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 – Disabled List
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13. Steven Brault, LHP, Indianapolis – Disabled List
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23. Barrett Barnes, OF, Altoona -[insert_php]
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26. Adrian Valerio, SS – Extended Spring Training
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indians manager Dean Treanor had a simple evaluation of Tyler Glasnow’s outing on Saturday: he has to do better.
Glasnow allowed just two hits and didn’t give up a run against Syracuse, but he only pitched 4.2 innings after throwing 95 pitches, with just 51 of those for a strike.
The outing was the first time Glasnow did not pitch at least five innings in his 13 starts this season. And that’s the second consecutive outing where pitch count has been a problem. He needed 97 pitches to get through 5.1 innings in his last outing.
“What it looks like is he overthrows the ball and he’s still in striking everybody out mode,” Treanor said. “And that’s his problem.”
Syracuse shortstop Trea Turner, the second-ranked prospect in the Washington Nationals’ organization, led the game off by hitting a 94 MPH fastball to the center field wall for a triple.
The Indians’ trainer visited Glasnow on the mound after the triple. But Glasnow gave a thumbs up to the dugout and the visit ended quickly.
After the game, Glasnow said he had a slightly stiff lower back caused while backing up third base but nothing was seriously wrong. Treanor said he noticed Glasnow acting a little different, but the prospect told him he was fine.
Glasnow allowed just two hits against Syracuse, but walked five and struck out nine. The walks are concerning enough for Treanor, but a few even more so because of where they came in the lineup.
In the second inning, Glasnow struck out the first two batters. But then he walked catcher Jhonatan Solano, who is hitting .239 with no home runs in the seventh spot. Glasnow followed that up by walking Tony Campana, a .250 hitter with no home runs in the eighth spot.
“Challenge them,” Treanor said. “He has to get out of thinking I have to strike everybody out. In the first inning.
While Glasnow then struck out Syracuse pitcher Taylor Hill, that allowed the Chiefs to turn the lineup over for the next inning.
“You can’t do it here and for sure can’t do it (in Pittsburgh),” Treanor said.
Treanor labeled Glasnow’s problem coming from youth and poor pitch selection. But Treanor put a sliver of blame on catcher Jacob Stallings, for a few pitch choices he made during the game.
“I put not as much, but some on the catcher,” Treanor said. “When I throw two curveballs with two outs and nobody on, at 2-2 and 3-2 and I walk a guy, I don’t let him throw that second one. There’s no reason to.”
There were some times Glasnow needed to try to throw strikeouts. And he did that for the most part, striking out the side after the leadoff triple to begin the game.
“You want to go for some strikeouts? Absolutely,” Treanor said. “But with two outs and nobody on, let’s go. Put the ball in play. Keep my pitch count and this is what he has to come to an understanding of. … It blows up the bullpen. He has to be better than that. He’s got to be better than that.”
In the third inning, Glasnow allowed a one-out walk to Scott Sizemore on five pitches. Indianapolis catcher Jacob Stallings made a mound visit and Glasnow responded by inducing a pair of ground outs, including one to the next batter that was nearly a 6-4-3 double play.
The fifth inning started seemingly well for Glasnow, striking out the first two batters. But he needed seven pitches to strike out the pitcher, Hill. He then struck out Turner on a curveball.
Glasnow then walked Sizemore with four consecutive balls after getting ahead of him 0-2. Indianapolis pitching coach Stan Kyles paid a mound visit, but Glasnow followed that up by allowing a single to Brian Goodwin.
And that was the end of Glasnow’s outing. He dismissed the idea that he’s throwing for strikeouts, as Treanor noted.
“I wasn’t trying to pitch for strikeouts or anything,” Glasnow said. “I think it’s kind of hard to pitch for strikeouts when it’s 1-0 or 1-1. You can’t strike someone out with one strike but it was tough and I didn’t have the feel today, so I struggled a little bit.”
As he has recently, Glasnow said he feels he’s pitching better out of the stretch rather than the windup, adding he feels more athletic in the stretch. Glasnow was asked if any thought had been put into going out of the stretch full-time.
“Thought about it but I’m going to continue to work on the windup,” Glasnow said. “I don’t know what will happen in the future, but I’m going to continue to work on the windup.”
Indianapolis’ offense was led by two familiar names: Josh Bell and Adam Frazier. Bell was 3-for-4 with three doubles and one RBI.
Bell’s only out of the game came when he grounded out with the bases loaded in the seventh inning against reliever Matt Belisle, with Syracuse on a major league rehab assignment.
Prior to the game, Bell talked for several minutes with Chicago Cubs’ Hall of Fame outfielder Billy Williams, who was attending the game as an autograph guest. Williams shared some hitting philosophy, telling Bell to focus on waiting for a fastball.
Bell said he tried to soak up as much of the experience as he could. But it’s hard to argue with his recent approach at the plate.
