Baseball America released an updated top 100 prospects list on Monday. They have four Pittsburgh Pirates on the list, down from six in their June 2nd update, though one of those players was Roansy Contreras, who is no longer eligible for the top 100 lists due to exceeding both the maximum innings and days of service time allowed.
BA’s list starts off with Oneil Cruz moving from 21st to 11th, with two of those spots being players who graduated ahead of him. The Pirates prospect charts are going to take another major hit soon in addition to Contreras graduating. Cruz already has 84 at-bats in the majors. Between playing every day and not walking, he’s going to surpass that 130 at-bat maximum quickly, shortly after the All-Star break ends you would assume.
Second on the list is Henry Davis, who dropped from 34th last time to 44th now. Davis has barely played since their last updated list was put together and he struggled a bit, which with him being on the injured list again due to his wrist, might be connected. You have to wonder if that drop-off in production was injury related. It appears to have factored into his drop.
Liover Peguero was 69th overall before and he’s 68th overall now. Technically, this is a small drop because players ahead of him graduated, even though he moved up one spot.
Quinn Priester is in the final spot for the Pirates. He goes from 81st in June to 74th now. He actually moved up one spot when you figure in players graduating since the last update.
Besides Contreras, the list is missing Nick Gonzales, who has been out since May 31st due to a heel injury and isn’t likely to return any time soon (he’s not eligible to return until August). He was ranked 68th in the last BA update.
This list from BA is quite different from the one just released by MLB Pipeline, which included Gonzales, as well as the other four players, all in their top 50.
