Friday night at 9 PM EST on MLB Network, Baseball America will announce their top 100 prospects list. This will be the third top 100 list put out by a major source. Below you will find the rankings for Pittsburgh Pirates on the lists from Keith Law and MLB Pipeline.
Keith Law
9. Austin Meadows
14. Josh Bell
16. Mitch Keller
25. Tyler Glasnow
33. Kevin Newman
74. Ke’Bryan Hayes
MLB Pipeline
9. Tyler Glasnow
10. Austin Meadows
27. Josh Bell
48. Mitch Keller
59. Kevin Newman
Baseball America has the same top five prospects for the Pirates as everyone else, though the order for everyone varies. In order, they have Austin Meadows, Mitch Keller, Tyler Glasnow, Josh Bell and Kevin Newman. They also have Ke’Bryan Hayes ranked sixth, so their top 100 will likely have 5-6 Pirates, depending on how highly they think of Hayes. Unlike other lists, there is no guarantee that the Pirates will be in the same order in the top 100 as they are ranked in the system. That’s because BA has individual writers for each team, then the top 100 list involves all of the head writers on the site. We will update the article as they are announced.
UPDATE: Kevin Newman at #55 was the only Pirate in the 51-100 range, so it looks like they will have five players on this list, with four in the top 35.
Mitch Keller ranks 22nd, Tyler Glasnow is 23rd, and Josh Bell is 35th, so they will be in the same order as the top ten from BA.
Here are the final rankings:
6. Austin Meadows
22. Mitch Keller
23. Tyler Glasnow
35. Josh Bell
55. Kevin Newman
BA added the link to their top 100 now that it’s been announced. The list includes ratings for each of the five tools (four for pitchers) and an ETA for each player.
Averaging Out the Top 100 Lists
We usually wait for a few other top 100 lists before we average them out, but here is what you get for these three lists combined. I’m only using the top five players, since Hayes made just one list. Below is the order based on their average ranking.
1. Austin Meadows 8.3
2. Tyler Glasnow 19
3. Josh Bell 25.3
4. Mitch Keller 28.7
5. Kevin Newman 49