“I’m just trying to be on time for the pitches I’m looking for at the time,” Bell said. “When I’m on time for those pitches good things happen. If I can square up the ball as best I can, then good things will happen more often than not.”
Frazier was 3-for-4 in the game and is hitting .341. He’s raised his batting average by 40 points and is now the International League leader.
Willy Garcia had an RBI double and is hitting .400 over the past 10 games.
Jorge Rondon pitched a four-out save, his sixth of the season. Curtis Partch pitched 2.1 innings of relief, allowing one hit and one walk, while striking out three. – Brian Peloza
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Altoona lost a slugfest that included 20 runs and 28 hits on Saturday night. Austin Meadows has been the big story lately, but another player might be finally breaking out. Meadows hit his fifth home run of the season in the first inning, extending his hit streak to 20 games. He also added a single later in the game. He now has 24 extra-base hits in his last 30 games. Edwin Espinal went 2-for-4 with his ninth double and his third home run. His recent hitting has pushed Jose Osuna to the outfield, so Espinal can play everyday at first base and he now has his average up to .324, tops on the team. He has an .810 OPS, which is up from .594 exactly a month ago. He has reached base in 13 consecutive games.
Jose Osuna had a nice game, going 2-for-5 with his sixth homer. His last home run came on May 8th. He now has a modest five-game hitting streak. Chris Diaz had three hits and scored a run. Pitcher Josh Smith drove in two runs with his first double.
Clay Holmes started this game and had a lot of trouble. I mentioned in the Morning Report this morning that skipping starts hasn’t worked out for the other two big pitchers recently. Jameson Taillon returned from his skipped start and ran out of steam early, showing decreased velocity around his 65th pitch. Mitch Keller made his return start last night and it was his worst outing of the season. Holmes also struggled, but his game was much worse than the previous two pitchers. He allowed seven runs on 11 hits and two walks in 4.1 innings. He had three strikeouts and a 5:2 GO/AO ratio. Holmes didn’t even get the loss in this game because Altoona had an 8-7 lead until Josh Smith gave up five runs in the sixth inning.
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Yeudy Garcia has a 2.77 ERA this season and he allowed just one earned run over 5.2 innings on Saturday, but this game was typical of his season so far. He has been able to limit the damage each game despite allowing a lot of base runners. In this start, Garcia gave up seven hits and three walks. He threw 95 pitches total, 57 for strikes. Only four starting pitchers in the league have a worse WHIP than his 1.63 mark, yet he ranks 15th in ERA and fourth in strikeouts. He hasn’t allowed more than three earned runs in a start this season.
Luis Heredia pitched a scoreless ninth, picking up two strikeouts and lowering his ERA to 0.68 through 26.2 innings.
Taylor Gushue had the big game, collecting three hits and driving in two runs in the 4-2 victory. He hit his ninth double of the season. Connor Joe had two hits, scored a run and picked up an RBI. He hit his 11th double and stole his first base of his career after six unsuccessful attempts. Jordan Luplow had three walks, score once and collected an outfield assist. Michael Suchy had two hits and stole his sixth base.
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West Virginia out-hit Columbia 12-11, but they lost the game by an 8-2 score. Dario Agrazal gave up six runs on 11 hits in this one, while three relievers combined to throw three no-hit innings. The relief work wasn’t as good as it sounds, at least not from Billy Roth, who faced four batters and walked four batters. He threw 19 pitches, with just three going for strikes, before he was removed from the game. Two of those runs scored. Agrazal has struggled lately despite excellent command and an improving ground ball rate. He has walked nine batters all season, and he had an 8:2 GO/AO ratio in this game.
On the offense, there were a lot of singles, yet the team somehow managed to go 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position. Mitchell Tolman, Danny Arribas, Logan Hill and Christian Kelley each had two hits. Arribas and Tolman had the only extra-base hits, each collecting their tenth doubles. Tolman had the only RBI, while Carlos Munoz and Logan Ratledge scored the runs. Munoz went 1-for-4 to break an 0-for-21 slump.
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The DSL Pirates picked up their second win on Saturday, defeating the Mets1 by a 6-2 score. They were led on offense by the youngest player on the team. Shortstop Rodolfo Castro had three hits, including two doubles, giving him three doubles on the season. He turned 17 just three weeks ago. Castro is hitting .500 through four games and has at least one hit in every game. Top prospect Kevin Sanchez picked up his first career hit and also walked twice.
Third baseman Sherten Apostel, who was one of the top signings last year, went 0-for-5 with three strikeouts and two errors. He is 1-for-22 through seven games, though he has walked six times. Eddy Vizcaino went 2-for-4 with two walks, two runs scored and an RBI. Rudy Guzman had a single, two walks and two stolen bases.
On the pitching side, Roger Santana allowed two runs over four innings in his second start. He gave up five hits and a walk, while striking out four batters. He threw five shutout innings in his debut. The bullpen combo of Oliver Garcia and Eumir Sepulveda combined for five shutout innings.
