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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11. Kevin Newman, SS, Bradenton – Disabled List
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13. Steven Brault, LHP, Indianapolis – Disabled List
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26. Adrian Valerio, SS – Extended Spring Training
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Indianapolis lost the first game of a doubleheader by an 11-0 score. Wilfredo Boscan lasted just 1.2 innings and allowed seven runs on ten hits. John Kuchno followed and gave up three runs over 1.1 innings, putting the Indians down ten runs in the third inning. Arquimedes Caminero made his third rehab appearance and made quick work of three opposing hitters, getting a fly ball and two strikeouts.
The offense was able to muster just three hits. Alen Hanson singled to lead-off the game and then stole his 14th base. Willy Garcia had the other two hits, a single and his 13th double. Adam Frazier went 0-for-3 and had his 28-game on base streak snapped. Indianapolis had no walks, nine strikeouts and they went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position.
Game Two – Frank Duncan pitched just four days ago for Altoona. On Thursday, he was called up to Indianapolis when Kyle Lobstein had to help the Pirates in the bullpen. The short rest and promotion didn’t affect Duncan, who allowed one run over five innings. He gave up four hits, one walk and he struck out one batter. He needed just 65 pitches and 45 went for strikes. Duncan usually does a better job of getting grounders, but he had a 6:6 GO/AO ratio in this game. He has a respectable 3.08 ERA in five Triple-A starts this season. That’s made more impressive by the fact he began the year late due to an oblique injury and then went to the Altoona bullpen.
Adam Frazier, Dan Gamache, Josh Bell and Gift Ngoepe each had two hits in the 6-1 win. Ngoepe had the biggest hit, a three-run homer in the second inning, his second home run. He also hit his 11th double and drew a walk. Frazier hit his 14th double and also added a walk. With a .327 average, he now ranks second in the International League in batting.
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Altoona won 10-3 on Wednesday night behind a nice start for Tyler Eppler and another strong game at the plate from Austin Meadows. Starting with Meadows, who extended his hitting streak to 18 games with a first inning two-run homer, his fourth of the season. He also hit his 11th double of the season, drew a walk and scored three runs. In his last 28 games, he has collected 22 extra-base hits.
Harold Ramirez broke out of a recent slump by collecting two hits, including his tenth double. He also scored two runs. Jose Osuna has also been in a slump for the better part of the last month. He had two hits, collecting his 12th double. Reese McGuire had a walk, scored a run and drove in two runs without the benefit of a hit. Edwin Espinal hit his first triple since 2014 and just the third he’s hit in six seasons as a pro.
Tyler Eppler allowed three runs over 7.1 innings. He gave up five hits, one walk and struck out three batters. The 7:10 GO/AO ratio he put up in this game has been typical of his season, with more fly balls than grounders. Eppler threw 95 pitches, 63 for strikes. After the first two runners reached in the second inning, he retired 18 of the next 19 batters.
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Bradenton finished last night’s game, which was suspended during the fourth inning with no score. Stephen Tarpley started last night and threw four shutout innings. You can read about his outing here. The Marauders won 3-2 by scoring one run in the fourth, fifth and seventh innings. Tate Scioneaux followed Tarpley and threw three shutout innings for the win. After Henry Hirsch allowed two runs in his only inning, Luis Heredia picked up the save with a scoreless ninth. He has thrown shutout ball in 16 of his 19 outings, giving up four runs total, though only two were earned.
On offense, Chase Simpson hit a solo homer, his fourth of the season. Connor Joe went 2-for-3 and drove in a run. Kevin Kramer hit his 11th double and scored a run. Jerrick Suiter drew three walks and stole a base. Jeff Roy had a single and two walks.
Game Two – The Marauders dropped the second game by an 8-2 score, as Austin Coley had one of his worst outings of the season. In 4.2 innings, he allowed five runs on seven hits and three walks, with only one strikeout. He also hit a batter, served up a home run and had a subpar 3:5 GO/AO ratio. Prior to this outing, he had gone nine straight starts without allowing more than three earned runs.
Except for a two-run homer from Jerrick Suiter (his third), Bradenton had a lot of trouble with Tampa’s Ian Clarkin, who was a first round pick out of high school in 2013. He gave up just three hits total and struck out nine batters in the complete game win. Elvis Escobar hit his ninth double and the only other hit was a single by Tomas Morales. Kevin Kramer and Jordan Luplow each drew a walk. Luplow scored on the Suiter homer.
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Gage Hinsz had an odd outing on Thursday. It started off bad with four straight hits and three runs. Then he retired 14 straight batters before a walk. Prior to this year, young starters like Hinsz or Mitch Keller didn’t go past the fifth inning, but that has changed this year. Hinsz came out for the sixth and gave up two hits, recording just one out before being removed. Both of those runs ended up scoring, giving him five earned runs over 5.1 innings. He threw 87 pitches, 55 for strikes, and had a 6:7 GO/AO ratio, with two strikeouts.
The Power lost 11-2 and had to go to utility fielder Logan Ratledge to finish out the game. Logan Hill had his best game since being demoted to the Power. Coming into the game with a .102 average, he went 1-for-2 with two walks and a double, the only extra-base hit for West Virginia. He also stole a base. Daniel Arribas had two hits and drove in a run. Ke’Bryan Hayes had a single, walk and a run scored. Christian Kelley had a single and a walk.
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The DSL Pirates won their first game of the season on Thursday, defeating a winless Cubs1 team by a 6-3 score. The starting pitcher for the Pirates is one of the more intriguing players on the team, 20-year-old righty Joel Cesar. He supposedly hit 100 MPH after signing last year according to Ben Badler. Our reports had him hitting 97 MPH with erratic control. In his pro debut, he went three innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on one hit and three walks, with two strikeouts. Cesar was signed as a reliever, but it looks like the Pirates will get him innings as a starter.
On offense, second baseman Francisco Mepris went 3-for-3 with a run and an RBI. Third baseman Sherten Apostel went 1-for-2 with two walks and a run scored. Rodolfo Castro went 1-for-4 with a walk and an RBI. Jeremias Portorreal had a single, a walk and a run scored. Larry Alcime had a moral victory of sorts. Playing both games of a doubleheader yesterday in his pro debut, he went 0-for-7 with six strikeouts. He went 0-for-3 in this game, but he had no strikeouts. He reached base for the first time, getting hit by a pitch, then got thrown out at third base trying to tag up on a fly ball to center field. Top prospect Kevin Sanchez went 0-for-5 with a run scored.
