The Pittsburgh Pirates sent seven prospects to the Arizona Fall League this year and they got a nice all-around showing led by Nick Gonzales, who was among the top hitters in the league. Peoria lost out on making the championship game in a tough fashion after an 0-for-5 start to the season. They went 17-7 (one tie) the rest of the way. They tied for first place and they split the six-game season series with the team (Surprise) that they tied. The second tiebreaker turned out to be run differential head-to-head, which wasn’t even know until the final day of the season because no one knew the rules.