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 (Colin Moran, Edgar Santana, Kyle Crick, Max Moroff and Dovydas Neverauskas), 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 our 2018 Prospect Guide, and links on each name go to their Pirates Prospects player pages.
1. Mitch Keller, RHP, Altoona – DNP
2. Austin Meadows, CF, Pirates – In Majors
3. Cole Tucker, SS, Altoona – 2-for-4
4. Shane Baz, RHP, Extended Spring Training – DNP
5. Ke’Bryan Hayes, 3B, Altoona – 1-for-4, HR, RBI
6. Kevin Newman, SS, Indianapolis – 1-for-4, RBI
7. Taylor Hearn, LHP, Altoona – DNP
8. Lolo Sanchez, CF, West Virginia – DNP
9. Bryan Reynolds, OF, Altoona – Disabled list
10. Jordan Luplow, LF, Indianapolis – 2-for-4, 2B, SB
11. Luis Escobar, RHP, Bradenton – 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 SO
12. Clay Holmes, RHP, Indianapolis – DNP
13. Braeden Ogle, LHP, West Virginia – DNP
14. Nick Kingham, RHP, Indianapolis – DNP
15. Kevin Kramer, 2B, Indianapolis – 0-for-4
16. Adrian Valerio, SS, Bradenton – 2-for-4
17. Calvin Mitchell, OF, West Virginia – DNP
18. Oneil Cruz, SS, West Virginia – DNP
19. Nick Burdi, RHP, Pirates (disabled list) – DNP
20. Dario Agrazal, RHP, Altoona – 4 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO
21. JT Brubaker, RHP, Indianapolis – DNP
22. Will Craig, 1B, Altoona – 1-for-4
23. Stephen Alemais, 2B/SS, Altoona – 0-for-2, RBI
24. Jason Martin, OF, Altoona – 0-for-4
25. Brandon Waddell, LHP, Altoona – DNP
26. Eduardo Vera, RHP, Bradenton – DNP
27. Mason Martin, 1B, West Virginia – DNP
28. Conner Uselton, OF, Extended Spring Training – DNP
29. Cody Bolton, RHP, West Virginia – DNP
30. Steven Jennings, RHP, Extended Spring Training – DNP
Indianapolis won 4-0 on Thursday morning.
Starter Tyler Eppler allowed seven runs over 4.1 innings in his last start. His performance on Thursday morning was a strong rebound from that game. He tossed six shutout innings, giving up four hits (all singles) and no walks, while striking out nine batters. Eppler threw 60 of 86 pitches for strikes and had a 4:2 GO/AO ratio. Josh Smoker and Bo Schultz split the last three innings to finish off the shutout.
Pablo Reyes had the big hit in this game, driving in two runs with his fifth double. He’s hitting .315 since joining Indianapolis. Kevin Newman and Eric Wood drove in the other two runs. Wood hit two doubles to give him 15 on the season. Jordan Luplow hit his tenth double, stole his fourth base and picked up an outfield assist. Max Moroff collected three singles.
Here is the boxscore from the MiLB site.
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Altoona lost 5-2 to Bowie.
Starter Dario Agrazal allowed seven earned runs in his last start, which nearly doubled his season ERA. On Thursday morning things didn’t get any better. Agrazal was done after four innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on six hits and two walks, while striking out just one batter. He has watched his ERA go from 1.30 to 2.79 in two starts. Logan Sendelbach followed with two shutout innings, allowing no hits, but three walks. Tate Scioneaux allowed one run in his two innings.
The Curve scored their first run in the fifth inning on a Stephen Alemais sacrifice fly. They added another run late on the second home run of the season from Ke’Bryan Hayes. Cole Tucker had two hits and his fourth stolen base. Logan Hill hit his second double of the season and scored on the Alemais sac fly. Will Craig singled to give him a modest six-game hitting streak.
Here is the boxscore from the MiLB site.
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Bradenton won 12-3 over Jupiter on Thursday night.
Luis Escobar started on this night, with the game getting underway 50 minutes late due to a rain delay. He was coming off of his longest outing of the season, allowing one run over seven innings last Thursday. Escobar was strong in the middle of this game, shaky in the first and sixth, but he put together a solid outing. In six innings, he allowed two runs on four hits, three walks and a hit batter. Escobar had six strikeouts, an impressive 8:0 GO/AO ratio and he threw 56 of 89 pitches for strikes. He now has a 3.94 ERA and 40 strikeouts in 48 innings.
The bats were busy in this game with six players collecting at least two hits. Jared Oliva picked up three hits and he started the scoring with a solo homer to lead-off the bottom of the first, his fifth home run of the season. He would add two singles, two stolen bases (11 on the season), scoring three runs total and drive in three runs. Jason Delay also had three hits, including his first two doubles of the season. He drove in a pair and scored twice. Tyler Gaffney hit two triples and drove in three runs. Lucas Tancas, Alfredo Reyes and Adrian Valerio each had two hits.
Here is the boxscore from the MiLB site.
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West Virginia had their game canceled due to rain.
Here is the boxscore from the MiLB site.
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