A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today. Note that this list doesn’t include players currently in the majors. If a player is in the majors, he will be removed, everyone below him will be shifted up a spot, and a new player will be added to the bottom of the list. If a player is out for the season, he will be removed and everyone below him will move up a spot. Removing these guys doesn’t mean they have lost prospect status. It is just an attempt to get 30 active prospects on the list. Rankings are from the 2016 prospect guide, and links on each name go to their Pirates Prospects player pages.
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8. Elias Diaz, C, Pirates – Disabled List.
9. Nick Kingham, RHP, Indianapolis – Disabled List
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13. Steven Brault, LHP, Indianapolis – disabled list
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23. Barrett Barnes, OF, Altoona -[insert_php]
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25. Gage Hinsz, RHP – Extended Spring Training
26. Adrian Valerio, SS – Extended Spring Training
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Indianapolis got solid pitching from Frank Duncan and held on to an early 3-1 lead for a 4-3 victory. A solo homer from Danny Ortiz tied the score early, then another solo homer from Ed Easley gave Indianapolis the lead for good in the seventh inning.
In the fourth inning, Indianapolis got some help from the defense to put two runs on the board. Willy Garcia came up with two runners on and appeared to hit into a double play to end the inning. Rochester got the first out, but the throw from the shortstop was off-line and it allowed Pedro Florimon to score and Garcia to reach second base. Garcia picked up an RBI on the play because you can’t assume a double play will be made. Max Moroff then came up and hit his fourth double of the season, driving home Garcia.
Duncan was making his third start and he has pitched well in each game, especially for a pitcher who was supposed to be at Double-A now, before injuries opened up a spot for him. He gave up two runs on five hits and a walk, while being very efficient with his pitches. He got help from three double plays behind him, which contributed to the quick innings. Duncan threw 68 pitches total, 46 for strikes. He had a 6:5 GO/AO ratio, which normally isn’t bad, but it’s well off the 2.71 season ratio he had coming into the game.
Six players in the lineup each contributed one hit. Easley reached three times, drawing two walks. Josh Bell had a single and a walk.
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Brandon Waddell made his fourth start for Altoona on Tuesday night, coming into the game with wins in each of his last seven starts. His season stats include a 1.51 ERA and a .169 BAA.
The first inning was a crazy, to put it mildly. Waddell came into the game with four walks this season. The first batter walked on six pitches and five of those pitches looked like strikes. The last pitch was right down the middle. The first pitch to the next batter was outside and low and was called a strike, then another pitch nearly right down the middle was called a ball. Waddell struck out that batter, then ended up walking the next two batters to load the bases. In those two, he was all over the place, missing badly on all four pitches to the third place hitter. That was followed by a grounder to third base for an inning ending double play. The pitch total was 26 pitches, 12 for strikes, which is as bad as you will see from Waddell, since the last two walks were legitimately poor control. He was throwing almost exclusively fastballs.
In the second, he started out with a soft grounder to second base, jamming a left-handed hitter. The was followed by a soft liner to center field for the second out. One pitch later, a liner to right field was the third out. That ended an uneventful inning on seven pitches, six for strikes.
The third started with Jose Osuna dropping a flare hit just over his head. Erich Weiss almost caught the ball off Osuna’s glove and he would have had an easier play. It was ruled a single for some reason. The next batter reached on a bunt single and this time miscommunication between Waddell and Edwin Espinal likely cost them an out. Waddell picked up a strikeout on a slider down and in for the first out.
Prospect Bradley Zimmer was up next and he was 1-for-31 of left-handed pitching before this at-bat. Waddell went 3-2 on him before he lined a triple over Austin Meadows’ head in center field. That was followed by another four-pitch walk in which he missed badly on all four pitches. The next batter just missed a home run down the left field line, hitting it just foul. One pitch later, Waddell got the second out on an infield pop up to shortstop. On a 3-2 count, the inning ended on a grounder to second base. The first two runners could have been prevented, but the triple and the near homer were crushed, and Waddell had more control issues. He was leaving both his fastball and his slider up in the zone. It was a 27-pitch inning, giving him 60 through three innings.
