Baseball America updated their top 100 prospects list on Thursday morning and the Pittsburgh Pirates have three players among the top 50 prospects. Their preseason list had five Pirates in the top 100, but the new list doesn’t reflect a regression by the farm system. Both Josh Bell and Tyler Glasnow lost their prospect status this season. Bell lost his on Opening Day after his third at-bat, while Glasnow crossed the 50 innings pitched barrier with his final out in his last start.
All three of the remaining Pirates from the preseason list, moved up on the updated list. That’s to be expected, as plenty of players have graduated from the preseason list. Austin Meadows is still the top prospect for the Pirates, as he goes from sixth overall to fourth overall on the new list. Mitch Keller moves up four spots from #22 to #18, and Kevin Newman climbs five spots, getting the last spot in the top 50.
The Rockies have five players in the top 50, while the Yankees have four players. The Pirates are one of six teams with three players in the top 50. Seven teams don’t have a player in the top 50, meaning that Kevin Newman would be the top prospect for seven teams.
The Pirates have the top prospect combo in baseball with Meadows and Keller having the lowest combined ranking total (22).
