PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates have a few of their prospects competing in the Arizona Fall League, including one pitcher that has a chance to impress and close out his 2025 campaign.
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates had two of their pitching prospects earn recognition for their play over the past week. Double-A Altoona right-handed pitcher Wilber Dotel earned Eastern League Pitcher of the Week honors and High-A Greensboro right-handed pitcher Carlson Reed earned South Atlantic League Player of the Week honors.
This is one in a series of stories breaking down PBN’s Top 30 Pittsburgh Pirates prospects. A fourth round pick from WVU who saw most of his success in college come out of the bullpen, Carlson Reed has turned into one of the best starting pitchers in the Pirates’ minor league system.
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Pirates affiliates picked up two wins on Wednesday, aided by another excellent start from Carlson Reed and a pair of multi-homer games in Bradenton. Pirates’ top prospect Bubba Chandler suffered his first down night in five starts since joining the Indianapolis Indians, allowing four total runs in five innings.
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2023 Pirates’ fourth round pick Carlson Reed continues to show that High-A is no match for him, as the WVU product allowed just one run in six innings on Thursday night… raising his ERA to 0.7- in five starts since joining the Grasshoppers.
Pirates affiliates went 2-3 on Saturday, with pitching prospects like Carlson Reed and Thomas Harrington continuing to settle in after recent promotions.
Right-handed pitcher Carlson Reed was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the fourth round (104th overall) in last year's MLB First-Year Player Draft and is already starting to move up the farm system.
Pirates’ affiliates logged two notable milestones on Sunday, with Thomas Harrington and Carlson Reed making their Triple-A and High-A debuts, respectively: the next stop in the system for each young pitching prospect.
Pirates’ affiliates picked up two wins on Wednesday, with young pitching prospects like Mike Burrows, Po-Yu Chen, Dominic Perachi and Carlson Reed flashing their ability at each level of the system.
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Pirates’ affiliates played three games on Wednesday, with excellent starts from a pair of young pitchers serving as the headliner. Altoona got knocked around in an 11-6 loss to the Akron Rubber Ducks despite three-hit games from Charles McAdoo and Yoyner Fajardo.
Pirates’ affiliates enjoyed the fruits of two excellent pitching outings on Thursday, with Braxton Ashcraft and Carlson Reed both mowing through the lineups they faced.
Pirates’ minor league affiliates suffered through a difficult Friday evening, with the Bradenton Marauders’ pitching staff serving as one of the only bright spots for the second day in a row.
Pirates’ minor league affiliates played in three games on Friday night, picking up two wins despite anemic offense across the board. Triple-A Indianapolis saw their game postponed due to inclement weather: they’ll make it up as part of a doubleheader on Sunday.
Pirates’ minor league affiliates played four games on Friday night, winning just one as tough bounces and even tougher breaks didn’t go their way. Triple-A Indianapolis was the lone team to notch a win, taking care of business with a balanced 7-2 win over the St.
On the same night the current Mountaineers picked up a big win, a WVU product was also able to impress under the lights. Carlson Reed got the start for the Bradenton Marauders in their Opening Day game on Friday night.