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Prospect Watch: Travis Swaggerty Homers and Greensboro Wins Without the Longball

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P2 Top 30A 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 – 6 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K

2. Ke’Bryan Hayes, 3B, Indianapolis – 0-for-1

3. Oneil Cruz, SS, Bradenton – DNP

4. Travis Swaggerty, CF, Bradenton – 2-for-5, HR (5), 3 RBI

5. Kevin Kramer, 2B, Indianapolis – 2-for-4

6. Will Craig, 1B, Indianapolis – DNP

7. Jason Martin, OF, Indianapolis – 1-for-5, 3B

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 – DNP

14. Pablo Reyes, Util, Indianapolis – 2-for-4, 2 2B

15. Clay Holmes, RHP, Pirates – In Majors

16. Braeden Ogle, LHP, Greensboro – IP, H, Sv

17. Stephen Alemais, 2B/SS, Altoona Out for the Season

18. Michael Burrows, RHP, Extended Spring Training – DNP

19. Jared Oliva, CF, Altoona – 0-for-4

20. Ji-Hwan Bae, SS, Greensboro – DNP

21. Max Kranick, RHP, Bradenton – 6.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 5 K

22. Luis Escobar, RHP, Indianapolis – DNP

23. Osvaldo Bido, RHP, Greensboro – DNP

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 – IP, H, BB

30. Jesus Liranzo, RHP, Indianapolis – DNP

Prospect-Watch-Indy

Indianapolis lost to Gwinnett, 4-2, as Mitch Keller took his first loss of the season after five wins.  Keller pitched well enough, allowing just three hits and two walks over six innings.  His only trouble came in the third, when he allowed all three hits, resulting in his only two runs.  Keller struck out five, but it did take him 99 pitches, 67 of them strikes, to get that far.

Montana DuRapau gave up the other two runs on a walk and a homer in the eighth, which proved costly as the Indians scored a run that would have tied it in the bottom half.  Recent acquisition Yefry Ramirez threw a scoreless inning, striking out two.

Indy had just seven hits, with two each by Kevin Kramer and Pablo Reyes.  Reyes’ hits were both doubles, giving him seven.  Jason Martin had a triple, his third, and Eric Wood hit his eighth home run.  Corey Dickerson and Jung Ho Kang continued rehabbing, playing the entire game in left and at third, respectively.  Both went 0-for-3 with a walk, with Kang striking out twice.  Dickerson is hitting .143 with Indy, Kang .375.

Here is the boxscore from the MiLB site.

You can view the season preview here.

Prospect-Watch-Altoona-Curve

Altoona lost to New Hampshire, 4-1.  The Curve managed just five hits, all singles, and one walk.  Their only run scored on an error.  Nobody had more than one hit.  Domingo Robles gave up three runs on six hits in six innings.  He walked two and struck out three.  Yeudy Garcia threw a scoreless inning, which brought an end to a string of seven consecutive games in which he’s been scored upon.

Here is the boxscore from the MiLB site.

You can view the season preview here.

Prospect-Watch-Bradenton

Bradenton had a dozen hits and beat Tampa, 7-3.  Travis Swaggerty moved down to the #3 spot in the lineup and went 2-for-5, connecting on his fifth home run and driving in three.  Chris Sharpe stayed hot, going 3-for-5.  Over his last seven games, he’s 14-for-27 (.519).  Daniel Amaral, Robbie Glendinning and Raul Hernandez each had two hits.  Glendinning hit his 11th double, Hernandez his sixth and Dylan Busby his fifth.

Max Kranick turned in a solid start, allowing two runs over six and a third innings.  He left with the bases loaded and one out in the seventh, but Gavin Wallace finished the inning with only one of the runners scoring.  Kranick allowed only three hits and fanned five.  He walked four, although overall he threw 61 of 96 pitches for strikes.

Here is the boxscore from the MiLB site.

You can view the season preview here.

Greensboro had only five hits and none of them left the park, but the Grasshoppers took advantage of seven walks and beat Lakewood, 4-3.  They got three runs with only one hit in the first two innings, then got a go-ahead single from Rodolfo Castro in the seventh.  Castro was 1-for-2 with a walk and Mason Martin hit his 12th double.  Martin was 1-for-3 and also drew a walk.  Jack Herman, playing in his second game, went 1-for-3 with a double.

Alex Manasa went six innings, allowing three runs and striking out seven.  He gave up four hits and a walk.  Will Gardner followed with two scoreless innings, leaving his ERA at 0.84 through seven outings.  He gave up two hits and two walks, and struck out three.  Braeden Ogle got the save with a scoreless ninth.

Here is the boxscore from the MiLB site.

You can view the season preview here.

Prospect-Watch-DSL

The DSL Pirates1 were off.

Here’s the boxscore.

The DSL Pirates2 were off.

Here’s the boxscore.

You can view the season preview here.

Wilbur Miller
Wilbur Miller
Having followed the Pirates fanatically since 1965, Wilbur Miller is one of the fast-dwindling number of fans who’ve actually seen good Pirate teams. He’s even seen Hall-of-Fame Pirates who didn’t get traded mid-career, if you can imagine such a thing. His first in-person game was a 5-4, 11-inning win at Forbes Field over Milwaukee (no, not that one). He’s been writing about the Pirates at various locations online for over 20 years. It has its frustrations, but it’s certainly more cathartic than writing legal stuff. Wilbur is retired and now lives in Bradenton with his wife and three temperamental cats.

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