In 2024, there was a lot to like about Pirates righthander Braxton Ashcraft. His fastball sat in the mid 90s and was a strike 68% of the time. Both of his breaking balls were tight, high-spin ...

The Pirates optioned Ashcraft to Triple-A Indianapolis on Tuesday. Ashcraft made two appearances for the Pirates this spring, giving up two earned runs on five hits while striking out four batters ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates will, unfortunately, be without Jared Jones for the first few months of the 2025 season. Jones was a ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates have 20 pitchers and 20 position players on their 40-man roster as the 2025 season approaches. Here’s ...

Feb. 28—BRADENTON, Fla. — Braxton Ashcraft has learned not to dwell on the negative, so the Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher was focused on how his pitches felt more so than the results of his first ...

When Paul Skenes made his MLB debut last May, the Pittsburgh Pirates knew that coming up behind him was another wave of ...

Feb. 16—BRADENTON, Fla. — Last season could have been the year for which Braxton Ashcraft had worked his entire life. Selected by the Pirates in the second round of the 2018 draft, the young ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates will have plenty of their top prospects on the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians, who just revealed their preliminary roster. In ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates are one of the teams flying under ... Bubba Chandler (No. 28), Thomas Harrington (No. 86) and Braxton Ashcraft (Next 50) all found a place on B/R’s Top 100 prospect ...

The Pirates optioned right-handed pitchers Mike Burrows, Braxton Ashcraft and Chase Shugart, infielders Liover Peguero and Tsung Che-Chung, plus infielder/outfielder Emmanuel Valdez to Triple-A ...