Carter Bins

WTM’s PLAYER PROFILE

2019
A-:  208/391/357, 154 AB, 2 2B, 7 HR, 33 BB, 56 K, 5-7 SB

Bins didn’t have a great debut overall, but certainly showed signs of becoming a three-true-outcomes hitter.  He threw out 50% of base stealers.  Baseball America and FanGraphs both ranked him 29th in a very deep Seattle system.

2020
DNP

The pandemic wiped out Bins’ season.

2021
A+ (Sea):  284/422/493, 148 AB, 10 2B, 7 HR, 32 BB, 54 K, 1-4 SB
AA (Sea):  063/302/156, 32 AB, 1 HR, 10 BB, 13 K, 2-2 SB
AA:  200/333/236, 55 AB, 2 2B, 10 BB, 19 K

Bins went to high A and had a much stronger season.  He still struck out a lot, but hit for power and average, and drew a great many walks.  His CS% dropped to just 16%.  He advanced significantly in prospect observers’ evaluations; BA stated that he would have ranked 11th in the Seattle system.  Bins got a mid-season promotion to AA and was traded to the Pirates soon after.  Bins struggled in AA both before and after the trade.  He played only twice after mid-August due to a wrist injury.

2022
AA:  130/216/283, 46 AB, 4 2B, 1 HR, 4 BB, 21 K, 2-2 SB
AAA:  208/298/408, 245 AB, 13 2B, 3 3B, 10 HR, 25 BB, 100 K, 2-2 SB

Bins opened the season back at Altoona, but even though he struggled severely there, the Pirates moved him up to Indianapolis in early May when Henry Davis joined the Curve from Greensboro.  At Indy, Bins started off hitting about like he did in AA.  In June, though, he started putting together a decent-ish season at the plate.  That amounted to hitting for moderate power with a passable walk rate, a very low average and an alarming K rate.  He hit RHPs a little better than LHPs.  Bins didn’t do well with the running game, throwing out just 13% between the two levels.

Bins is now eligible for the Rule 5 draft, but the Pirates didn’t add him to the roster and he wasn’t selected.  Judging by their interest in no-bat minor league veterans, they don’t even seem to regard Bins as catching depth.  He had a good spring as a non-roster invitee, but the Pirates demoted him to Altoona.