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Tyler Glasnow and Gregory Polanco Highlight MiLB’s Organization All-Star List

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On Wednesday, MiLB.com released their organization All-Stars list for the Pittsburgh Pirates. They do a list for all 30 organizations and base the list off the best seasons, not necessarily the best prospects. They pick one player per position, except for pitcher, where they list the best right-handed starter, best lefty starter and best reliever. There is also a spot for a utility fielder. This list is as follows:

C – Elias Diaz

1B – Jose Osuna

2B – Erich Weiss

SS – JaCoby Jones

3B – Chase Simpson

OF – Gregory Polanco, Keon Broxton, Josh Bell

UT – Andrew Lambo

RHP – Tyler Glasnow

LHP – Orlando Castro

RP –  Jhondaniel Medina

There are no huge surprises on the list, except maybe Chase Simpson at third base due to time played. Eric Wood and Wyatt Mathisen each had decent seasons and played a lot more. Andrew Lambo being considered a utility guy might be an odd choice. He played three positions, four if you count DH and missed a lot of time. Andrew Maggi had a strong season at Altoona and played six positions.

If you check out the link, they list Stetson Allie as an honorable mention at first base and while Osuna had a great finish to his season, he spent a lot of time at the DH spot, so Allie was probably the better choice. Allie played 107 games at first base, while Osuna played 62 there.

Orlando Castro actually had a decent season that got lost due to a somewhat high 3.81 ERA and missed time. He led all Pirates pitchers with a 1.05 WHIP and walked just 15 batters in 101.2 innings.

Austin Meadows also got an honorable mention, but he missed too much time to break into that outfield group.

 

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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