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Prospect Watch: Tyler Glasnow Rehabs for Altoona; Hanson Leaves Game Early

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P2 Top 30

A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today. If a player is in the majors and loses his prospect eligibility, 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 mid-season update, and links on each name go to their Pirates Prospects player pages.

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INDIANAPOLIS — The Indians were trailing by six runs in a game that was moving toward being rather uneventful.

And then Alen Hanson stepped to the plate in the sixth inning. He grounded out to second base in a seemingly innocuous play.

But it was occurred after the play was over that is a cause for concern. Hanson slowly walked off the field, strolling from first base to the Indians’ dugout on the third base line. He did not return to the field in the next inning and was replaced.

Hanson suffered what is believed to be a “quad cramp,” according to Indianapolis manager Dean Treanor. Hanson will be checked out by a doctor on Tuesday.

“If that’s what it is he should be day-to-day,” Treanor said.

Hanson’s injury comes at a bad time for multiple reasons. First, there’s only 10 days until major league rosters expand with Hanson almost a lock to be called up as a super utility player.

But more importantly, Hanson has been playing well defensively and his batting average has steadily increased ever since an awful month of May. After being promoted during Starling Marte’s bereavement, Hanson struggled when he returned to Indianapolis. Hanson hit .178 in May, but his monthly average has increased each month since that point. He hit .250 in June, .284 in July, and is hitting .301 this month.

“We have to make sure he’s healthy,” Treanor said. “Not knowing what is going to happen in the next week-and-a-half, if that decision is made in that direction we have to make sure he’s healthy.”

Hanson started in left field on Monday, marking the 16th consecutive game that he was playing a different defensive position than he did in the previous game.

During his last 16 games, Hanson has alternated between playing primarily second and third, while getting about one start a week in left field.

As for the remainder of the game, there were few bright spots in the Indians’ 7-5 loss. The Clippers can officially clinch the International League West Division title if they sweep the Indians in this three-game series that runs through Wednesday.

Kelvin Marte made his third consecutive start since and fourth this season, coming off six no-hit innings in his previous outing. The first part of Marte’s outing started well, throwing four shutout innings. At that point, Marte had thrown 12 consecutive scoreless innings dating back to his Aug. 11 start.

But the second part of his outing didn’t go quite as well. Collin Cowgill led the fifth inning off with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. Yandi Diaz walked and Giovanny Urshela doubled to score Diaz and Cowgill.

Justin Masterson entered Monday with six consecutive scoreless outings, but not many of those were clean. That caught up with him when he relieved Marte in the sixth inning. Masterson had too many pitches elevated, and allowed five runs on four hits and two walks, getting just two outs before being taken out. Columbus sent 10 batters to the plate in the sixth inning.

Indianapolis trailed 7-1 after six innings, but managed to bring the game-tying run to the plate in the ninth inning.

Austin Meadows pinch-hit for Gift Ngoepe in the ninth inning, with runners on second and third. On the seventh pitch of the at-bat, Meadows drilled a double to the left-centerfield gap to score a pair of runs with two outs. That brought Willy Garcia to the plate as the tying run. He worked a 2-0 count but fouled out to Columbus first baseman Jesus Aguilar.

Pedro Florimon hit a solo home run to rightfield in the second inning, his fifth homer of the season. He also had a double and a walk. Jason Rogers and Dan Gamache walked to lead off the seventh inning. They both scored on Elias Diaz’s double to centerfield.

Kyle Lobstein came off the 7-day disabled list and pitched 1.1 innings of scoreless relief, but he did allow a single to Bradley Zimmer that allowed a run to score that was credited to Masterson. – Brian Peloza

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HARRISBURG, PA –  Tyler Glasnow made his second rehab start with the Altoona Curve on Monday night in Harrisburg. He made his first rehab appearance last Sunday night in Altoona and was removed after three innings as a precaution after looking “uncomfortable” on the mound with his shoulder. On Monday, Glasnow made his 100th minor league start (and second MLB rehab start); he came into the game with a a 35-19 overall record in the minors with a 2.06 ERA.

