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Pirates Sign Minor League Shortstop Shawn Ross

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The Pittsburgh Pirates signed shortstop Shawn Ross to a minor league deal on Thursday. The 23-year-old is currently playing winter ball in Puerto Rico.

Ross was born in Puerto Rico and attended Faulkner University, where he played during the 2020-22 seasons. He had a 1.102 OPS in 51 games last year, collecting 16 homers while going 12-for-12 in stolen bases. He hit .317/.454/.639 this year in 56 games, with 18 homers and 17 stolen bases. He then signed to play independent ball with Grand Junction of the Pioneer League. He had a .280/.408/.614 slash line in 81 games this summer, adding another 24 homers and 14 steals. Between college/indy, he had 104 walks in 137 games.

So far this winter, he is hitting .118/.224/.216 in 17 games. Keep in mind that there is a huge difference in competition between the Pioneer League and winter ball in Puerto Rico. He’s facing some pitchers with big league experience, as well as many who have reached Triple-A.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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