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Prospect Watch: Afternoon Starts for Mitch Keller, Tyler Glasnow and Shane Baz

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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 for an extended time, or loses his prospect eligibility, he will be removed from this list. 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 more active prospects on the list. Rankings are from the 2017 Mid-Season Update, and links on each name go to their Pirates Prospects player pages.

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3. Shane Baz, RHP, GCL Pirates – [insert_php]
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4. Cole Tucker, SS, Altoona – [insert_php]
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7. Will Craig, 1B, Bradenton – [insert_php]
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8. Elias Diaz, C, Pirates – [insert_php]
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9. Taylor Hearn, LHP, Bradenton – [insert_php]
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10. Gage Hinsz, RHP, Bradenton – [insert_php]
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11. Calvin Mitchell, OF, GCL Pirates – [insert_php]
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12. Braeden Ogle, LHP, Bristol – [insert_php]
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13Edgar Santana, RHP, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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14. Kevin Kramer, 2B, Altoona -[insert_php]
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15. Steven Brault, LHP, Indianapolis– [insert_php]
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16. Clay Holmes, RHP, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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17. Jordan Luplow, LF, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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18. Luis Escobar, RHP, West Virginia – [insert_php]
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19. Max Kranick, RHP, GCL Pirates – [insert_php]
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20. Steven Jennings, RHP, GCL Pirates – [insert_php]
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21. Adrian Valerio, SS, West Virginia – [insert_php]
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22. Nick Kingham, RHP, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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23. Conner Uselton, OF, GCL Pirates – Disabled List

24. Max Moroff, INF, Pirates – [insert_php]
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25. Dovydas Neverauskas, RHP, Pirates – [insert_php]
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26. Eric Wood, 3B, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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27. Eduardo Vera, RHP, West Virginia – [insert_php]
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28. Logan Hill, LF, Altoona – [insert_php]
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29.  Tyler Eppler, RHP, Indianapolis -[insert_php]
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30. Lolo Sanchez, CF, GCL Pirates – [insert_php]
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P2 Top Performers

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Prospect-Watch-Indy

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Indianapolis lost 4-1 on Thursday afternoon, as Tyler Glasnow allowed three runs for the first time since joining Indianapolis. Glasnow pitched well in this game, giving up just three hits and a walk, while striking out ten batters over 6.2 innings. The final two runs he allowed came in the seventh inning, with one scoring while Edgar Santana was on the mound. Glasnow actually struck out the final two batters he faced, hitting 97 MPH still at that time, but he was pulled due to his pitch count reaching 107 at that point. In 12 starts, Glasnow has a 1.79 ERA, with 113 strikeouts in 75.1 innings. That strikeout total moved him by Steven Brault and Drew Hutchison for the team lead.

The Indians scored their only run in the seventh inning on a triple by Erich Weiss and a sacrifice fly from Gift Ngoepe. They had six hits in the game, with the Weiss triple being the only extra-base hit. Christopher Bostick had a single and a walk. Ngoepe had two walks. Austin Meadows went 0-for-5 and played three games in a row for the first time since returning from his hamstring injury. It was also the first time he played a day game after a night game. Max Moroff left after the second inning.

Prospect-Watch-Altoona-Curve

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Altoona lost 2-0 to Portland, as Mitch Keller made his third Double-A start. This one was much like the first two games. He dominated early, then had one bad inning. After going quickly through the first four frames, Keller got hit around in the fifth inning. He gave up a triple, double and a single to the first three batters, bringing home two runs. The fourth batter actually dropped a ball between two fielders in shallow center field but the runner from first base held up to see if it was going to be caught and got thrown out at second base, so it could have been worse.

For the third time in a row, Keller finished with two runs allowed over six innings. He gave up four hits total, walked two and struck out eight batters. He threw 100 pitches total, with 61 going for strikes and had a 5:2 GO/AO ratio. Yeudy Garcia threw shutout ball over the final two innings for Altoona. Sean McCool wrote about Keller earlier today, highlighting the electric stuff and mound presence he has shown early in his Double-A time.

The Curve had five hits and a walk, with Pablo Reyes basically serving as the only offense in the game. He went 3-for-4 with his 19th double. Jerrick Suiter had a single and a walk. Elvis Escobar had a single. The other six batters went 0-for-20 with nine strikeouts. Reyes has a .909 OPS in 33 games since the All-Star break.

