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, Nick Kingham, 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 updated 2018 Mid-Season Prospect Guide, and links on each name go to their Pirates Prospects player pages.
1. Mitch Keller, RHP, Indianapolis – DNP
2. Ke’Bryan Hayes, 3B, Altoona – 1-for-4
3. Cole Tucker, SS, Altoona – 1-for-4
4. Oneil Cruz, SS, West Virginia – DNP
5. Travis Swaggerty, CF, Morgantown – DNP
6. Kevin Kramer, 2B, Indianapolis – 0-for-2
7. Kevin Newman, SS, Indianapolis – 0-for-3
8. Calvin Mitchell, OF, West Virginia – DNP
9. Luis Escobar, RHP, Altoona – DNP
10. Clay Holmes, RHP, Indianapolis – DNP
11. Bryan Reynolds, OF, Altoona – 1-for-4
12. Jordan Luplow, LF, Indianapolis – DNP
13. Jason Martin, OF, Indianapolis – 0-for-2
14. Will Craig, 1B, Altoona – 3-for-4, 2B, HR, RBI
15. Nick Burdi, RHP, Altoona – DNP
16. Braxton Ashcraft, RHP, GCL Pirates – DNP
17. Travis MacGregor, RHP, West Virginia – DNP
18. Braeden Ogle, LHP, West Virginia – DNP
19. Lolo Sanchez, CF, West Virginia – DNP
20. JT Brubaker, RHP, Indianapolis – DNP
21. Jared Oliva, CF, Bradenton – DNP
22. Ji-Hwan Bae, SS, GCL Pirates – 1-for-4, SB
23. Cody Bolton, RHP, West Virginia – DNP
24. Brandon Waddell, LHP, Indianapolis – DNP
25. Dario Agrazal, RHP, Altoona – 6 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 SO
26. Stephen Alemais, 2B/SS, Altoona – DNP
27. Max Kranick, RHP, West Virginia – DNP
28. Sherten Apostel, 3B, Bristol – 0-for-3, BB
29. Mason Martin, 1B, Bristol – 1-for-3
30. Steven Jennings, RHP, Bristol – DNP
Indianapolis lost 7-3 in a rain-shortened game to Scranton/WB
This was supposed to be a doubleheader today, but rain pushed the start time back nearly three hours and they will now play a doubleheader on Wednesday instead. Nick Kingham got the start and and was doing fine until the fifth inning was a complete disaster. He gave up four singles to start the inning, followed by a walk, single, homer, single and a hit batter, which ended his day. He was probably saved by the rain because those two runners he left on base with no outs, never got a chance to score. Tanner Anderson was called out to pitch and during his warm-up the game was called.
The Indians got their three runs from one swing, when Jerrick Suiter connected on his second homer of the season in the fourth inning. Pablo Reyes and Ryan Lavarnway each hit doubles. Jose Osuna had a single, which was the only Indianapolis hit that didn’t go for extra bases.
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Altoona won 5-0 over New Hampshire.
Dario Agrazal got the start tonight and threw shutout ball over six innings, allowing seven hits and a walk, with just two strikeouts. He had an 8:2 GO/AO ratio and threw 65 of 93 pitches for strikes. Agrazal now has a 2.54 ERA in 63.2 innings with Altoona. Geoff Hartlieb followed with two shutout innings, striking out three batters. Tate Scioneaux handled the ninth.
Will Craig had a big day, hitting his 25th double and his 19th homer. He also singled, scored two runs and picked up his 94th RBI. Logan Hill had the big hit in the game with his 15th homer of the season, a three-run shot in the seventh inning.
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Bradenton lost 6-1 to Clearwater.
Evan Piechota got the start and went five innings, allowing four runs on seven hits and three walks, with one strikeout. Jake Brentz was out next and gave up two runs on three hits and a walk in two innings. Angel German followed with a scoreless eighth.
