Tag: Oneil Cruz

MLB Pipeline posted their list of the 15 best farm systems in baseball. The Pittsburgh Pirates just squeezed onto their list, ranking 15th overall. That’s four spots higher than where Baseball America ranked them just over a week ago. The Pirates have three players on the updated top 100 prospects rankings from Pipeline, with Mitch […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates made the promotion of Oneil Cruz official on Tuesday evening. We broke the news here Sunday night after Bradenton’s game ended, but Altoona was off yesterday, so he joined the team today. Cruz is already in the lineup of a suspended game from May 30th, taking over at shortstop. Altoona released Gift […]

Every Monday during the minor league season, we take a look at the top performers in the Pittsburgh Pirates farm system, giving scouting reports on the top ten pitchers and top ten hitters from the previous week. The column was originally called Top Performers, then The Twenty. The number 21 obviously has a lot of […]

Pirates Prospects has learned that the Pittsburgh Pirates promoted 20-year-old shortstop Oneil Cruz to the Altoona Curve after Sunday’s game in Bradenton. Cruz hit .301/.345/.515 in 35 games with the Marauders, after missing much of the season with a right foot fracture that occurred in late April, and lower body discomfort that kept him out […]

Earlier today we posted Baseball America’s updated top 30 prospects list for the Pittsburgh Pirates. BA also updated their top 100 prospects list, which now includes 2019 draft picks. The Pirates have three players in the new top 100. Ke’Bryan Hayes took over the top spot in the system in the top 30 list, and that […]

Every Monday during the minor league season, we take a look at the top performers in the Pittsburgh Pirates farm system, giving scouting reports on the top ten pitchers and top ten hitters from the previous week. The column was originally called Top Performers, then The Twenty. The number 21 obviously has a lot of […]

Every Monday during the minor league season, we take a look at the top performers in the Pittsburgh Pirates farm system, giving scouting reports on the top ten pitchers and top ten hitters from the previous week. The column was originally called Top Performers, then The Twenty. The number 21 obviously has a lot of […]

A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today. If a player is in the majors for an extended time or loses his prospect eligibility (Clay Holmes, Jacob Stallings, Kevin Newman and Bryan Reynolds), he will be removed from this list. Everyone below him will be shifted up a spot, and a new […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates moved shortstop Oneil Cruz back to Bradenton on Sunday after three games in the Gulf Coast League on rehab. Cruz is in today’s lineup. He went 6-for-10 with a double, walk and a stolen base in his three GCL games, playing 21 innings at shortstop without an error. He had been out […]

A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today. If a player is in the majors for an extended time or loses his prospect eligibility (Kevin Newman, Nick Burdi and Bryan Reynolds), he will be removed from this list. Everyone below him will be shifted up a spot, and a new player will […]