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Bradenton lost 2-1 on Thursday night, as they inch closer to playoff elimination with 17 days left in their season. The Marauders got a solid performance from Cam Vieaux, but they couldn’t put together any offense. He went seven innings, allowing two runs on six hits and a walk, with three strikeouts. Both runs scored on a home run in the second inning. It’s the third time Vieaux has gone seven innings since being promoted to Bradenton.

The Marauders were able to collect nine hits in the game, to go along with two walks. They even had two hits with runners in scoring position, yet they pushed just one run across the plate. In the fourth inning, Ke’Bryan Hayes hit a lead-off double, his 12th of the season. After two outs, Kevin Krause brought Hayes home with his 15th double of the season. Hayes also had a single and a walk. Christian Kelley had two hits. Mitchell Tolman stole his 14th base.

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West Virginia lost 9-0 in a game that was a pitching duel through the first five innings. Eduardo Vera started and was putting together a solid game until the sixth inning. He got through the first five innings on a low pitch count, while allowing one run. In the sixth inning, Lexington put together four runs quickly on two singles, a walk and then a home run. In between all of that, Vera struck out three batters in the inning, giving him eight strikeouts on the night.

Dylan Prohoroff followed Vera and allowed four runs over 1.2 innings. Just two runs were earned, as Oneil Cruz committed his fifth error since joining the Pirates. All five of his errors have led to unearned runs. Angel German, who was acquired along with Cruz, settled things down with 1.1 scoreless innings.

While Cruz didn’t help on defense, he was the only one to show up on offense on this particularly poor night. He doubled and walked, giving the Power two of their four base runners on the night. The only other hit with an infield single by Andrew Walker. The only other base runner was a Kevin Mahala walk.

Prospect-Watch-Morgantown

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Morgantown won 3-0 over State College, as Gavin Wallace and three relievers combined for the shutout. Wallace went five innings, giving up three hits and a walk, while striking out three batters and posting a 7:2 GO/AO ratio. He now has a 2.44 ERA through 44.1 innings, with just four walks allowed. Joel Cesar threw a scoreless ninth for his fifth save.

The bottom of the lineup provided the offense on this night. Lucas Tancas batted seventh in the order and went 3-for-3 with his fifth double and his fourth home run, driving in two runs and scoring twice. Jose Barraza was hitting behind him in the order and he had a single, double and an RBI. Lead-off hitter Chris Sharpe had two hits, but was also thrown out stealing twice. Jared Oliva had a single and a triple. Tristan Gray walked and scored a run, though he was part of the 3-through-6 hitters in the lineup, who combined to go 0-for-15 with seven strikeouts.

Prospect-Watch-Bristol
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Bristol was eliminated from the playoffs on Tuesday when they got swept during a doubleheader. Things somehow got worse on Thursday when they lost 11-1 to Elizabethton. The Pirates now have an 11-41 record, the worst in baseball.

Travis MacGregor had a rough outing, giving up seven runs on nine hits and a walk in three innings. His last start was wiped out by rain, when he gave up three runs over four innings, though he did pick up seven strikeouts in that game, which would have been a career high. MacGregor had four strikeouts in this game and was throwing a lot of strikes, but that led to two doubles and two homers among the nine hits.

The offense didn’t have much trouble getting on base, but they certainly had trouble getting them home. The Pirates had seven hits, four walks and a hit batter. That led to them going 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position and ten runners were stranded on base. Every batter in the lineup had at least one strikeout. Edison Lantigua was 1-for-4 with a walk.

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The GCL Pirates had their game suspended 2-2 after seven innings. It will be completed next Friday. Shane Baz started today and threw three shutout innings on one hit and two walks, with one strikeout and a 4:2 GO/AO ratio. It’s the third time he has thrown three shutout innings. Rodolfo Castro hit his fifth home run of the season. We will recap the rest of this game once it has been completed.

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The DSL Pirates had their game suspended by rain with a 5-1 score in the third innings. Since they don’t play the Rangers1 again this year, they game will likely be canceled. I don’t believe that they would finish the game if it has an effect on the playoff race, but that might be why it’s not being called a canceled game just yet.

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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