Bradenton Marauders

• Location Bradenton, FL
• League: Florida State League 2010-2019; Low-A Southeast 2021; Florida State League 2022-
• Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates 2010-
• Ballpark: LECOM Park 2010-

Team History

The Bradenton Marauders, of the Florida State League and briefly in Low-A Southeast, neatly straddle the question of a farm team using its parent's nickname. The Pittsburgh Pirates farmhands play their home games at LECOM Park in Bradenton, FL.

MLB's 2021 Minor League Reorganization lowered the Marauders, and most of the FSL, one level.

Bradenton joined the FSL when the Bucs bought and moved the Cincinnati Reds' Sarasota Reds farm club in 2010, a year after Cincy moved its spring operations to Arizona. That, after a century of Florida dominance of big-league spring training, evened the Grand Canyon and Sunshine states at 15 teams each.

The Marauders play Copa de la Diversión Hispanic engagement campaign games as Bradenton Barbanegras (Bradenton Blackbeards).

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting coach	Pitching coach	Coach
2010	76-62	3rd	P.J. Forbes	Lost in 1st round	Dave Howard	Wally Whitehurst
2011	74-63	4th	Carlos García	Lost in 1st round	Ryan Long	Mike Steele
2012	60-77	11th	Carlos García		Kory DeHaan	Mike Steele
2013	57-77	12th	Frank Kremblas		Edgar Varela	Justin Meccage
2014	78-61	2nd	Tom Prince	Lost in 1st round	Kory DeHaan	Justin Meccage	Greg Picart
2015	74-64	5th	Michael Ryan		Ryan Long	Scott Elarton
2016	70-66	6th	Michael Ryan	League Champs	Keoni De Renne	Jeff Johnson
2017	70-62	4th	Gerardo Alvarez		Keoni De Renne	Matt Ford	Adam Godwin
2018	56-74	10th	Gerardo Alvarez		Butch Wynegar	Matt Ford
2019	73-62	4th	Wyatt Toregas		Butch Wynegar	Drew Benes
2020	Season cancelled
2021	71-48	2nd	Jonathan Johnston	League Champs		Fernando Nieve	Brady Conlan, Jim Horner
2022			Jonathan Johnston		Mendy Lopez		Casey Harms, Gustavo Omana