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 (Kevin Newman, Nick Burdi, Bryan Reynolds and Cole Tucker), 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 (Travis MacGregor), 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 2019 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, Indianapolis – DNP
3. Oneil Cruz, SS, Bradenton – DNP
4. Travis Swaggerty, CF, Bradenton – DNP
5. Kevin Kramer, 2B, Indianapolis – DNP
6. Will Craig, 1B, Indianapolis – DNP
7. Jason Martin, OF, Indianapolis – DNP
8. JT Brubaker, RHP, Indianapolis – DNP
9. Calvin Mitchell, OF, Bradenton – DNP
10. Cody Bolton, RHP, Bradenton – DNP
11. Tahnaj Thomas, RHP, Extended Spring Training – DNP
12. Braxton Ashcraft, RHP, Extended Spring Training – DNP
13. Lolo Sanchez, CF, Greensboro – 0-for-2, BB, SB, HBP
14. Pablo Reyes, Util, Indianapolis – DNP
15. Clay Holmes, RHP, Pirates – In Majors
16. Braeden Ogle, LHP, Greensboro – DNP
17. Stephen Alemais, 2B/SS, Altoona – Out for the Season
18. Michael Burrows, RHP, Extended Spring Training – DNP
19. Jared Oliva, CF, Altoona – DNP
20. Ji-Hwan Bae, SS, Greensboro – DNP
21. Max Kranick, RHP, Bradenton – DNP
22. Luis Escobar, RHP, Indianapolis – DNP
23. Osvaldo Bido, RHP, Greensboro – 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO
24. Eduardo Vera, RHP, Indianapolis – DNP
25. Gage Hinsz, RHP, Altoona – DNP
26. Aaron Shortridge, RHP, Bradenton – DNP
27. Blake Weiman, LHP, Altoona – DNP
28. Steven Jennings, RHP, Greensboro – DNP
29. Brandon Waddell, LHP, Indianapolis – DNP
30. Jesus Liranzo, RHP, Indianapolis – DNP
Indianapolis was off on Monday.
Here is the boxscore from the MiLB site.
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Altoona was off on Monday.
Here is the boxscore from the MiLB site.
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Bradenton had their game suspended in the top of the fourth inning with a 3-1 lead. Aaron Shortridge allowed one run over his three innings. Travis Swaggerty hit his third homer. Calvin Mitchell went 2-for-2 with a single and his ninth double. Chris Sharpe drove in two runs. The game will be finished tomorrow morning, followed by the regularly scheduled game, which will now be seven innings.
Here is the boxscore from the MiLB site.
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Greensboro won 2-1 over Lakewood on Monday afternoon. Osvaldo Bido got the start and pitched great, allowing one run on three hits and a walk in six innings. He had five strikeouts and threw 58 of 90 pitches for strikes. Bido now has a 2.45 ERA through nine starts and 51.1 innings. Joe Jacques followed with two scoreless innings, striking out four batters. John O’Reilly had a quick ninth inning for the save, retiring the side in order. He has thrown 6.1 shutout innings since joining Greensboro from Extended Spring Training.
The offense put up one run in the third and another in the fourth. Fabricio Macias tied the game up in the third with an RBI single that scored Lolo Sanchez. Grant Koch hit his third home run of the season an inning later to give Greensboro the lead. The only other hit was a single by Macias in the first inning. Lolo Sanchez was hit by a pitch and drew the only walk. Raul Siri reached on a hit-by-pitch, one of just six base runners for the Grasshoppers.
Ji-Hwan Bae will serve the final game of his 30-game suspension on Tuesday, then rejoin Greensboro.
Here is the boxscore from the MiLB site.
You can view the season preview here.
