Welcome to the Pirates Prospects daily video rundown, where we pull some of the top videos of the Pittsburgh Pirates across the internet.
Daily Video Rundown
Luis Ortiz
This time last season Luis Ortiz was finishing up his season with the Bradenton Marauders in Single-A. Thursday night he put on an impressive performance in Triple-A with Indianapolis. The righty struck out nine batters over six no-hit innings, walking three and allowing two unearned runs.
Luis Ortiz was on one tonight.
6️⃣ innings, 0️⃣ hits, 9️⃣ punchies. pic.twitter.com/gO3478eY9v
— Indianapolis Indians (@indyindians) September 9, 2022
Blake Sabol
Sabol has a similar story to Ortiz, as he split time last year with Bradenton and Greensboro in 2021 before starting this year with Altoona and now he finds himself in Triple-A. He picked up his second home run in eight games with Indianapolis on Thursday.
.@Blake_Sabol24? Say less.
Matt Gorski
Something that was fun to see, and probably worthy of hold your breath for a second, was Matt Gorski making this diving catch for the Altoona Curve.
.@matthew_gorski7 can do it all pic.twitter.com/9nSAKkgo0B
— Altoona Curve (@AltoonaCurve) September 9, 2022
Gorski was working his way to being the breakout star of the Pirates system until he got hurt (Endy Rodriguez also had a little something to say as well) and made his return to Altoona on Thursday.
Ji-Hwan Bae
Bae continues what is easily his best season in the minors, driving in a run on this double that just kept carrying to the wall the other way.
Mason Martin
Mason Martin is known for his power, so it might be easy to slip under the radar if he isn’t driving the ball out the park. He went six weeks without hitting a home run before going deep on Wednesday. He now has home runs on back-to-back days, launching another one against Omaha.
Concerned about your fantasy football team?@masonmartin7 would be a good flex option.
During the six weeks he didn’t hit a home run, Martin actually put up a really good 15.6% walk rate, and dropped the strikeouts below 30%. If he can keep that approach, and start hitting for power, he could start creeping back into prospect status.
