A look at how the current top 30 prospects did today. If a player is in the majors for an extended time, 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 Mid-Season Update, and links on each name go to their Pirates Prospects player pages.
1. Mitch Keller, RHP, Altoona – [insert_php]
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2. Austin Meadows, CF, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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3. Shane Baz, RHP, GCL Pirates – [insert_php]
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4. Cole Tucker, SS, Altoona – [insert_php]
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5. Kevin Newman, SS, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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6. Ke’Bryan Hayes, 3B, Bradenton -[insert_php]
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7. Will Craig, 1B, Bradenton – [insert_php]
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8. Elias Diaz, C, Pirates – [insert_php]
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9. Taylor Hearn, LHP, Bradenton – [insert_php]
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10. Gage Hinsz, RHP, Bradenton – [insert_php]
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11. Calvin Mitchell, OF, GCL Pirates – [insert_php]
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12. Braeden Ogle, LHP, Bristol – [insert_php]
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13. Edgar Santana, RHP, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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14. Kevin Kramer, 2B, Altoona -[insert_php]
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15. Steven Brault, LHP, Pirates– [insert_php]
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16. Clay Holmes, RHP, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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17. Jordan Luplow, LF, Pirates – [insert_php]
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18. Luis Escobar, RHP, West Virginia – [insert_php]
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19. Max Kranick, RHP, Bristol – [insert_php]
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20. Steven Jennings, RHP, GCL Pirates – [insert_php]
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21. Adrian Valerio, SS, West Virginia – [insert_php]
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22. Nick Kingham, RHP, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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23. Conner Uselton, OF, GCL Pirates – Disabled List
24. Max Moroff, INF, Pirates – [insert_php]
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25. Dovydas Neverauskas, RHP, Pirates – [insert_php]
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26. Eric Wood, 3B, Indianapolis – [insert_php]
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27. Eduardo Vera, RHP, West Virginia – [insert_php]
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28. Logan Hill, LF, Altoona – [insert_php]
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29. Tyler Eppler, RHP, Indianapolis -[insert_php]
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30. Lolo Sanchez, CF, GCL Pirates – [insert_php]
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Indianapolis lost 10-3 in their playoff opener to Durham on Wednesday night and it could have been worse. Clay Holmes got the start and was wild from the beginning. He walked four batters in the first inning, while also allowing a single up the middle, which led to 33 pitches in the frame and two runs by Durham. He worked out of the bases loaded jam with a nice strikeout on a curve.
In the second inning, Holmes allowed a single with one out. That runner moved up a base on a fly ball, then scored on a single through the left side. Unlike the first inning, Holmes was throwing strikes and the hits were just well placed. The third and fourth innings were fairly quick, but Holmes still ran up a high pitch count for four innings and it appeared that he could be done. He was pitching on eight days rest and his pitch count had been limited for all but one start during the second half, but manager Andy Barkett stuck with him in the fifth and that proved to be a bad decision.
Holmes allowed three straight hits before being removed in the fifth. The first two hits were infield hits, so he made his pitches, the fielders just couldn’t get the outs. The third hit was a line drive double to left field, which scored a run and ended his night. Johnny Barbato came in with two runners on and both would end up scoring, plus three more runs to make it a six-run inning. The final two runs can hardly be blamed on Barbato, who got an infield pop up with two outs that Erich Weiss dropped. The runners were going on the play, so both scored easily.
Montana DuRapau came on for the sixth inning and got some help from the second base umpire. DuRapau walked two batters, then gave up a long fly to center field over the head of Danny Ortiz, who played the ball on one bounce at the wall. The second base umpire ruled it a catch, which sent the runner from first base back to first and the batter circled around and went back to the dugout. The umpire was correctly over-ruled by two other umpires, but instead of second and third with one out (and a run in), Durham had two outs and a man on first base because the batter ended up passing the runner on his way back to the dugout thinking he was out.
Edgar Santana threw a quick seventh inning, retiring the side in order and looking much better than he has recently, especially with his slider. Jack Leathersich made his debut for Indianapolis after being picked up on waivers on Monday. He had a 1-2-3 inning after his first pitch was about five feet outside and hit the screen behind the plate.
The offense came on two swings for the most part, with Anderson Feliz connecting on a solo homer in the third inning and Joey Terdoslavich hitting a long home run in the fourth inning. Indianapolis scored another run in the seventh on a Kevin Newman walk, followed by a wild pitch and a two-out single by Erich Weiss, who committed his second costly error when he got thrown out trying to go for second base with his team down seven runs.
Tyler Glasnow goes for Indianapolis in game two tomorrow.
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Altoona was rained out.
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Bradenton finished their season with a 70-62 record.
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West Virginia finished their season with a 69-67 record.
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Morgantown lost 7-5, spoiling a strong outing by starter Gavin Wallace. The Black Bears had a 5-3 lead at the seventh inning stretch before things fell apart for Beau Sulser, who gave up five runs in the inning. Wallace went six innings and gave up two runs (one earned) on six hit and no walks, with seven strikeouts. He threw 57 of his 77 pitches for strikes and posted an 8:1 GO/AO ratio. He finished his season with a 2.65 ERA in 68 innings, while walking just five batters all season, with never more than one in a game.
Kevin Kramer played his fourth rehab game from his broken hand and he got his first HBP since the injury out of the way. Kramer had two hits, a run scored, a stolen base and an RBI. Bligh Madris drove in two runs with his 13th double. Raul Siri and Brett Pope each had two hits. Siri stole his 15th base, while Pope scored twice and stole his eighth base.
Morgantown plays their season finale tomorrow night.
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Bristol finished their season with a 17-49 record.
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The GCL Pirates finished their season with a 26-34 record.
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The DSL Pirates finished with a 36-34 record.
