The Prospect Highlights today include one actual prospect and two Major League players on rehab at Indianapolis. We start with Alen Hanson, who hit this lead-off triple in the first inning on Sunday. He has 19 doubles, ten triples, ten homers and 20 stolen bases this season. Hanson leads the Eastern League in triples and ranks tied for tenth in stolen bases.
Gerrit Cole made his second rehab start yesterday and did not do well, giving up five runs on ten hits and a walk in 4.1 innings. Ryan Palencer has all the details from the outing. Below is a strikeout from his outing, one of three he had in the game.
Starling Marte played three games for Indianapolis before returning to Pittsburgh last night. On Monday, he made this nice catch in center field. Marte struggled at the plate in his brief time in AAA, going 1-for-12 with a double, no walks and five strikeouts. He went 1-for-4 last night with a run scored.