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Prospect Highlights: Willy Garcia Shows Off Arm, Hanson Legs Out Triple, Allie Homer

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Two highlights worth checking out from last night’s Altoona Curve game and another from Thursday’s contest. Three prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates system show off their best tools.

Alen Hanson legs out a stand up triple on a drive down the right field line in the eighth inning. He ended up scoring on the next play, giving the Curve a 2-1 lead, which they held on to for the victory.  Hanson had 13 triples in both 2012 and 2013.

Willy Garcia has the best arm in the Pirates minor league system and you get a good look at it here in a key spot. Altoona had a 1-0 lead going into the sixth inning and Richmond finally got on the board to tie the game and now they were looking to take the lead. This throw ended the threat and Altoona won 2-1. Garcia had 20 outfield assists last season.

From Thursday’s game, we have the second homer of the season from Stetson Allie. He has the most raw power in the system. This one isn’t as impressive as some of the homers Allie hit last year, but it still gets out rather easy.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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