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 the 2016 prospect guide, and links on each name go to their Pirates Prospects player pages.
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8. Elias Diaz, C, Pirates – Disabled List.
9. Nick Kingham, RHP, Indianapolis – Disabled List
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11. Kevin Newman, SS, Bradenton -[insert_php]
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17. Max Moroff, 2B, Indianapolis -[insert_php]
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18. Mitch Keller, RHP, West Virginia -[insert_php]
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20. Willy Garcia, OF, Indianapolis -[insert_php]
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21. Brandon Waddell, LHP, Altoona – [insert_php]
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23. Barrett Barnes, OF, Altoona -[insert_php]
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24. Trevor Williams, RHP, Indianapolis – Disabled List
25. Gage Hinsz, RHP – Extended Spring Training
26. Adrian Valerio, SS – Extended Spring Training
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30. JT Brubaker, RHP, West Virginia -[insert_php]
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INDIANAPOLIS – Tyler Glasnow’s final pitching line on Tuesday looked pretty good on paper.
He allowed just four hits and one run over six innings, striking out five and walking two. But neither Indianapolis manager Dean Treanor or Glasnow left Victory Field feeling overly enthusiastic about the performance after the Indians’ 4-1 win over Columbus.
“More bad than good,” Treanor said. “It didn’t look like he was struggling, but when you watch him every time this was not the Glasnow that we know.”
Glasnow’s curveball was not consistent and his velocity was down. His fastball was sitting around 92-93 MPH, compared to his typical 94-95 range. Glasnow also admitted his changeup wasn’t very sharp.
“Today was by far the worst day throwing the changeup,” Glasnow said. “I’ve thrown it a good amount of times my last four or five starts, and I’ve been feeling really good with it. I know the adjustment I need to make for next time, and I think coming off my last start to this start, things got a little better.”
The game was a rare 11 a.m. first pitch, on a day where light rain fell during most of the game. The mound wasn’t in good shape. Those two aspects may have thrown off Glasnow’s timing, but he wasn’t going to blame those things.
“That’s just kind of how baseball is,” Glasnow said. “Sometimes you have it, sometimes you don’t. Today was just one of those days.”
Glasnow didn’t face a batter in the seventh inning after throwing 84 pitches, 51 for strikes. With the rain becoming heavier, Treanor decided nothing was to be gained by keeping him out there any longer.
“I thought there was no use in pushing it at that point,” Treanor said.
Glasnow pitched around two errors – including one of his own – in the first inning. After taking a 92 MPH fastball for a strike, Columbus leadoff hitter Ronny Rodriguez smoked a 93 MPH fastball into centerfield for a single. Glasnow then made two pickoff attempts, but on the second one his throw got past first baseman Josh Bell, who was credited with an error.
Bell wasted little time in making up for that mistake. He easily threw out Rodriguez at third base, as he tried to take two bases on the error.
Glasnow had a throwing error in the first inning when Erik Gonzalez’s grounder hit off his glove. He quickly gathered himself but his throw to first was errant and Gonzalez reached second. But Glasnow got out of that jam by getting Jesus Aguilar to ground out. He then ended inning by striking out Yandy Diaz, Cleveland’s 14th-ranked prospect, on a 95 MPH fastball.
The Indians scored three runs on five consecutive hits in the bottom of the first inning, all coming with two outs.
Bell legged out a triple on his slicing hit into the right field corner. Columbus right fielder Bryson Myles got to the ball right as Bell was hitting second base, but Bell still made it into third safely rather comfortably. Jason Rogers followed that with a triple on a sinking shot into right field. No error was given on the play, but Myles slid and let the ball get past him.
Willy Garcia took a 2-1 pitch up the middle to score Rogers, giving the Indians a 2-0 lead. Pedro Florimon followed that with a nice opposite field hit into right. Ortiz muscled out a bloop single to centerfield for a 3-0 lead. The inning ended with Florimon being thrown out at home on a delayed steal.
The lone run Glasnow allowed came in the sixth inning. With a steadier rain falling, Glasnow gave up first-pitch triple to left-centerfield gap by Erik Gonzalez. Glasnow rebounded by retiring the next three batters, but an RBI groundout did allow that leadoff triple to score.
Three Indianapolis relievers combined to not allow a hit and face the minimum over three scoreless innings. Indians’ reliever A.J. Schugel struck out two batters, throwing 11 of his 14 pitches for strikes in a scoreless seventh inning. Trey Haley threw 8 of his 11 pitches for a strike, while striking out one in the eighth inning. And In the ninth inning, Curtis Partch threw 10 of 13 pitches for a strike. – Brian Peloza
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Clay Holmes made his eighth start of the season on Tuesday night. He came into the game with four games in which he allowed two or fewer runs, and three games in which he gave up four or more runs. His last game was four runs over 5.1 innings, though he pitched better than the results.