The fourth started with Waddell missing the zone on three straight pitches before giving up a bloop single over shortstop. Waddell hit the next batter (a lefty) with a slider. He then got some help from Reese McGuire, who picked off the runner at second base. He struck out the next batter, pounding the inside of the plate with fastballs. The next batter reached on an infield single, as Waddell jammed him and the ball went about 75 feet and to the left of Espinal at third base. He battled the next hitter for nine pitches before getting a strikeout on a slider to end the inning. This was his third inning with 25+ pitches and it ended his night.
Compared to the other starts I’ve seen from Waddell, this was an ugly outing. He is usually right around the zone all game and he keeps the ball down. He missed badly on a lot of pitches and left all of his offerings up in the zone. The four walks equals his season output prior to tonight and he went three balls on a handful of other batters. Waddell gave up five hits, but only one was hit hard and three didn’t leave the infield. With the way he has pitched this season, I’d chalk this up as a bad day.
This game took another strange turn after Waddell left for reliever Edgar Santana. Coming into this game, he had allowed four homers in 2+ seasons of pro ball. In the sixth inning alone, Santana gave up three homers. He actually looked real good when he first came out in the fifth, then it degenerated into a home run contest. He was pulled with two outs in the sixth and three relievers had to close out the 8-3 loss.
Altoona scored a run in the second inning and two more in the fifth. They got a little help from the defense in the second, as the left fielder came charging in on a line drive from Edwin Espinal that ended up to his left and just out of his reach as he tried to dive for the ball. If his initial move was to his left, it probably would have just been a normal catch knee high. Espinal was credited with a single and it scored Jose Osuna, who had walked and stolen second for his first steal of the season. Espinal had two hits in the game.
In the fifth, Barrett Barnes singled, then scored on an Erich Weiss double. Austin Meadows followed and drove home Weiss with a single up the middle. Meadows went 1-for-3 with a walk, and he is now 9-for-25 with six walks in his last nine games. Reese McGuire walked twice in four trips to the plate.
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Yeudy Garcia has been able to put up decent results this season without his best stuff. On Tuesday night, he threw six shutout innings for the second time this season, both coming against Jupiter. His issues this year have been high pitch counts and control. The pitch count was acceptable in this game, but until the sixth inning, he was throwing as many balls as strikes. That didn’t stop him from keeping runs off the board, while allowed two singles and three walks. Garcia had six strikeouts and a 6:2 GO/AO ratio in this game, well above the 0.74 GO/AO ratio he had in his eight starts prior to this contest. On the season, he now has a 3.05 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 48.1 innings.
Tate Scioneaux followed Garcia with two shutout innings, striking out four batters. In 12.1 innings with Bradenton since being promoted from Low-A, he has allowed one run on six hits and one walk, with 16 strikeouts.
For the offense in the 4-0 win, Kevin Kramer had two doubles and drove in two runs. He now has a .296 average and six doubles this season. He has reached base safely at least once in each of his last 17 games. At the bottom of the order, Trace Tam Sing and Jeff Roy combined for four hits, three runs and a walk.
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Bret Helton pitched one of his best career games and the Power still lost 6-0 to Charleston. Helton allowed one run on four hits over six innings. He threw strikes in this game and kept the ball on the ground. Of his 78 pitches, 51 went for strikes. He had a 9:2 GO/AO ratio and had a career-high six strikeouts and no walks. Coming into the game, he had a 5.29 ERA and a 1.50 WHIP.
Helton left trailing 1-0 and the game fell apart with reliever Seth McGarry on the mound. He allowed five runs (four earned) on two hits and four walks over 1.2 innings, throwing 51 pitches in his abbreviated outing. He wasn’t on the mound when the last three runs scored, as Jess Amedee made his season debut and allowed all three inherited runners to score before he could record the last out.
Not much to talk about on the West Virginia side for offense. Ryan Nagle had the only hit, a single that never left the infield. He also drew a walk. Mitchell Tolman walked twice, while Tito Polo was the only other base runner, reaching via hit-by-pitch. Both Tolman and Polo were thrown out on the bases, while Nagle stole his first base of the season. Ke’Bryan Hayes is in a 6-for-35 slump over his last ten games.
