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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4. Jameson Taillon, RHP, Pirates – In the Majors
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9. Nick Kingham, RHP, Indianapolis – Disabled List
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13. Steven Brault, LHP, Indianapolis – In the Majors
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15.Cole Tucker, SS, Bradenton – [insert_php]
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16. Chad Kuhl, RHP, Pirates – In the Majors
17. Max Moroff, 2B, Indianapolis -[insert_php]
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18. Mitch Keller, RHP, West Virginia -[insert_php]
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20. Willy Garcia, OF, Indianapolis -[insert_php]
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23. Barrett Barnes, OF, Altoona -[insert_php]
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24. Trevor Williams, RHP, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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25. Gage Hinsz, RHP, West Virginia – [insert_php]
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26. Adrian Valerio, SS – Bristol – [insert_php]
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27. Adam Frazier, INF/OF, Pirates – In the Majors
28. Kevin Kramer, 2B, Bradenton -[insert_php]
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29. Jordan Luplow, OF/3B, Bradenton – [insert_php]
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INDIANAPOLIS — One night ago, Josh Bell’s first hit of the game came against a pitcher making his Triple-A debut after being promoted from Class-A.
On Wednesday, Bell’s first at-bat came against Robert Stephenson, the second-ranked prospect in the Cincinnati Reds organization.
Different level of prospect, but still a successful result. Bell crushed the first pitch of his first at-bat against Stephenson for a home run to the concourse behind the right field lawn seats in the first inning.
Bell has 13 home runs in 81 games and 304 at-bats this season. His previous season-high was 13 home runs in 119 games and 459 at-bats with West Virginia in 2013.
In his next at-bat, Bell hustled his way to an infield single on a grounder that the second baseman fielded in the outfield grass.
Bell led the bottom of the 11th inning off with a single up the middle. Jason Rogers fouled out, but Willy Garcia followed with a single that Bell went from first to third on. Danny Ortiz then did what he needed to — get the ball out of the infield, hitting an RBI flyout to center field that easily scored Bell, giving the Indians a 3-2 walk-off win.
Wilfredo Boscan had about as efficient of a first inning as you could want, retiring the side on a flyout and two groundouts. He needed just seven pitches in that frame, six of them for a strike.
But in the next two innings, Boscan had to work around some jams.
Louisville led the second inning off with singles from Steve Selsky and Kyle Waldrop. Carlos Triunfel put down a bunt to try to sacrifice the runners, but Indianapolis catcher Jin-De Jhang fielded the bunt and threw out the lead runner at third on a fielder’s choice.
Boscan then struck out Brandon Allen looking on a curveball, before getting Rafael Lopez to fly out to end the inning.
Louisville loaded the bases on two singles and a walk with one out in the third inning. Indians pitching coach Stan Kyles paid a mound visit after a walk that loaded the bases. Boscan was visibly frustrated after not getting calls on some close pitches that led to that last walk.
Boscan induced a 6-3 double play two pitches later. Max Moroff, who was playing just his tenth game at shortstop this season, fielded the grounder, ran to tag second and threw to first.
After those two jams, Boscan cruised through the next two innings. He needed just 11 pitches to retire the side in the fourth inning; and 12 pitches to retire the side in the both the fifth and sixth innings.
But he struggled to open the seventh inning, allowing singles to Waldrop and Triunfel. Kelvin Marte entered in relief and allowed both of those runs to score, one on a single and the other on his own throwing error.
Boscan finished his day completing six innings, allowing six hits and two runs, one of which was earned. He struck out three and walked one, throwing 55 of his 82 pitches for a strike.
“I thought he was a little not himself at the start of the game,” Indianapolis manager Dean Treanor said. “But once he got into the game, I thought he threw the ball pretty well. I thought as the game went on he got better, but there was probably a little bit of fatigue in that last inning.” – Brian Peloza
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Altoona lost 8-4 on Wednesday night, as Alex McRae continued to have trouble with his promotion to Double-A. In six starts now for Altoona, McRae has a 10.25 ERA. In 26.1 innings, he has given up 47 hits. He recorded just four outs in this game and needed 50 pitches to do that. He gave up six runs on eight hits and a walk.
The Curve got on the board first in this game, putting two runs up in the first inning. Erich Weiss singled, followed by Reese McGuire reaching on an error with two outs. That brought up Anderson Feliz, who hit a two-run double.
In the fifth inning, Barrett Barnes led off with a single, then Stetson Allie homered to make it 7-4 at the time. It was the seventh homer of the season for Allie.
Kevin Newman had a single in the fifth inning to extend his hitting streak to 13 games. He is now batting .323 in 15 games with Altoona. Harold Ramirez had two hits in this game, while Barrett Barnes finished with three hits.
