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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4. Jameson Taillon, RHP, Pirates – In the Majors
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16. Chad Kuhl, RHP, Pirates – In the Majors
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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23. Barrett Barnes, OF, Altoona -[insert_php]
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26. Adrian Valerio, SS – Bristol – [insert_php]
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27. Adam Frazier, INF/OF, Pirates – In the Majors
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29. Jordan Luplow, OF/3B, Bradenton – [insert_php]
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INDIANAPOLIS — Tyler Glasnow labeled his first outing since making his major league debut as “shaky.”
Indianapolis manager Dean Treanor had a harsher evaluation.
In many ways, Glasnow’s outing against Lehigh Valley on Monday resembled a majority of his previous Triple-A starts: some control issues, but only a few hits allowed and plenty of strikeouts.
Glasnow walked three batters and they all came around to score. He only allowed two hits and struck out nine, throwing 57 of his 96 pitches for a strike.
“It was pretty shaky in the beginning,” Glasnow said. “I felt a little off today, but I made some adjustments and that last inning I felt really comfortable.”
Those adjustments revolve around his delivery, and in turn, increasing his velocity, which he feels has been down in recent starts, including his major league debut with the Pirates. Glasnow reached 96 MPH against Lehigh Valley, but was also in the 92-93 MPH range at other times.
“All of my weight is transferring forward way too soon,” Glasnow said. “Usually when I’d be back and can transfer my energy forward and use all of my velocity — it’s already gone by the time I land. My head is already pointed down when I land and I had like no power. I kind of exaggerated staying back today and tilted my shoulder back like I used to, and the last inning my velocity came back up to normal. It was really effortless and it was a nice feeling getting back to feeling normal.”
Glasnow finished the game strong. He retired the side in order in the fifth and sixth innings, and retired the last ten batters he faced.
“My breaking stuff was back and my velocity was back effortlessly,” Glasnow said. “It was good to end the game like that.”
Glasnow retired the side in order in the first inning, on two weak groundouts and a strikeout. Lehigh Valley centerfielder Nick Williams hit a slow roller to second baseman Alen Hanson, who charged in to make the play, flipping underhanded to first baseman Dan Gamache for the out.
The second inning seemingly started well for Glasnow, jumping ahead of Darin Ruf with two quick strikes. But Glasnow threw four consecutive balls to lose Ruf on a walk. Brock Stassi followed by walking on four pitches, with Glasnow throwing eight consecutive pitches out of the zone. Lehigh catcher Logan Moore doubled over centerfielder Willy Garcia to score Ruf and Stassi.
“If you want to use the term shaky — I’d use a little bit stronger term,” Treanor said. “That doesn’t play. We have to be better than that. We can’t go from 0-2 to 8-2.”
Glasnow walked Taylor Featherston to lead off the third inning. Featherston scored when Indianapolis third baseman Jason Rogers fielded a ball that appeared to have a chance to possibly go foul at the last minute. Rogers then compounded that by airmailing a throw over first base. And while Glasnow finished the game strong, Treanor expects more out of the organization’s top prospect. He has has to be good from the beginning.
“Too little, too late,” Treanor said. “He walked three guys tonight and all of them scored. So, if you want to use the term shaky, that’s probably appropriate. We just can’t do that. If I’m going to walk somebody, it has to be a good walk.”
Glasnow returned from Pittsburgh after making a solid, but not spectacular, debut against St. Louis on July 7. As for what Glasnow’s focus needs to be moving forward? Well, Treanor didn’t mince words.
“Attacking hitters — he needs to attack,” Treanor said. “Excuse my language, he needs to attack like a mother f***er. I need him to be a mother f***er on the mound. That’s what he needs to focus on.”
Glasnow batted eighth in the lineup. That’s the first time Treanor said he has had a pitcher bat eighth in the lineup. Gift Ngoepe, who is hitting .226, batted ninth.
“I thought it was weird at first,” Glasnow said. “I looked at the bottom of the lineup and said, ‘Is Gift pitching?”
Glasnow went 1-for-2 in his major league debut, with a single against Adam Wainwright. He went 0-for-1 on Monday.
“We were trying to mix it up tonight and have a little fun with the lineup,” Treanor said. “We wanted to have fun in a game for once. We didn’t have much fun.”
The Indians had just four hits — with Josh Bell, Jason Rogers, Perdo Florimon, and Jose Osuna each having one. – Brian Peloza
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Altoona has off on Monday.
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Bradenton lost 2-0 in ten innings in a game that included some strong pitching from starter Austin Coley and reliever Sam Street, but almost zero offense from the Marauder bats. Coley threw shutout ball for six innings, allowing four singles and a walk. That lowered his ERA to 3.57 through 18 starts and it’s the first time he has thrown shutout ball in exactly two months.
Street followed Coley and threw three shutout innings, with three strikeouts and a 5:0 GO/AO ratio. He did have to pitch around some base runners, allowing three hits and two walks. Luis Heredia pitched the tenth and allowed two runs on two hits, a walk and two wild pitches. He struck out three batters, but needed 32 pitches to get out of the inning.
The offense had four hits all night, all singles. They also had just two runners in scoring position, with one being Chase Simpson in the tenth inning. He hit a lead-off single, then moved to second on a wild pitch. With one out, he moved to third base on a grounder, before Wyatt Mathisen ended the game with a fly out to right field. With two walks, Kevin Kramer was the only Marauder to reach base twice. Michael Suchy had a single and stole his seventh base.