Bradenton hitters had a nice challenge tonight, going up against MLB starter Jerad Eickhoff on a rehab assignment. They drew three walks in his four innings, but a line drive single by Adrian Valerio in the fourth inning was their only hit against Eickhoff. It didn’t get much better after he left the game. Casey Hughston picked up an RBI single, which ended up being the only hit over the final five innings for Bradenton. Mitchell Tolman drew two walks.
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West Virginia had off on Tuesday.
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Morgantown had off on Tuesday for the NYPL All-Star break. In the game on Tuesday night, Travis Swaggerty started and went 1-for-2 and drove in two runs. Mike Gretler came off the bench and went 0-for-2. Cam Alldred retired all three batters he faced.
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Bristol lost 15-5 to Johnson City.
Colin Selby got the start and had a tough time, allowing five runs on four hits, two walks and two hit batters in 2.1 innings. Luis Nova followed and immediately ran into trouble, allowing two homers in the third inning to make it an 8-1 game. He pitched a scoreless fourth, before Vince Deyzel gave up five runs, while recording just one out, in the fifth. John O’Reilly tossed 1.2 shutout innings before giving way to Austin Shields, who gave up two runs in 1.1 innings. That brought a sixth pitcher out to finish the day. Joe Jacques picked up the final two outs.
Bristol got a lead-off homer from Jonah Davis, his ninth of the season. There only other RBIs came on a Dylan Busby single in the eighth and a Francisco Mepris single in the ninth. In the fifth, an error brought home two runs. Conner Uselton was the only batter to reach base twice. He singled, walked and scored a run.
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The GCL Pirates won 3-2 over the Blue Jays.
Brad Case got the start and had a terrific outing, allowing one run on five hits and no walks over six innings. He had four strikeouts. Case now has a 3.38 ERA in 40 innings, with 33 strikeouts. Luis Arrieta followed with a crazy stat line. He pitched two innings, walked six batters and gave up just one run. Wilmer Contreras threw a scoreless ninth for the win.
The Pirates won the game in the bottom of the ninth on a walk-off single by Jack Herman. They loaded the bases with two outs, getting two hit batters and a walk, before the winning hit. Herman went 3-for-4 and drove in two runs. He is now hitting .368, which is tops in the GCL by 13 points. Kyle Mottice had a single, two walks, a run scored and his 16th stolen base in 16 attempts. Ji-Hwan Bae stole his eighth base.
This win kept the Pirates from being eliminated from the playoff race.
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The DSL Pirates1 lost 8-6 to the Rays2
Miguel Diaz got the start and threw three shutout innings on two hits and one walk, with no strikeouts. Bryan Torres, the top pitcher signed during the 2017-18 international signing period, followed with three innings. He allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits, with no walks and two strikeouts. Domingo Santana was next and after a rain delay, he gave up six runs on eight hits in two innings. Joelvis Del Rosario threw a scoreless ninth.
Emilson Rosado had a big day, driving in four runs with a single and his ninth double. Those were the only four RBIs from the Pirates. Juan Pie drew a career high four walks. He now has 30 walks in 50 games, with a .272/.387/.451 slash line. Rayvi Rodriguez had a single, walk and two runs scored. Darwin Baez had two hits. Randy Romero stole his tenth base.
This loss means that both DSL teams have been eliminated from the playoff race.
Here is the boxscore from the MiLB site.
The DSL Pirates2 lost 4-1 to Colorado.
Braham Rosario got the start and went 4.2 innings, allowing three runs on five hits and three walks, with three strikeouts. Carlos Campos followed with one run over 1.1 innings. The game was called during the top of the seventh.
The Pirates struck out ten times in the game despite it being shortened by seven outs. They have a chance to break the game open in the second. Ronaldo Paulino led off the inning with his seventh double. Yeison Ceballo followed with a single. Bryan Mateo loaded the bases on a hit-by-pitch. Mario Jerez then walked to make it 1-0. That was followed by three straight strikeouts. The only other base runners came on singles by Angel Basabe and Mateo.
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