A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today. If a player is in the majors and loses his prospect eligibility, 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 mid-season update, and links on each name go to their Pirates Prospects player pages.
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2. Austin Meadows, CF, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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3. Josh Bell, 1B, Pirates – [insert_php]
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4. Kevin Newman, SS, Altoona – [insert_php]
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5. Mitch Keller, RHP, Bradenton -[insert_php]
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7.Cole Tucker, SS, Bradenton – [insert_php]
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8. Chad Kuhl, RHP, Pirates – [insert_php]
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9. Will Craig, 3B, Morgantown – [insert_php]
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10. Steven Brault, LHP, Pirates – [insert_php]
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11. Ke’Bryan Hayes, 3B, West Virginia -[insert_php]
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12. Elias Diaz, C, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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13. Clay Holmes, RHP, Altoona – [insert_php]
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14. Yeudy Garcia, RHP, Bradenton -[insert_php]
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15. Gage Hinsz, RHP, West Virginia – [insert_php]
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16. Trevor Williams, RHP, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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17. Alen Hanson, 2B, Pirates – [insert_php]
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18. Brandon Waddell, LHP, Altoona – [insert_php]
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19. Tyler Eppler, RHP, Altoona -[insert_php]
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20. Max Moroff, 2B, Indianapolis -[insert_php]
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21. Taylor Hearn, LHP, West Virginia – [insert_php]
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22. Adrian Valerio, SS – Bristol – [insert_php]
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23. Braeden Ogle, LHP, GCL Pirates – [insert_php]
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24. Kevin Kramer, 2B, Bradenton -[insert_php]
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25. Travis MacGregor, RHP, GCL Pirates – [insert_php]
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26. Max Kranick, RHP, GCL Pirates – [insert_php]
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27. Frank Duncan, RHP, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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28. Dovydas Neverauskas, RHP, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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29. Connor Joe, 3B, Bradenton – [insert_php]
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30. Erich Weiss, 2B, Altoona – [insert_php]
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Indianapolis lost 4-1 to Louisville, as the two teams played for second place in their division. The only Indianapolis run came from a very unlikely source. Coming into this game, Trace Tam Sing has played just 76 career games since signing as a non-drafted free agent in 2014. He was added to the Indianapolis roster a few days ago after the September call-ups left them short-handed, and he struck out in both at-bats off the bench prior to Monday. For Tam Sing, the solo homer he hit in the fifth inning is the first of his pro career. He hit just three in four years of college ball.
John Kuchno started and allowed one run over six innings. It was just his fourth start of the season, with the first three being spot starts. Jose Osuna hit his 37th double of the season, finishing with the most among all Pirates. Max Moroff had the only walk for Indianapolis, his 90th base on balls of the season, which led all Pirates.
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It took extra innings on the last day of the season to decide their fate, but the Altoona Curve pulled out a 2-0 win in Richmond on Monday. That win put them in the playoffs, as they now await the completion of Akron’s game to find out who gets the home field advantage (Akron won, so Altoona gets second place).
Tyler Eppler started and threw six shutout innings, while striking out seven batters. It wasn’t an easy outing, as he had some command issues, leading to five hits and four walks. Eppler was able to lower his ERA to 3.99 on the season and he also took over the Eastern League lead with 162.1 innings pitched. Jared Lakind followed with three shutout innings and picked up the win. Brett McKinney threw a scoreless tenth for the save.
Stetson Allie doubled home Tomas Morales with the first run of the game. Unfortunately for Allie, he had to leave the game with what appeared to be a hamstring injury, which occurred as he pulled up to second base. Elvis Escobar pinch-ran for Allie and scored the second run on an Anderson Feliz single. Jonathan Schwind had two hits in the game. Kevin Newman finished his time in Altoona with a .288 average in 61 games, after hitting .366 during the first half of the season in Bradenton.
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Bradenton has finished their regular season. They begin the playoffs tomorrow.
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West Virginia won 6-4 on Monday night, giving them a final record of 71-68 on the season. Dario Agrazal waited until the last day of the year to have his best career game, throwing eight shutout innings, while allowing three hits and no walks. He had a perfect game going until a Tyler Filliben error with two outs in the sixth inning. Agrazal had five strikeouts and a 12:7 GO/AO ratio. He finishes with a 4.20 ERA in 150 innings, issuing just 18 walks all season. Julio Eusebio pitched an interesting ninth that saw three unearned runs score due to a passed ball on a strikeout, which allowed the runner to reach base.
The Power scored a pair of runs in the first, third and eighth innings. Mitchell Tolman was in the middle of all of the scoring with a single, double and walk, scoring three times and driving in a run. Logan Hill drove in a total of three runs on his 11th homer and 19th double. He also had two doubles and two homers early in the season before being demoted to West Virginia. Carlos Munoz drove in two runs with his 28th double.
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Jacob Taylor didn’t get to make his last start in the GCL due to rain, so he was promoted to Morgantown to start their last game. He would last just 1.2 innings due to control issues and some bad luck in the second inning. Taylor had a lot of trouble getting strikes with his fastball on Monday, throwing a total of 48 pitches in his short outing, with less than half (23) going for strikes. He started mixing in some curves in the second inning. Taylor allowed five earned runs on six hits and two walks, with one strikeout. He also didn’t pay much attention to runners on base and that led to six stolen bases in six attempts.
The bad luck came in the second inning on three consecutive infield hits, which were all soft contact. The third hit was actually a combination of mental errors. On a slow hit ball to second base, first baseman Albert Baur ranged far to his right, catching the ball right in front of second baseman Kevin Mahala. Baur should have gone to cover the bag, but the second problem was that Taylor didn’t break for the bag right away, so the batter ended up beating out a ball that should have just been a routine grounder to second base. It still ended up working out for the Black Bears, as the runner from second base tried to score on the play and he was thrown out.
So Taylor ended up getting five appearances in his return from Tommy John surgery, totaling 11 innings, with the low total partially due to control issues (also due to limited pitch counts). He did not look good in this game between the wildness and the first three hits being well struck. Taylor should get some more time in during the Fall Instructional League so he has a higher total to build upon next season.
Billy Roth followed Taylor and got out of a jam in the second inning to keep the score 5-0. Roth pitched a scoreless third inning before things got crazy in the fourth. He allowed seven earned runs that inning, giving up three home runs. It got even uglier after that, as the final score was 17-1. That left Morgantown with a .500 record on the season.
Will Craig went 0-for-4, snapping his 36-game on base streak. The Black Bears had chances to score, but they went 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position, stranding ten runners. The only run scored in the seventh inning when Matt Diorio singled, moved to second on an Erik Forgione single, went to third base when Tyler Leffler got hit by a pitch, then scored on a Ty Moore ground out.
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The Bristol Pirates have finished their season.
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The GCL Pirates have finished their season.
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The DSL Pirates have finished their season.
