A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today. If a player is in the majors for an extended time (Trevor Williams, Alen Hanson, Jose Osuna), or loses his prospect eligibility, he will be removed from this list. 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 more active prospects on the list. Rankings are from the 2017 Prospect Guide, and links on each name go to their Pirates Prospects player pages.
1. Austin Meadows, CF, Indianapolis -[insert_php]
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2. Mitch Keller, RHP, Bradenton – [insert_php]
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4. Cole Tucker, SS, Bradenton – [insert_php]
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6. Will Craig, 3B, Bradenton – [insert_php]
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7. Taylor Hearn, LHP, Bradenton – [insert_php]
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8. Gage Hinsz, RHP, Bradenton – [insert_php]
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9. Nick Kingham, RHP, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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10. Steven Brault, LHP, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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11. Clay Holmes, RHP, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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12. Braeden Ogle, LHP, Extended Spring Training – [insert_php]
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13. Max Kranick, RHP, Extended Spring Training – [insert_php]
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14. Elias Diaz, C, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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15. Edgar Santana, RHP, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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16. Luis Escobar, RHP, West Virginia – [insert_php]
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17. Dovydas Neverauskas, RHP, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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18. Yeudy Garcia, RHP, Altoona -[insert_php]
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19. Kevin Kramer, 2B, Altoona -[insert_php]
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20. Tyler Eppler, RHP, Indianapolis -[insert_php]
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21. Stephen Alemais, SS, West Virginia – [insert_php]
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22. Brandon Waddell, LHP, Altoona – [insert_php]
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23. Travis MacGregor, RHP, Extended Spring Training – [insert_php]
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24. Barrett Barnes, LF, Indianapolis -[insert_php]
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25. Max Moroff, 2B, Indianapolis -[insert_php]
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26. Eric Wood, 3B, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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27. J.T. Brubaker, RHP, Altoona – [insert_php]
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28. Chris Bostick, INF/OF, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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29. Connor Joe, 3B, Altoona – [insert_php]
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30. Pat Light, RHP, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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Indianapolis has off today.
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ALTOONA, Pa. – Right hander Austin Coley made his seventh start of the season, and tenth appearance overall, for the Curve on Monday night. It was his second start and fourth appearance against the Rubberducks, and he had a 2.35 ERA (4 ER/15.1 IP) against Akron coming into tonight.
Coley made the most out of his start, turning in his longest outing of year by going seven innings. He allowed two runs on six hits, with almost all of the damage coming against two batters in the middle of the Akron lineup. In both scoring instances, Bobby Bradley singled then Yu-Cheng Chang doubled on ground balls down the left field line to set up their scoring chances.
Besides those two batters, Austin Coley was extremely good. He worked quickly and got outs efficiently. Through five innings, he had only thrown 51 pitches and finished by throwing 86 pitches in his seven innings of work.
“He had a good mix and got ahead in the count,” Curve manager Michael Ryan said. “It was awesome that he gave us seven innings and saved our bullpen.”
Luis Heredia had a quick first inning of relief, going 1-2-3 (although a few balls to center were hit pretty hard). His second inning of work wasn’t the same, as he walked the bases loaded before getting pulled. It looked as though he was overthrowing a little, hitting 95 MPH on his fastball but having it sail high a few times. Unfortunately, Akron third baseman Joe Sever shot a grounder back up the middle against Montana DuRapau to score two runs (charged to Heredia).
“It was his second inning, and he hasn’t gone two much,” Ryan said about Heredia. “During that second inning, he may have tired some. I think he was just trying to do a little too much in that inning.”
In the first inning, Kevin Newman led off with a line drive home run to left field. It was Newman’s second homer of the season. It wasn’t much of a big, blooping hit; rather, it was a level swing from Newman that was hit extremely hard. Newman went on to walk twice and line out to right field later in the game.
“He went out early tonight, put in some extra work, and made some adjustments,” Ryan said about Newman. “He carried it into the game which is great to see. He looked really good tonight.”
Other that Newman’s first inning homer, the Curve were only able to manage six singles against Akron before Wyatt Mathisen’s ninth inning home run. For the second night in a row, Curve batters struggled against a lefty starter.
“We faced two good left-handed pitchers,” Ryan said about the offensive struggles two games in a row. “[Akron starter Luis] Lugo has good numbers for a reason. He kept the ball down with mostly fastball. We had hard contact, but it just didn’t go our way.”
I’ve noticed that some Curve hitters have been swinging often early in the count, and Michael Ryan said that they have been trying to be more aggressive against fastballs lately.
“We want to attack the fastball and be aggressive at the plate,” Ryan said.
Joining Mathisen with two hits was Connor Joe, as both players have been hitting extremely well of late.
In the field, Edwin Espinal made a terrific diving stop towards the line in the sixth inning. His glove has been consistent at first base this season. -Sean McCool
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Taylor Hearn has been racking up the strikeouts this season, but he’s also run into a lot of trouble with high pitch counts. He lasted just one inning during Monday’s start, as Bradenton lost 7-2 to St Lucie. Hearn gave up three runs on three hits and two walks, while striking out three batters. He threw 40 pitches, with only 23 going for strikes. He now has a 5.12 ERA in 38.2 innings, striking out 50 batters.
Yunior Montero followed Hearn with four shutout innings. That made it his longest outing of the season, but they tried to get another innings out of him and he ended up loading the bases without recording an out in the sixth inning. Daniel Zamora relieved him and while he threw three shutout innings of his own, he allowed all three inherited runners to score.
On offense, Cole Tucker and Will Craig drove in the two runs. Tucker singled home Casey Hughston with the first Bradenton run in the third inning. Unfortunately for the Marauders, Tucker was thrown out trying to go to second on the play, ending the inning. He was thrown out on the bases twice in his last game. In the fourth inning, Craig doubled home Ke’Bryan Hayes, who led off the inning with a single. It was the tenth double of the season for Craig, who also added a single later in the game. Tucker extended his on base streak to 28 games. Hayes collected just the one single in four at-bats,
Alfredo Reyes, who has spent most of his career at shortstop, picked up two outfield assists in this game, giving him five on the season. That number represents Bradenton’s entire team total for outfield assists this season.
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West Virginia was rained out.
