Globe iconLogin iconRecap iconSearch iconTickets icon

Prospects in the Pirates' 2020 player pool

Bucs balance Major League readiness and development needs
@jtbloss
July 8, 2020

As part of the new rules for the 2020 Major League season, each of the 30 organizations will maintain a 60-man player pool for the duration of the campaign. Some members of the player pool will feature on the active Major League roster while others will work out at an

Swaggerty gets perspective from mom

Parent of Bucs' No. 6 prospect is nurse working during pandemic
May 18, 2020

Travis Swaggerty spent five Grapefruit League innings in center field this spring, during which he had his arm tested just once by a bases-loaded fly ball. On Feb. 23, in the sixth inning against the Tigers, he unloaded a maximum-effort throw that convinced the runner on third base to not

Keller, Hayes anchor ship for Pirates

Hurler gets big league experience; infielder wins third Gold Glove
December 2, 2019

Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each system and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in their organization. Click here to locate your favorite club.There's plenty of change coming to Pittsburgh, starting at the top with new general manager Ben

Marauders' Swaggerty goes deep twice

Pirates No. 4 prospect records first career multi-homer game
August 17, 2019

Travis Swaggerty is having the best month of his career. The latest proof -- his first multi-homer game as a pro, which pushed Class A Advanced Bradenton past Lakeland, 3-2, on Saturday night at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium -- was the most emphatic power surge he's displayed since

Swaggerty collects career-high four hits

Pirates No. 3 prospect batting .333 since FSL All-Star break
July 5, 2019

All-Star games don't mean anything. They don't grant a representative's team any competitive advantage. They don't contribute to his stats. They are fun. That's it.Yet, Travis Swaggerty got everything out of his home run in the Florida State League's midsummer classic three weeks ago, and Class A Advanced Bradenton is

Bucs prospects lead South to All-Star win

Mitchell secures MVP honors; Swaggerty smacks solo homer
June 15, 2019

JUPITER, Fla. -- Cal Mitchell and Travis Swaggerty, two of the Pirates' top prospects, powered the South Division to a 2-0 victory in a Florida State League All-Star Game delayed once by rain and once by a lighting celebration gone wrong.Mitchell, rated sixth in the Pittsburgh system, led off the

Lewis, India headline FSL All-Star rosters

First-rounders Swaggerty, Larnach also tapped for June 15 game
May 24, 2019

Twins top prospectRoyce Lewis and Reds No. 4 prospect Jonathan India headline the list of players headed to Jupiter this summer for the 2019 Florida State League All-Star Game.FSL president Ken Carson released the rosters for the June 15 exhibition at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium, with Lewis, India, Travis Swaggerty,

Prospect Roundup: Games of April 28

Dodgers' May posts five zeros; O's Mountcastle gets three hits
April 29, 2019

Dodgers RHP Dustin May, Double-A Tulsa: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 HB, 1 BB, 7 K -- The Dodgers' No. 2 prospect picked up his second win of the season in the Drillers' 5-0 blanking of Corpus Christi. May (2-1) needed all of 11 pitches to get through

Prospect Roundup: Games of Aug. 20

Rays' Liberatore continues GCL run; Bucs' Swaggerty goes deep
August 21, 2018

Theme of the dayYoung guns: The Braves called up No. 13 prospectBryse Wilson to make his Major League debut in Pittsburgh. When he took the hill (and eventually tossed five scoreless innings), the 20-year-old right-hander became the youngest pitcher to start a game this season. On the Minor League side,

Power shuts out Charleston for second straight night

West Virginia records 22 straight scoreless innings against RiverDogs
August 20, 2018

CHARLESTON, WV (August 20, 2018) - The Power's offense continued their hot streak behind another quality start from Max Kranick to lead West Virginia to a 9-0 shutout over the Charleston RiverDogs Monday evening at Appalachian Power Park.West Virginia (26-28, 63-57) hung a big inning on Nolan Martinez (0-2) in the fourth.

Swaggerty's go-ahead single vaults Power to 3-2 win

West Virginia takes middle match behind infield single in the eighth
August 16, 2018

CHARLESTON, W.V. (August 16, 2018) - Travis Swaggerty's go-ahead infield single in the eighth inning backed another quality start from Oddy Nunez as West Virginia pulled ahead of the Fireflies late and claimed a 3-2 win Thursday night at Appalachian Power Park.The complexion of the game changed as Columbia starter Marcel Renteria's evening

Swaggerty, Freeman among NYPL All-Stars

Pirates' first-round pick, league's top hitter lead South
August 7, 2018

The New York-Penn League announced its All-Star rosters Tuesday, with Travis Swaggerty bringing the pedigree and Tyler Freeman bringing the production.Both players will represent the NYPL South, which will take on the NYPL North on Tuesday, Aug. 14, in State College, Pa. Swaggerty is the lone top-100 prospect in the

Pirates' Swaggerty enjoys night of firsts

No. 10 overall pick homers, triples on two-run, two-RBI night
July 7, 2018

Coming from a smaller school, Travis Swaggerty had to do more to stand out before the Draft. His performance on Saturday for Class A Short Season West Virginia showed how bright a diamond in the rough can shine.The Pirates' first-rounder hit his first professional homer and sparked a late rally