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Noah Wright
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Fansided: Rum Bunter
6h
The Pittsburgh Pirates received right-handed reliever David Bednar as part of the Joe Musgrove trade, could he be their closer of the future? One of, if no...
... e point in the next few seasons. He does have some heavy competition between Nick Mears, Blake Cederlind, Yerry De Los Santos and potentially Luis Oviedo. However, ...
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Kevin Gorman
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Tribune-Review
3 Mar
The Pittsburgh Pirates and Tampa Bay Rays used their Grapefruit League game to showcase two of baseball’s top shortstop prospects, and Wander Franco hit a blast for the deciding edge over Oneil Cruz. Franco, the consensus No. 1 overall prospect,
... heroics when came to bat with two outs and runners on first and second after Nick Mears walked Ji-Man Choi and Yushi Tsutsogo, but Franco grounded out to Cruz to en ...
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Marty Leap
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Fansided: Rum Bunter
3 Mar
Alternate training sites will be returning for the start of the 2021 MLB season. How could this impact the Pittsburgh Pirates? While the lower minor league...
... ieb, Kyle Crick, Tyler Bashlor, as well as relief prospects Blake Weiman and Nick Mears, do not crack the Opening Day roster. Roansy Contreras, who was acquired in ...
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Marty Leap
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Fansided: Rum Bunter
1 Mar
Mitch Keller will make his 2021 spring debut on Tuesday afternoon as the former top prospects prepares to embark on an important season with the Pittsburgh...
... hl made the start and pitched a scoreless inning. Wil Crowe, Clay Holmes and Nick Mears all pitched a scoreless inning as well. Offensively, the long ball led the w ...
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Nicholas Caporoso
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Fansided: Rum Bunter
28 Feb
The Pittsburgh Pirates first Spring Training game is today. Here is the Pirates lineup and expected pitchers. The Pittsburgh Pirates face off against the...
... iman. — Jason Mackey (@JMackeyPG) February 28, 2021 Sam Howard, Clay Holmes, Nick Mears, and Carson Fulmer are all competing for a roster spot in the bullpen. Jame ...
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R.J. Anderson
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CBS Sports
28 Feb
Hope springs eternal, and there's some reason to believe in all 30 of these players
... o have his performance stray from expectations in a positive manner. Pirates Nick Mears: Ke'Bryan Hayes will give Pirates fans some much-needed hope. Mears has a ch ...
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Chris Adamski
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Tribune-Review
28 Feb
Kevin Newman is both the answer to the questions of who will be the Pittsburgh Pirates first 2021 starting shortstop and to who will take their first at-bat of the Grapefruit League season. Newman is in the leadoff spot for Sunday’s 1:05 p.m....
... Sunday’s Grapefruit League opener, with Wil Crowe, Sam Howard, Clay Holmes, Nick Mears, Carson Fulmer, James Marvel and Shea Spitzbarth also scheduled to pitch. Ve ...
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R.J. Anderson
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CBS Sports
26 Feb
Hope springs eternal, and there's some reason to believe in all 30 of these players
... o have his performance stray from expectations in a positive manner. Pirates Nick Mears: Ke'Bryan Hayes will give Pirates fans some much-needed hope. Mears has a ch ...
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Noah Wright
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Fansided: Rum Bunter
25 Feb
FanGraphs recently released their top 51 Pittsburgh Pirates prospect lists. So what are some of the highlights from their rankings? FanGraphs recently rele...
... Pittsburgh Pirates have a handful of relief pitching prospects. Among them, Nick Mears ranks the highest at #27. The aforementioned Bednar comes next at #32, but f ...
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Eric Longenhagen
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FanGraphs
24 Feb
Bolstered by trades and set to draft at top of the first round, the Pirates are poised to have one of the top farm systems in baseball very soon, and then for quite a while.
... y isn’t relevant and 2021 will tell us more. (Fall Instructional League) 27. Nick Mears, SIRP Drafted: 0 Round, 2018 from Sacramento JC (CA) (PIT) Age 24.4 Height 6 ...
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Marty Leap
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Fansided: Rum Bunter
21 Feb
This spring, there will be multiple battles for spots in the bullpen as the Pittsburgh Pirates find themselves with multiple options As Spring Training pre...
... bullpen for the Pittsburgh Pirates by the end of the season. Young righties Nick Mears and Roansy Contreras, who was acquired in the Jameson Taillon trade, fit thi ...
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Noah Wright
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Fansided: Rum Bunter
19 Feb
The Pittsburgh Pirates have been in a rebuild since last off season. With Spring Training around the corner, what is the next step of the rebuild? Ever sin...
... s as well, like Blake Weiman, David Bednar, Luis Oviedo, Blake Cederlind and Nick Mears that could eventually take over high leverage roles. The deadline will also ...
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Noah Wright
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Fansided: Rum Bunter
18 Feb
For more reasons than one catcher Jacob Stallings will be a vital player for the Pittsburgh Pirates this season The Pittsburgh Pirates are going to be usin...
... baker, Cody Ponce, Mitch Keller and top relief prospects Blake Cederlind and Nick Mears. The Pittsburgh Pirates will also see a handful of prospects potentially mak ...
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Kevin Gorman
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Tribune-Review
13 Feb
When asked in December if the Pittsburgh Pirates have a closer, Derek Shelton gave a point-blank answer that put a bull’s-eye on the bullpen. “As of right now,” Shelton said, “no, I really don’t think we do.” The Pirates didn’t have a closer last...
... , Tyler Bashlor, Blake Cederlind, Kyle Crick, Michael Feliz, Geoff Hartlieb, Nick Mears and Chris Stratton and lefties Austin Davis and Sam Howard as their returnin ...