers: Francisco Liriano was name (More...)

Buzzntheburgh hires Jim Falbo as Pirates beat writer By: BuzzNtheburgh.com Jim Falbo has been hired by Buzzntheburgh.com to cover the Pittsburgh Pirates on a daily basis starting March 1st. Falbo will be providing the website with coverage live from Sprin (More...)