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Bradenton won 7-2 on Wednesday night behind seven shutout innings from Stephen Tarpley and some fine play from Elias Diaz in his second rehab game. Tarpley ran into trouble in his last start, allowing four runs over 3.1 innings. Prior to that, he was on a four-game stretch in which he gave up just two earned runs over 22 innings. So he bounced back nicely from that last game with seven scoreless frames, allowing five hits and two walks while striking out six batters. He threw 92 pitches on the night, making it just the second time he went over 83 pitches this season. Tarpley now has a 3.42 ERA in 55.1 innings, with 52 strikeouts.
Elias Diaz played his second game since returning and caught five innings, throwing out the only runner who attempted to steal. He went 1-for-2 at the plate, with two walks and two runs scored. The Marauders were facing Alex Cobb, a once highly touted prospect, who played four seasons with the Rays before needing Tommy John surgery at the beginning of last season. This was his first game back and he got knocked out of the game in the first inning with two outs and three runs scored.
Tito Polo had a big day in the lead-off spot, going 3-for-3 with two walks and his first homer since joining Bradenton. He also stole his fifth base since being promoted, 25th overall on the season. Jordan Luplow had three hits and drove in two runs. He had a walk, his 15th double and an outfield assist. Pablo Reyes had two hits, scored a run and stole his seventh base. Kevin Kramer extended his on base streak to 15 games with a 1-for-5 night. Sam Street threw the last two innings and gave up two unearned runs due to Connor Joe’s 14th error. Joe also went 0-for-5 at the plate.
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West Virginia lost 3-0 on Wednesday afternoon on a getaway day, looking like the bats were already on the bus before the game started. The Power picked up two singles in the game, one each from Christian Kelley and Casey Hughston. Carlos Munoz and Logan Hill drew the only two walks, and a hit-by-pitch to Danny Arribas accounted for the only other base runner. Munoz never actually got to first base on his walk, as Hughston was thrown out trying to steal third base on the play.
Gage Hinsz got the start and had one bad inning, giving up three runs in the fourth inning, with two coming on a home run. In six innings, he allowed six hits, hit two batters and didn’t issue a walk, while striking out three. Hinsz threw 56 of his 81 pitches for strikes and had an 8:4 GO/AO ratio. He now has a 4.10 ERA in seven starts. Hinsz issued 23 walks last year in 38 innings. In 37.1 innings this season, he has walked just seven batters, so the control has drastically improved.
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Morgantown won 4-1 on Wednesday night, scoring all four runs in the fourth inning off a reliever who recorded just one out. The Aberdeen starter cruised through three innings on his limited pitch count and gave way to Lucas Brown, a 34th round pick this year. He faced five batters and four of them scored, two on a double from Jordan George and two on the first pro home run from Matt Diorio.
The Black Bears started tenth round pick Matt Anderson, who allowed one run over three innings. He was followed by Luis Escobar, the hard-throwing 20-year-old righty, who has had major control issues this season. He still wasn’t throwing as many strikes as you would like to see (68 pitches, 36 strikes), but Escobar ended up with 4.2 shutout innings, his longest outing of the season. He had five strikeouts on the night, giving him 13 in 12.2 innings this year.
Will Craig just missed his first pro homer, hitting a double that landed about a foot from the left field wall. It was his third double. He finished 1-for-4 with a run scored. Craig is hitting .160 through 15 games, with ten walks and five hit-by-pitches.
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Bristol has been rained out. They will play a doubleheader tomorrow.
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The GCL Pirates lost 7-3, dropping them to 3-7 on the season. Brian Sousa started and allowed four runs (two earned) over five innings. He put up an impressive 11:2 GO/AO ratio. This game was delayed for about a half hour due to rain in the sixth inning. Then Mister Luciano came in and looked great through his first three innings, picking up five strikeouts, while throwing shutout ball. In the ninth, he allowed three runs on four hits.
Victor Ngoepe had the best game of his young career, picking up three hits, including his first extra-base hit on a ninth inning double. Henrry Rosario went 2-for-4 with a walk and a three-run homer in the third inning, which accounted for all of the runs for the Pirates. Nelson Jorge went 2-for-4 to raise his average to .351 through ten games. He equaled the amount of hits he had last year in the GCL, when he collected 13 hits in 24 games. Carl Anderson is now 0-for-13 in five rehab games. He missed all of last year due to a hernia surgery.
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The DSL Pirates lost 5-2 on Wednesday, dropping to 9-19 on the season. They led 2-0 going into the eighth inning, after getting four shutout innings from starter Adonis Pichardo and then three scoreless frames from Oliver Garcia. In the eighth, Jose Delgado came out and gave up a hit and three walks, which led to four runs. Only two of those runs were earned due to a two-out error by Cristopher Perez.
Despite only scoring two runs, which was mostly due to an 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position, there were some nice games on offense for the Pirates. Jeremias Portorreal and Kyle Simmons each had a hit and two walks. Rudy Guzman had a hit, run scored, stolen base and an outfield assist. Gabrial Brito and Williams Calderon each had two hits, with both hits for Calderon being doubles.