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West Virginia lost 9-2 to Hickory on Monday, as starter Gage Hinsz allowed four runs over five innings. This was a tough outing for Hinsz, who allowed two of the runs right away, giving up three hits in the first inning. He only allowed two hits after that, but he also walked two batters and hit a pair, while serving up a home run. Hinsz was having trouble finding the plate, throwing just 39 strikes among his 76 pitches. It got even worse after Hinsz left, with reliever Jess Amedee giving up five runs on two hits and three walks, while failing to get through one inning of work.
The offense had plenty of chances to score with 13 base runners in the game, but they could just push across solo runs in the fifth and eighth innings. That fifth inning saw them collect four hits and a walk, yet an RBI single by Danny Arribas brought home Alfredo Reyes with the only run. In the eighth, a triple by Logan Hill scored Arribas with the second run. Hill had three hits in the game. Casey Hughston had a pair of singles.
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Morgantown went down 7-0 in the second inning and their late rally fell short for a 7-4 loss. Starter Stephan Meyer allowed eight hits and six runs in his one inning of work. He faced four batters in the second inning without an out before being ejected for throwing behind a batter. Meyer now has a 7.89 ERA in seven starts. Neil Kozikowski followed him and allowed one run on three hits and three walks in his four innings. Scooter Hightower threw shutout ball for the last three innings.
Will Craig continued his recent mini hot streak, hitting a double and drawing a walk. He has reached base ten times in his last four games and now has a .661 OPS. Third round pick Stephen Alemais had three singles and stole his third base. Hunter Owen hit his third homer, singled once, and scored two runs. Chris Harvey went 0-for-4, but his ground out to shortstop in the ninth inning scored both Owen and Matt Diorio.
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Bristol won 8-4 over Danville, getting four shutout innings from fifth round pick Blake Cederlind. In his first four starts, Cederlind had a 9.72 ERA, allowing 12 hits over 8.1 innings, but his control was better than advertised with just three walks. On Monday, he matched that walk total while allowing two hits and picking up two strikeouts, lowering his ERA to 6.57 in the process. Cederlind had a 6:2 GO/AO ratio in this game, well above the 1.00 mark he had coming into the game.
He was followed by David Whitehead, who continues to fall apart four levels lower than where he started the season. Whitehead gave up four runs on five hits and a walk over two innings. He had a 9.49 ERA in six games with Bristol prior to tonight’s performance. Mike Wallace threw three perfect innings to finish out the night for Bristol.
The Pirates got all the runs they would need in the fourth inning, putting up a five spot. With one out, Jhoan Herrera and Victor Fernandez hit back-to-back doubles. That was followed by a walk to Brent Gibbs, then a ground out from Kennelly that scored Fernandez. A single by Daniel Cucjen scored Gibbs, then after a walk to Michael de la Cruz, Garrett Brown drove in two runs with a double. Brown would drive in another run later in the game.
Herrera had two hits and drew two walks. Alexis Bastardo had a single and scored two runs. Cucjen finished with two hits, a walk and two runs.
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The GCL Pirates ran into the league’s version of a powerhouse and lost 11-4 on Monday afternoon. The Blue Jays now have an 18-3 record, thanks to some late offense that made the difference. Max Kranick made his second start and allowed four runs on five hits over 2.1 innings. He was scheduled to go three innings today, after throwing two shutout innings in his debut last week.
This game had the pro debut of 18-year-old right-handed pitcher Claudio Scotti, who was born in Rome, Italy and signed as an international free agent early this year. He faced four batters, with one reaching on an error by shortstop Victor Ngoepe. Scotti got a ground out, strikeout and a fly out.
Brian Sousa followed him and was supposed to finish out the game, but the Blue Jays knocked him out early, partially due to his own command issues. Sousa only recorded two outs, hitting three batters, walking two, throwing a wild pitch and giving up a three-run homer. He was replaced by Chris McDonald, who allowed three runs over the last 2.1 innings. Julian Villamar pitched right after Kranick, but he was so wild, he was removed after just two batters.
On offense, the Pirates got three hits from Felix Vinicio, who drove in two of their four runs. Henrry Rosario had two hits and a walk. Raul Hernandez had two hits and an RBI. Melvin Jimenez had a single and run scored before he left the game with a foot injury that occurred when he stepped awkwardly on second base.
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The DSL Pirates lost 8-2 to the Mets1, giving the Pirates a 14-23 record as they begin the second half. Starter Yeudry Manzanillo lasted just two innings, allowing four runs on two hits, four walks and two hit batters. As the highest bonus pitcher at $150,000 from last year’s July 2nd class, the 17-year-old Manzanillo has struggled in his rookie season. In 29.1 innings over eight starts, he has a 7.98 ERA. He has only made it through five innings once.
The Pirates picked up five hits and five walks, with top prospect Kevin Sanchez leading the way with two hits and a walk. Catcher Samuel Inoa had two hits and scored a run, but he also made two throwing errors. Larry Alcime walked twice, equaling his total from his first 26 games.
Both runs for the Pirates scored in the ninth, with Inoa leading it off with a single. Sherten Apostel and Alcime walked to load the bases. Cristopher Perez then reached on an error, giving him an RBI. That was followed by a Williams Calderon sacrifice fly. Francisco Mepris then flew out to end the game.