In the first inning, Glasnow struck out the first batter he faced on four pitches, and he used a curveball to record the strikeout. He then proceeded to walk the next two batters and allow an easy hit single over a leaping Kevin Newman at shortstop. With the bases loaded, Glasnow struck out Harrisburg’s five-hole hitter looking with a curveball, then got a flyout to center field for the final out with the bases loaded. Interestingly, he threw a fastball in the dirt to the last batter he faced in the inning with the bases loaded, and it got past Chris Stewart. The runner on third got a bad jump on it, and nobody was able to move up. No runs scored in the inning, while Glasnow thew 25 pitches, 11 of them for strikes.

The second began with two hard hit balls off of Glasnow, with a long flyout to center (fastball) and a hard hit double to the left-center gap (fastball). He then struck out the final two batters of the inning, one looking with a fastball and one swinging on a curve ball, to strand the runner at second base. He threw 16 pitches in the inning with nine of them for strikes.

In the third, Glasnow struck out the first batter he faced on a 76 MPH curve ball swinging. he then walked the next batter he faced after getting ahead 0-2. With the runner at first, Glasnow got the Harrisburg batter to hit an easy grounder to third, and Eric Wood got the lead runner at second (runner beat the throw to first). Glasnow struck out the last batter of the inning looking with a 77 MPH curve ball. He threw 16 pitches in the inning, ten for strikes.

Altogether, Glasnow threw 57 pitches with 30 of them for strikes. Harrisburg was only able to hit four balls in play against him, with the first two batted balls in the second being decently hard hit. On my count, he threw approx. 15 curveballs, with five of them swinging strikes and three of them looking. He buried quite a few curves tonight, seeming to work on keeping the pitch down in the zone and even in the dirt.

Although he was slated to go four innings or 65 pitches, Tomas Morales pinch-hit for Glasnow in the top of the fourth (and he smashed a home run to left field). Glasnow’s final line was 3 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, and 6 strikeouts. He finished his work in the bullpen after leaving the game.

Alex McRae followed Glasnow in relief, and he completed six innings without allowing an earned run and striking out four batters. McRae had an 11-2 groundout-to-flyout ratio, and he really seemed to do a great job keeping the ball on the ground all night.

“For the past month, he’s been awesome,” Pitching Coach Justin Meccage said. “The mentality has been great. He’s attacking hitters, and we sped up his delivery a little bit to help him time things out better. The slider has come a long was, and he is missing with the fastball down, which is what we are looking for.”

Offensively, the Curve busted out their bats tonight, as Stetson Allie and Tomas Morales hit back-to-back homers in the fourth inning. After Allie drilled a ball foul, Harrisburg’s pitcher came right back at him with a middle-cut fastball, and Allie crushed it over the left field wall. Harrisburg’s left fielder didn’t even move on the hit. During the next at-bat, Tomas Morales hit a pinch-hit home run to left field. It was his second consecutive AB hitting a home run, as he hit his first professional home run in his only at-bat yesterday in New Hampshire.

Barrett Barnes also drove one deep for the Curve in the top of the sixth, his fifth home run since August 9th after only hitting one before that point. His average is now up to .307, which is fifth best in the Eastern League.

Other than the homers, Barnes and Eric Wood were the only Curve to have multi-hit games tonight. Wood hit a long drive to right field in the first inning, but the runners in front of him had to hold up on the base path, holding him to an extremely long single. Chris Stewart went 0-for-3 with a walk. He has two hits and five walks so far in his time with the Curve.- Sean McCool

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Bradenton has off on Monday.

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In game one of a doubleheader, West Virginia finished off yesterday’s suspended game with a 5-2 victory on Monday. Before the rain, Logan Sendelbach gave up one run on two hits and no walks over four innings. Taylor Hearn pitched the first inning after the game resumed, giving up a hit and getting three ground outs. Sean Keselica and Seth McGarry finished off the game with two innings each.

The Power scored three runs in the fifth inning, with the first run scoring before the game was suspended. Carlos Munoz walked then Jordan George and Daniel Arribas hit back-to-back singles. The latter two would come around to score on a Raul Hernandez double once play resumed today. They added two more runs in the top of the ninth on a Ryan Nagle single, followed by a force out at second base on a Hernandez grounder, then a Logan Ratledge home run. Nagle and George each finished with two hits. George added a walk.

Game Two: The Power swept their doubleheader, winning 5-1 in the second game. Bret Helton started and gave them 5.2 solid innings, allowing one run on two hits and two walks. The one run was on a solo homer. He threw 85 pitches, with 58 going for strikes. Helton had four strikeouts and a 7:4 GO/AO ratio. Cesilio Pimentel finished the game off for the save.

