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Ke’Bryan Hayes Named Among Top Prospects in the GCL

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On Thursday morning, Baseball America announced their top 20 list for the Gulf Coast League and Ke’Bryan Hayes is the lone Pirates’ representative, ranking ninth in the league. The GCL prospect class was called “loaded” by Ben Badler, who wrote that it’s the best collection of prospects the league has seen in a long time, so a top ten spot says a lot about how highly they rate Hayes.

Hayes batted .333/.434/.375 in 44 games for the GCL Pirates. He led the league in OBP, finished second in average and fifth in OPS. Hayes moved up to Morgantown and played 12 regular season games and all five playoff contests. The 18-year-old third baseman displayed strong defensive skills as well, so it wasn’t just the offense that got him ranked high. He was named our top prospect for the GCL Pirates.

Yesterday, BA announced the top 20 for the Appalachian League.

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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