Are you kidding me? Blanco just hit a double 120.4 MPH! How fast is his triple going to go next inning #Pirates

Statcast only has 14 harder hit baseballs in their history. Five players ahead of him, mostly Oneil Cruz and Giancarlo Stanton #Pirates

An unnamed former Pittsburgh Pirates closer gives up a walk-off hit last night in Venezuela…

Tony Blanco Jr, with just 28 pro games above rookie ball, is hitting bullets off of a Major League pitcher. #Pirates

Pirates prospect Esmerlyn Valdez has two homers today, seven on the fall season. He has more homers than three of the other five teams in the league

In his four plate appearances today, Pirates prospect Esmerlyn Valdez hit the ball: 106.1 MPH 104.8 MPH 107.9 MPH 108.3 MPH

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Pirates prospect Esmerlyn Valdez hit his eighth homer in nine games and it wasn’t even his hardest hit ball. He also had a single and two walks in the seven inning game

Even when Esmerlyn Valdez makes outs he’s punishing the ball. Has two hits today #Pirates

For those asking, Pirates prospect Esmerlyn Valdez left his AFL game early on Thursday due to a sore wrist. Too many high-fives from hitting home runs apparently. It's a very minor injury and he will be back soon

It’s good to see Johnny Burnett getting mentions today. As someone who loves baseball history, it’s wild to me that you need to be an expert to know the name of the only player with nine hits in one MLB game. No one else even has eight.

Esmerlyn Valdez is back in the Salt River Rafters lineup today. He's hitting .517/.674/1.379 in 46 plate appearances this fall #Pirates

Esmerlyn Valdez is back #Pirates

The Pittsburgh Alleghenys purchased 22-year-old pitcher Pete Conway after he went 30-14, 2.26 in 391 innings for Detroit in 1888. Due to injuries and illness, he won just two more big league games. He was born on this date in 1866 #Pirates