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P2 Top 30

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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16. Chad Kuhl, RHP, Pirates – In the Majors

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27. Adam Frazier, INF/OF, Pirates – In the Majors

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P2 Top Performers

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Trevor Williams gave up a lot of hits in his first month back with Indianapolis. He came into Sunday’s game with a .323 BAA and a 1.64 WHIP. He was coming off his best start though, so it seemed like he could be on the right track. Williams ended up having a start that will be hard to top at any point during his career. In seven innings, the only base runner he allowed was thrown out by Danny Ortiz, as he was trying to stretch a single into a double. Williams retired the last 16 batters he faced, collecting five strikeouts and a 6:3 GO/AO ratio. He threw 84 pitches in the game, 61 for strikes. Kyle Lobstein and Dovydas Neverauskas threw a scoreless inning each to close out the game.

Indianapolis won 2-0, as Alen Hanson had two hits, two stolen bases and a run scored. He now has 23 steals on the year. He is hitting .367 over his last nine games, with five walks and five steals. Jose Osuna is 3-for-12 since joining Indianapolis and all three hits have been doubles. Danny Ortiz and Jason Rogers both picked up an RBI. Max Moroff drew a walk to extend his on base streak to 20 games.

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Altoona won 5-3 over Bowie on Sunday behind a solid start from Cody Dickson, who struggled in his previous three outings. In those last three starts, he allowed 12 runs on 22 hits and 11 walks over 16.1 innings. It was a drastic change for Dickson, who had allowed a total of five earned runs in his prior seven starts, with no more than one run in any game. He still had a little bit of control issues on Sunday, with three walks and one hit batter, but he managed to allowed just one run over six innings. Dickson had two strikeouts and a 7:5 GO/AO ratio. He threw 93 pitches total, with 51 for strikes.

The offense was a team effort with eight hits and five players scoring one run each. Kevin Newman went 1-for-3 with a walk, a run scored and his fifth double since joining Altoona. Harold Ramirez went 2-for-3 with his fifth triple. He scored one run and picked up an RBI. Ramirez has his average up to .298, while Newman is hitting .315 through 13 games with the Curve. Reese McGuire had a single and drove in a run. Eric Wood went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored. Stetson Allie hit his ninth double, drove in two runs and scored a run.

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Bradenton lost 3-1 on Sunday, their sixth straight loss. Buddy Borden made his second start since re-signing with the Pirates and went five innings, allowing two runs on four hits and two walks. He had three strikeouts and an 8:4 GO/AO ratio. He is still on a limited pitch count as he builds up from time off. In this one, he threw 37 of his 63 pitches for strikes. Tanner Anderson put up a crazy line in his 2.1 innings, allowing eight hits, but only one run.

Tito Polo, Kevin Kramer and Michael Suchy each had two hits in this game, with Suchy scoring the lone run for Bradenton. He hit his third triple of the season, while Kramer collected his 15th double. Kramer has reached base in 12 straight games, raising his OBP 24 points during that stretch. Cole Tucker went 0-for-4, putting him in a 1-for-21 skid since his four-hit game on Monday. Elvis Escobar had a single and drove in the only run.

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CHARLESTON, WV – Logan Sendelbach edged out Columbia starter Joe Shaw in a pitcher’s duel on Sunday afternoon. Sendelbach, a lanky sinkerball pitcher, tends to get overshadowed by Mitch Keller’s flashy power pitching, but Sendelbach turned in one of the best Power starts of the season to finish the home stand with a 5-2 record.

Typically, the Power offense takes its time in Sendelbach’s starts. Although Sendelbach has the team’s best win-loss record at 6-2, he has received no decisions in more than half of his starts. Of those eight no decisions, the Power have won seven.

Sendelbach kept his sinker low in the zone throughout the start and went to the changeup successfully late in the count. He used his pitches efficiently, throwing more than six pitches in an at-bat only three times. In his six innings of work, he allowed two base runners who were quickly dispatched when John Bormann caught the first stealing and then the Power turned a double play. Sendelbach exited the game after six shutout innings with 86 pitches, 61 for strikes.

Pitching coach Matt Ford raved about Sendelbach’s array of pitches. “He’s using his sinker effectively,” he said. “He’s really starting to develop his changeup, which has become a tremendous weapon for him, and he’s had the ability to put guys away with his slider.”

Seth McGarry took the mound to protect Sendelbach’s shutout bid. McGarry dominated the top of the lineup in the seventh but struggled in the eighth, loading the bases before getting a groundout to preserve the shutout.

Julio Eusebio has stepped into the closer role of late. He hasn’t allowed a run since May 22 and struck out Dash Winningham for the Power’s fifth shutout of 2016.

The Power needed only two innings of offense to put them over the top. Daniel Arribas smashed his ninth home run of the year to lead off the fifth inning. Logan Ratledge then added a second run on a throwing error.

Carlos Munoz continued his hot streak with three singles. He reached third on a hit-and-run in the second but was stranded. He added his second stolen base of the season in the sixth but was again left in scoring position when Arribas struck out swinging to end the inning.

Ratledge later drove in Logan Hill with a double in the seventh inning. Ratledge would come around to score when Alfredo Reyes grounded into a double play, extending the Power lead to 4-0, a score that would stand. – Abigail Miskowiec

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It’s usually not a good sign when your team has more errors than base runners at the end of the night. It’s also not a good sign when your backup catcher is pitching the ninth. Morgantown lost 14-0 to Auburn on Sunday, collecting two hits and no walks in the game, while Auburn had a total of 24 base runners.

James Marvel made his fourth start and this one was his worst. He couldn’t even get out of the second inning, giving up seven runs (five earned) on five hits, one walk and one hit batter, with no strikeouts in 1.2 innings. In his two good starts, he has 12 shutout innings. In his two bad starts, he has allowed nine earned runs in 5.1 innings. Neil Kozikowski followed him and was only slightly better over his 3.1 innings. He gave up five runs (four earned) on eight hits and two walks. The Black Bears actually got two shutout innings for Christian Mota. Catcher Chris Harvey came on to pitch the ninth and he gave up two runs, though one was unearned. Harvey also pitched once for Morgantown last year.

The offense was almost non-existent. Albert Baur had a triple and a single. Hunter Owen was hit by a pitch. Those were the only three base runners all game. Morgantown committed four errors in the game, leading to four unearned runs. Will Craig went 0-for-3 and for the first time in his pro career, he failed to reach base at least once in a game.

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One day after putting 15 runs on the board, Bristol couldn’t come up with a single clutch hit, dropping a 12-0 decision to Pulaski. Starter Nestor Oronel went 4.1 innings, allowing three runs. He left for David Whitehead, who continued his rehab assignment with one inning of work, giving up six runs. Shane Kemp finished out the game with three runs over 2.2 innings, though he did manage to strike out five batters.

The offense didn’t have trouble getting on base. They have 14 base runners, with eight hits, five walks and a HBP. Unfortunately for them, they went 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position. Michael de la Cruz had a single and two walks. He now has 11 walks in 11 games. Adrian Valerio had two singles. Victor Fernandez had a single, walk and his fourth stolen base. He has a .415/.479/.610 slash line in ten games. Jhoan Herrera and Raul Siri each had a single and a walk. Herrera has a .926 OPS this season.

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The GCL Pirates are off today.

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The DSL Pirates are off today.

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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