Pittsburgh Pirates


Farm System (Click the team name to view statistics)
Class Team League Manager Coach Pitching Coach
AAA Indianapolis International Trent Jewett Hensley Meulens Jeff Andrews
AA Altoona Eastern Tim Leiper Brandon Moore Ray Searage
High A Lynchburg Carolina Jeff Branson Greg Briley Bob Milacki
Low A Hickory South Atlantic Garg Green Ryan Newman David Lundquist
Short-Season State College New York-Penn Turner Ward Ramon Sambo Wilson Alvarez
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast Tom Prince M. Bonilla/W. Huyke Mike Moriarty
Rookie DSL Pirates Dominican Ramon Zapata Cecilio Beltre Miguel Valdez
Rookie VSL Pirates Venezuelan Osmin Melendez Ivan Colmenares J. Prieto/D. Urbina

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Correspondent: John Perrotto, Beaver County (Pa.) Times
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Top Prospects
(Click the year to view the top 10 list)
Year Top Prospect Position
1992 Steve Cooke lhp
1993 Kevin Young 1b
1994 Midre Cummings of
1995 Trey Beamon of
1996 Jason Kendall c
1997 Kris Benson rhp
1998 Kris Benson rhp
1999 Chad Hermansen of
2000 Chad Hermansen of
2001 J.R. House c
2002 J.R. House c
2003 John VanBenschoten rhp
2004 John VanBenschoten rhp
2005 Zack Duke lhp
2006 Neil Walker c
2007 Andrew McCutchen of
2008 Andrew McCutchen of
 
Draft History
(Click the year to view the picks)
Year Top Pick
1992 Jason Kendall
1993 Charles Peterson
1994 Mark Farris
1995 Chad Hermansen
1996 Kris Benson
1997 J.J. Davis
1998 Clint Johnson
1999 Bobby Bradley
2000 Sean Burnett
2001 John VanBenschoten
2002 Bryan Bullington
2003 Paul Maholm
2004 Neil Walker
2005 Andrew McCutchen
2006 Brad Lincoln
2007 Daniel Moskos
Front Office
General Manager:
Neil Huntington
Farm Director:
Kyle Stark
Scouting Director:
Greg Smith