Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each organization and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in each farm system. Next up in our 2023 Organization All-Stars series are the Pittsburgh Pirates. 2023 organization summary: Triple-A Indianapolis: 70-78 Double-A

Each week, MiLB.com profiles an elite prospect by chronicling the steps he's taken toward achieving his Major League dream. For more stories about players on The Road to The Show, click here. There's typically a boom of promotions at the end of the first half of the Minor League season

Each week, MiLB.com profiles an elite prospect by chronicling the steps he's taken toward achieving his Major League dream. Here's a look at second-ranked Pirates prospect Endy Rodriguez. For more stories about players on The Road to The Show, click here. Few prospects have wildly outperformed modest expectations like Endy

Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each organization and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in each farm system. Next up in our 2022 Organization All-Stars series are the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Minor League Baseball has announced the end-of-season award winners and All-Star teams for the three High-A leagues, based on votes cast by league managers. In the Midwest League, third baseman Christian Encarnacion-Strand, who played for Twins-affiliated Cedar Rapids before being traded to the Reds, was named the Most Valuable Player.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Endy Rodriguez launched his first career Triple-A home run and 25th overall for the season, and Evansville, Ind. native Hunter Owen – Indianapolis’ 2021 home run leader – clubbed his first long ball of the 2022 campaign, but the solo shots weren’t enough as the Indians lost

GREENSBORO ― Dariel Lopez went 3-for-4 with two solo home runs to take over the Grasshoppers’ team lead, but Winston-Salem defeated Greensboro 8-4 at First National Bank Field in Sunday afternoon’s series finale. The Hoppers won the series 4-2, but the Dash’s victory Sunday evened the season-long “Battle of I-40”

GREENSBORO ― Abrahan Gutierrez hit a towering three-run home run and winning pitcher Cristian Charle worked three strong innings of relief, leading the Greensboro Grasshoppers to a 7-3 victory over the Winston-Salem Dash at First National Bank Field on Friday night. Endy Rodriguez went 2-for-4 and stole home on the

GREENSBORO ― The back-and-forth “Battle of I-40” rivalry swung back in Winston-Salem’s favor late Thursday night. Ben Norman hit a three-run home run in the top of the 11th inning, and the Dash held off the Greensboro Grasshoppers for a 7-5 victory at First National Bank Field. Norman finished 3-for-4

GREENSBORO ― Ernny Ordonez hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the 10th inning, lifting the Greensboro Grasshoppers to a wild 8-6 victory over the Winston-Salem Dash at First National Bank Field on Tuesday night. Ordoñez’s 12th homer of the season, on an 0-1 pitch from Dash reliever

GREENSBORO ― Yoyner Fajardo grounded out on a 3-2 pitch with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning, and Greensboro’s late rally fell short as the Grasshoppers lost 10-9 to the Hickory Crawdads in Sunday afternoon’s series finale at First National Bank Field. The

GREENSBORO ― Endy Rodriguez hit two of the Grasshoppers’ four home runs Saturday night, and all of Greensboro’s runs came via the long ball as the Hoppers beat the Hickory Crawdads 7-6 at First National Bank Field. Rodriguez and Abrahan Gutierrez hit back-to-back home runs in the fifth inning when

BROOKLYN ― Winning pitcher Dominic Hamel stuck out 10 and Nic Gaddis hit a two-run home run, leading the Brooklyn Cyclones to a 6-2 victory over the Greensboro Grasshoppers at Maimonides Park on Saturday night. Hamel (1-0) allowed one unearned run on two hits in six strong innings, lowering his

BROOKLYN ― Abrahan Gutierrez hit a three-run home run in the top of the eighth inning, and the Greensboro Grasshoppers rallied from an early 4-1 deficit to beat the Brooklyn Cyclones 6-5 at Maimonides Park on Thursday night. Endy Rodriguez went 2-for-3 with two doubles, a walk, an RBI and

GREENSBORO ― Sammy Siani hit a two-run home run, and Endy Rodriguez’s two-run double was the key hit in a rally that led the Greensboro Grasshoppers to an 8-4 victory over the Greenville Drive at First National Bank Field on Wednesday night. Siani finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored and

GREENSBORO ― On this Fourth of July, in front of the biggest home crowd of the season, the fireworks started a little before dark. Endy Rodriguez and newcomer Mike Jarvis both hit three-run home runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, leading the Greensboro Grasshoppers to an 11-4 victory

HICKORY ― Trevor Hauver drew a bases-loaded walk on a 3-2 pitch from Eddy Yean in the eighth inning to drive in the go-ahead run as the Hickory Crawdads rallied for a 10-7 victory over the Greensboro Grasshoppers at L.P. Frans Stadium on Sunday night. The Hoppers blew a 6-1

HICKORY ― Crawdads reliever Leury Tejada wriggled out of a bases-loaded jam in the top of the ninth inning and host Hickory rallied from a 4-0 deficit to defeat the Greensboro Grasshoppers 6-5 at L.P. Frans Stadium on Thursday night. Ernny Ordonez went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double

GREENSBORO ― Jackson Glenn went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning, leading the Greensboro Grasshoppers to a 6-4 victory over the Hickory Crawdads at L.P. Frans Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. With back-to-back wins to start the series at Hickory,

GREENSBORO ― Luis Santana grounded a two-run single through the drawn-in infield to cap a four-run rally in the ninth inning as the Asheville Tourists beat the Greensboro Grasshoppers 5-4 at First National Bank Field on Sunday afternoon. Greensboro reliever Oliver Mateo inherited runners at first and second when he

GREENSBORO ― Dariel Lopez went 2-for-5 with a grand slam and six RBIs, and the Greensboro Grasshoppers pounded out 16 hits on the way to a 14-10 victory over the Asheville Tourists at First National Bank Field on Saturday night. Ernny Ordonez went 3-for-5 with a solo home run, and

GREENSBORO ― The slider is too darn pretty for the statistics to look so ugly. And so for Justin Meis, it was only a matter of time before things evened out a little bit. Meis struck out eight in six shutout innings, leading the Greensboro Grasshoppers to a 9-2 victory

GREENSBORO ― For the third time in a week, the Greensboro Grasshoppers ended nine innings locked in a tie score. And for the third time in a week, the Hoppers lost in extra innings. Kennedy Corona hit a two-run single in the 10th inning, and A.J. Lee added a two-run

GREENSBORO ― Both of Jack Herman’s superb catches at the left-field fence saved runs Tuesday night. But the second one cost more than it saved. Herman, a 22-year-old corner outfielder and perhaps the most popular player in the Greensboro Grasshoppers’ clubhouse, suffered a leg injury and had to be carted

WINSTON-SALEM ― Duke Ellis and Luis Mieses hit home runs, just enough offense for the Winston-Salem Dash to defeat the Greensboro Grasshoppers 3-2 in their series opener at Truist Stadium on Monday night. Big right-hander Adrian Florencio (1-8) took the loss for Greensboro, allowing both the home runs and three