The top of the lineup provided the offense, as the 5-9 hitters went 0-for-14. Casey Hughston had three hits and scored two runs. He collected his seventh triple. Mitchell Tolman had two hits, drove in a pair and scored a run. Logan Hill drove in a run with his fifth triple. Danny Arribas had a single, an RBI and stole his ninth base. Despite sweeping the doubleheader, West Virginia remained five games back because first place Lakewood also swept a doubleheader today.

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Morgantown got production from everyone in the lineup, along with a strong outing from All-Star starter Danny Beddes in a 9-1 win over last place Batavia. Beddes lowered his ERA to 2.11 with five shutout innings, which included him recording eight strikeouts and giving up just two hits. Scooter Hightower threw two scoreless innings and struck out five batters.

Everyone in the lineup either drove in a run, and/or scored a run except Chris Harvey, and all he did was collect three singles and a walk. I’ll note that they were playing a horrible Batavia team (16-44 record) and the starting pitcher held them to one run, but Morgantown still put up 15 hits and had 20 base runners.

Albert Baur, Kevin Krause, Sandy Santos and Will Craig each had two hits. Santos hit a two-run home in the ninth, his second of the season. Craig came back after a minor leg injury, which caused him to miss three games. He had two singles, a walk and scored a run.

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Bristol put together an ugly effort barely worth mentioning during a 3-0 loss in game one of a doubleheader. Adam Oller started and gave up two runs in five innings, which isn’t bad, though he allowed seven hits, a walk, hit two batters, threw two wild pitches and committed a balk. The “offense” had a double from Yoel Gonzalez and walks from Henrry Rosario and Jhoan Herrera and that’s it. The opposing starter came into the game with a 4.46 ERA and a season-high six strikeouts. He left with a 3.70 ERA and 14 strikeouts in seven innings.

Game Two: The second game looked just like the first game through five innings until the Pirates managed to put two runs on the board in the sixth, giving them a 3-2 loss. They dropped to 22-35 on the season. David Whitehead started and only walked one batter in four innings. He was supposed to be in Double-A this season, but he just made his 16th appearance in rookie ball. In the sixth inning, Raul Siri doubled, then moved to third on a ground out and scored on another ground out. Jhoan Herrera tripled, then scored on a wild pitch during ball four of a walk to Alexis Bastardo. Garrett Brown was the only player with two hits. He collected his fourth double. Siri’s double was his ninth of the season.

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The GCL Pirates lost 4-2, as their playoff hopes took a real hit today. With their loss and a win by the first place Braves, they are now 3.5 back in the standings with nine games left. Domingo Robles started for the first time since August 3rd, getting skipped in the rotation twice due to missing the team bus for the first start. Robles opened with three shutout innings before things fell apart in the fourth. He gave up two homers, a single, and committed an error, allowing four runs to score.

This game was interesting for the Pirates on the back-end, with Hector Garcia and Austin Shields pitching two innings each. Garcia made his third appearance in his return from Tommy John surgery and he has looked great so far in limited time, with four shutout innings, two hits, one walk and seven strikeouts. Shields has had some control issues, but he is a very raw pitcher. The Pirates gave him an over-slot deal to sign due to his huge frame, a fastball that hits 94 MPH, and his future projection. He threw two shutout innings on Monday afternoon, with no hits, three walks and two strikeouts. Shields walked three in his pro debut, then didn’t walk anyone over two innings in his last game.

The Pirates scored solo runs in the sixth and seventh innings. In the sixth, Melvin Jimenez walked, then moved to third base on a double by Ke’Bryan Hayes, before scoring on a Yondry Contreras sacrifice fly. In the seventh, Sam Kennelly reached second base on a ground ball that turned into a throwing error. He moved to third base on a single from Paul Brands, then scored on a double play ball hit by Victor Ngoepe.

Hayes went 1-for-3 before leaving for a defensive replacement in the eighth inning. This was his second game back. Melvin Jimenez had two hits and a walk. Jeremias Portorreal picked up his first base hit in the GCL after being promoted from the DSL late last week.

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The DSL Pirates were suspended due to rain with the score 1-1 in the bottom of the sixth. Leandro Pina started and went five innings, allowing one run on three hits and a walk. He had one strikeout and a 10:2 GO/AO ratio. The 17-year-old righty has a 1.46 ERA in 62.2 innings. We will post a full game recap tomorrow.

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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