The backbone of any successful MLB franchise is a successful player-development system. And these days successful player development means strong MiLB and spring-training facilities. We rank MLB organizations by the quality of their player-development facilities, updated for 2019. (more…)
Today’s MLB owners may be working largely behind the scenes—how many of you could pick Ray Davis or Bruce Sherman out of a lineup? —but when pro sports were in a more precarious financial position, celebrity owners raised the public profile for teams needing a boost at the box office. (more…)
There has been a major affiliation shift at the Low-A level, as the Greensboro Grasshoppers (Low A; Sally League) have announced a player development contract (PDC) with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The two-year agreement runs through the 2020 season. (more…)
The Little League Classic will return in August 2019, when the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs meet at Williamsport, PA’s BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field. (more…)
The Pittsburgh Pirates and the West Virginia Black Bears (Short Season A; NY-Penn League) extended their player-development contract (PDC) through the 2020 season. (more…)
We’re down to the finals in the MLB Best of the Ballparks 2018 vote, as PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, takes on AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants. So you know what to do: vote! (more…)
Ballpark Digest is previewing what every MLB team is doing to begin the season, both on and off the field, as the 2018 campaign is underway. Up next: the Pittsburgh Pirates and PNC Park. (more…)
The backbone of any successful MLB franchise is a successful player-development system. And these days successful player development means strong MiLB and spring-training facilities. We end our ranking of MLB organizations by the quality of their player-development facilities with the top six organizations. (more…)
The backbone of any successful MLB franchise is a successful player-development system. And these days successful player development means strong MiLB and spring-training facilities. We continue our ranking of MLB organizations by the quality of their player-development facilities with part four, covering organizations 12-7. (more…)
The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Altoona Curve (Class AA; Eastern League) have extended their player-development contract (PDC) for four more years, through 2022. (more…)
Contending that it owes them a larger reimbursement for ballpark improvements, the Pittsburgh Pirates are not ruling out legal action against the owner of PNC Park. (more…)
Over its decades of use by the Pittsburgh Pirates, Forbes Field was the site of many of baseball’s most memorable moments. In 1970—like many teams during did during that era—the Pirates departed their classic ballpark to move into a new multipurpose stadium, leaving much of Forbes Field to be demolished. (more…)
Leading up to spring training 2018, the Pittsburgh Pirates will extend the protective netting at Bradenton’s LECOM Park. (more…)
