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Ke’Bryan Hayes Gets Ranked Among the Top Third Basemen by MLB Pipeline

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MLB Pipeline continued their rankings of the top ten prospects by position on Tuesday morning, looking at the top third basemen. For the second year in a row, Ke’Bryan Hayes made their top ten, finishing ninth on this year’s list.

The description on Hayes was brief, but they noted that he could end up being a better fielder and hitter than his father. That would be a nice find for the Pirates, because he father spent 14 seasons in the majors. They also noted that the younger Hayes is a breakout candidate this upcoming season.

Last year, MLB Pipeline ranked Hayes as the fifth best at his position. He then got an aggressive promotion to West Virginia as one of the youngest players in the league. Hayes hit .263/.319/.393 in 65 games before going down with a back injury. After missing six weeks, he attempted a rehab in the GCL, only to be shutdown after two games due to a cracked rib, which ended his season. Hayes turns 20 on Saturday.

Will Craig failed to make the top ten at third base, and wasn’t among the four honorable mentions, despite showing some strong on base skills during his debut in 2016. The first round draft pick hit .280/.412/.362 for Morgantown, putting together an impressive .856 OPS over his last 47 games. Even with a very slow start, he still finished second in the pitcher-friendly NYPL in OBP and ninth in OPS.

So far, the Pittsburgh Pirates have had three players make the top ten at their positions. Tyler Glasnow ranked second among right-handed pitchers, while Josh Bell was second for first basemen. MLB Pipeline will cover shortstop tomorrow, followed by outfielders on Thursday. On Saturday night, they will reveal their top 100 prospects live on MLB Network.

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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