Last year, I asked a simple question behind the scenes: Does Pirates Prospects need to exist?
We’ve reached a point in time on the internet that I predicted years ago. When I started this site in 2009, there was hardly any minor league coverage. That’s not just with the Pirates, but across the game of baseball. Today, there is more prospect coverage than ever. In regards to the Pirates, the beat writers actually report on the prospects now, and not just top ten, major league ready guys.
The best way to display the difference between now and then is to look at the 40-man roster and the Rule 5 draft.