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Prospect Watch: Shaky Outing For Nick Kingham, Cody Dickson Bounces Back From Tough Opener

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TOP OF THE SYSTEM

A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today.  Note that this list doesn’t include players currently in the majors. If a player is in the majors, he will be removed, everyone below him will be shifted up a spot, and a new player will be added to the bottom of the list. If a player is out for the season, he will be removed and everyone below him will move up a spot. Removing these guys doesn’t mean they have lost prospect status. It is just an attempt to get 30 active prospects on the list. Rankings are from early season update, and links on each name go to their Pirates Prospects player pages.

1. Tyler Glasnow, RHP, Altoona – DNP

2. Jameson Taillon, RHP, Indianapolis – Disabled List

3. Austin Meadows, CF, Bradenton – DNP

4. Josh Bell, 1B, Altoona – DNP

5. Reese McGuire, C, Bradenton – 0-for-2, 2 BB, RBI

6. Nick Kingham, RHP, Indianapolis – 4.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 0 HR

7. Alen Hanson, 2B, Indianapolis – 0-for-4, BB

8. Cole Tucker, SS, West Virginia – DNP

9. Elias Diaz, C, Indianapolis – DNP

10. Mitch Keller, RHP, Extended Spring Training

11. Harold Ramirez, OF, Extended Spring Training

12. Stephen Tarpley, LHP, Extended Spring Training

13. JaCoby Jones, SS, Bradenton – 1-for-5, RBI

14. Adrian Sampson, RHP, Indianapolis – DNP

15. Trey Supak, RHP, Extended Spring Training

16. Gage Hinsz, RHP, Extended Spring Training

17. Barrett Barnes, OF, Bradenton – DNP

18. Clay Holmes, RHP, Bradenton – Disabled List

19. Cody Dickson, LHP, Bradenton – 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 0 HR

20. Willy Garcia, OF, Altoona – DNP

21. John Holdzkom, RHP, Indianapolis – 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 0 HR

22. Jordan Luplow, 3B – Extended Spring Training

23. Connor Joe, 1B/3B – Extended Spring Training

24. Wyatt Mathisen, 3B, Bradenton – 0-for-4, RBI

25. Casey Sadler, RHP, Indianapolis – DNP

26. Steven Brault, LHP, Bradenton – DNP

27. Tito Polo, OF, West Virginia – DNP

28. Tyler Eppler, RHP, Extended Spring Training

29Luis Heredia, RHP, Extended Spring Training

30. Taylor Gushue, C, West Virginia– DNP

DAILY SUMMARY

Top Pitcher: Cody Dickson, LHP – 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 0 HR

Top Hitter: Steve Lombardozzi, 3B – 3-for-4, 2 2B, BB

Home Runs: None

 

AAA: INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS    

Box Score

Result: Toledo 7, Indianapolis 6

Starting Pitcher: Nick Kingham, RHP – 4.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 0 HR

Top Hitter: Steve Lombardozzi, 3B – 3-for-4, 2 2B, BB

Other Notable Performers:

Chris Stewart, C – 1-for-4, RBI, BB

Alen Hanson, 2B – 0-for-4, BB

Mel Rojas Jr., RF/LF- 1-for-4, 2 RBI

Game Notes: Through four innings on Tuesday afternoon, Nick Kingham was able to keep Toledo off the board, despite giving up six hits. He didn’t walk anyone until the fifth inning, but his pitch count was higher than you would like to see as well. Kingham gave up a lead-off double in the fifth, then walked the next two batters before being pulled. He threw 91 pitches on the day, with 54 going for strikes. After leaving with the bases loaded, Adam Miller gave up two solid hits that scored all three inherited runners.

On the offensive side, Chris Stewart caught the entire game and was tested often by Toledo on the bases. He was 2-for-6 in throwing out base runners. Stewart drove in a run with a single and drew a walk. Mel Rojas Jr. drove in two runs. He is 6-for-19 at the plate. Steve Lombardozzi reached base four times, hitting two doubles, a single and he walked once. Alen Hanson went 0-for-4, leaving him 3-for-19 through five games. Gorkys Hernandez is hitting .316 so far, but he struck out four times in this game.

AA: ALTOONA CURVE

Altoona was postponed due to rain. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on July 17th.

 A+: BRADENTON MARAUDERS   

Box Score

Result: Bradenton 7, Dunedin 1

Starting Pitcher: Cody Dickson, LHP – 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 0 HR

Top Hitter: Erich Weiss, 2B – 3-for-4, 2B, 3B, RBI, BB

Other Notable Performers:

JaCoby Jones, DH – 1-for-5, RBI

Reese McGuire, C – 0-for-2, RBI, 2 BB

Jose Osuna, RF – 2-for-5, 2B, RBI

Game Notes:  Cody Dickson needed a bounce back start after a rough Opening Day and he got it on Tuesday night. He threw five shutout innings, allowing just two hits and two walks. In his first start, he lasted three innings, giving up three runs on nine hits. Julio Vivas finished off the game with two shutout innings. He spent most of last season in the GCL, so Bradenton is a huge jump in competition. The Marauders collected 11 hits in the game and drew six walks, with lead-off hitter Justin Maffei walking three times. Erich Weiss had three hits, including a double and a triple. The three through eight hitters in the lineup each drove in one run apiece, with four of those runs coming in the first inning. Austin Meadows and Barrett Barnes had the night off.

A: WEST VIRGINIA POWER   

West Virginia was postponed due to rain. The game will be made up Wednesday as part of a doubleheader.

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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