Tag: 2017 Prospect Recaps

Over the last few weeks, we have been releasing our top 10 prospects at each level for the Pirates in 2017, complete with the most detailed scouting reports on each player, and bonus prospects from each team. Below are the top 10 lists for all eight teams in the system, along with links to the […]

Last year’s Indianapolis top ten prospect list was both top-heavy with top prospects in the system and it had depth. This year’s list is very similar and we should see some major contributions from this group in Pittsburgh in 2018, as well as some players outside the top ten who should at least see time […]

The Altoona Curve had a solid team of prospects coming into this season. They weren’t as deep as Indianapolis and didn’t have the top-end talent of Bradenton, but the team had a lot of potential. We saw some breakout players at the level in the past, and that happened again this year with Jordan Luplow, […]

Bradenton was the team to watch in the minors at the start of the 2017 season. They had six of the top ten prospects in the system on their Opening Day roster, three in the starting rotation and three in the infield. As you will see in the recaps below, things didn’t go exactly as […]

West Virginia has been the level recently where young players break out and establish themselves as legit prospects. That happened last year again with Mitch Keller, although the Pirates didn’t get an extreme version like Keller with this year’s West Virginia team. The 2017 team wasn’t packed with prospects, but they had two of the […]

Most of the talk for Bristol this season centered around their horrible win-loss record and very poor fielding. The team was supposed to have two more pitching prospects, but Max Kranick and Austin Shields both had injuries at the end of Extended Spring Training and that hurt the pitching depth for this club. They still […]

When we did our mid-season update of our top 50 prospects after the draft signing period ended, just one player from Morgantown made that list. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent their top four draft picks, plus two of their better over-slot signings, to the GCL team. The top young pitching prospects from the 2016 draft were […]

The GCL Pirates were loaded with talent this year, featuring a lot of the top picks from the Pirates’ 2017 draft class, along with a few top international signings from the last few years. That combination led to a team loaded with upside, and a few breakout performances from that group give the Pirates a […]

The 2017 DSL Pirates lacked experience coming into the season. They were filled with first-year players on the pitching side and on offense. Despite that inexperience, they finished the season with a winning record and saw some breakout performances from a few second-year players. The Pirates used a total of 36 players this season, with […]