In the first inning, Holmes had a tough double credited to him, when Eric Wood tried to backhand a bouncer down the line and just whiffed on it. Probably should have been an error because it wasn’t a tough play and he didn’t try to get in front of it. Holmes struck out the next batter on three pitches, finishing him with a curve. The next hitter grounded out softly to first base, moving the runner to third base. Holmes finished the inning with a strikeout on a curve in the dirt. He threw 17 pitches, 12 for strikes and looked really good with two routine grounders and two strikeouts.
The second started with a fly out to right field. A pitch later, a fly was hit further to right field for the second out. The third batter hit a slow grounder up the middle for a single. One pitch later, the next hitter lined one into right field for a single. Holmes got out of the inning with an easy grounder to first base. He hit 96 MPH this inning. The only three pitch speeds from the announcer so far have been 93, 93 and 96. This was a 15 pitch inning, nine for strikes, mostly throwing fastballs.
In the third inning, Holmes started with a strikeout on a fastball. He started 3-0 on the next hitter, before getting him to ground out sharply to third base on a 3-2 pitch. Holmes went full count on the next batter as well, striking him out on a 91 MPH fastball down in the zone. He only faced three batters, but still needed 19 pitches due to a handful of foul balls with two strikes.
The fourth began with a grounder to second base for an easy out. That was followed by an almost identical play for the second out. Two pitches later, Holmes got a liner right back to him that looked like it hit his glove, before dropping to the ground. He picked it up and threw to first base for the easy out and quick eight pitch inning. After four frames, he was at 59 pitches, 40 for strikes.
In the fifth, Holmes started with a swinging strikeout on a curve. The next batter battled for seven pitches before grounding out to shortstop. He then struck out the pitcher on three straight pitches for the final out. It was a 14-pitch inning due to the long at-bats and two strikeouts.
The sixth started with a line drive single to right field. The next batter also singled on a grounder into right field, though Holmes started the at-bat with two nice curves. Holmes got a grounder to third base that was hit too slow for more than one out. Both runners moved up a base, as Eric Wood had to go to first base for the out. The next batter grounded out softly to shortstop, which got the second out, but also brought home the first run off Holmes. Two pitches later, the inning (and his night) ended with a grounder to shortstop. After the lead-off single, Holmes got four straight grounders, but it still equaled a run.
This was the best he has looked all season due to the control. He did a great job of keeping the ball down and pitching inside. The curve was very effective, getting strikes in the zone and batters chasing it out of the zone. Holmes had a 9:2 GO/AO ratio and only two of the five hits he allowed were well-struck. He threw 87 pitches, 58 for strikes. This was the first time this season he hasn’t issued a walk, and the six strikeouts are the most since he returned from Tommy John surgery. He has actually only topped six strikeouts once in his career.
Altoona won 5-1 in this game, with the offense going 6-for-11 with runners in scoring position. They had seven hits in the contest, all singles, but with the timely hitting and five walks, it led to the victory. Reese McGuire had two big hits, driving home a run in the third inning and then two more in the fifth. He is 10-for-25 in his last seven games.
Harold Ramirez had a single, two walks, a stolen base and two runs scored. He is 14-for-31 in his last seven games, raising his average 54 points over that stretch. Austin Meadows had an RBI single, a HBP and scored two runs. He is still trying to get going after joining Altoona late due to his eye injury. In 18 games, he has a .185/.250/.246 slash line.
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Bradenton was postponed due to rain. They will play a doubleheader on Wednesday.
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West Virginia lost 6-3 on Tuesday night, as one bad inning was the difference in the game. JT Brubaker has had fastball command issues his last two games, which has led to some poor outings and too many homers this season. On Tuesday, he went six innings and gave up all four of the runs he allowed in the third inning. The scoring was over quick too, with four straight hits to start the frame, followed immediately by a wild pitch to bring in the fourth run. There was a runner on base in three other innings, but each time they were erased on a double play.
There were some good signs from the start for Brubaker. He had five strikeouts, posted a 6:1 GO/AO ratio, and he threw 60 of his 87 pitches for strikes. Those five strikeouts give him 48 on the season, and put him in a tie for first place in the South Atlantic League with Mitch Keller.
On offense, the Power scored a run in the fifth with help from the opposing pitcher. Three straight walks started the inning, then Casey Hughston hit into a double play, scoring Ke’Bryan Hayes. In the fifth, an error to open the inning, led to an RBI double from Alfredo Reyes. After a Tito Polo single moved him to third base, Reyes scored on a Mitchell Tolman sacrifice fly. That would be all the scoring they would do. They had the tying run up in the ninth, but Polo struck out to end the game. Despite two hits, he had a tough night, getting picked off in the fifth and thrown out stealing in the first.
