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Five Pirates on Top 101 Prospects List from Baseball Prospectus

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Baseball Prospectus released their list of the top 101 prospects on Monday morning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates have five players on the list. This is the fourth major list that has had at least five Pirates among the top 100 prospects, with Baseball America and MLB Pipeline putting five players on their list, and Keith Law added a sixth player. I’ve included the other lists below, as well as an average ranking at the bottom for the top five Pirates.

Austin Meadows leads the way for BP, ranking sixth overall. That’s the same spot that he held with Baseball America on Friday night. He’s followed by Tyler Glasnow at #14, Josh Bell #25, Mitch Keller #27 and Kevin Newman #65. You can compare that to the other rankings here:

Keith Law

9. Austin Meadows

14. Josh Bell

16. Mitch Keller

25. Tyler Glasnow

33. Kevin Newman

74. Ke’Bryan Hayes

 

MLB Pipeline

9. Tyler Glasnow

10. Austin Meadows

27. Josh Bell

48. Mitch Keller

59. Kevin Newman

 

Baseball America

6. Austin Meadows

22. Mitch Keller

23. Tyler Glasnow

35. Josh Bell

55. Kevin Newman

 

As mentioned numerous times before, the same four players rank in the top four for the Pirates, just not in a set order among everyone. Kevin Newman has been fifth on every list. Our own rankings from our 2017 Prospect Guide have the same players in the top four, with Newman fifth. Below, I’ve included the average rankings of these five players from the four major prospect lists.

1. Austin Meadows 7.75

2. Tyler Glasnow 17.75

3. Josh Bell 25.25

4. Mitch Keller 28.25

5. Kevin Newman 52

 

It’s interesting to note that Glasnow would be the top prospect on 19 teams for Baseball Prospectus. Both Bell and Keller would be the top for 14 other teams. Kevin Newman would even be the top prospect on eight teams according to this ranking.

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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