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More Praise for Ke’Bryan Hayes

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MLB Pipeline posted a list of 12 prospects who just missed their top 100 prospect list. They had their three writers pick four players each who they felt could jump onto the top 100 list this upcoming season. In some cases, these players were in the top 100 for the writer, but got pushed off of the group list.

Jonathan Mayo selected Ke’Bryan Hayes as one of his players. He highlighted the plate approach by Hayes, along with his above average defense and 27 steals this past season. Mayo also notes that scouts feel that Hayes will eventually develop power. As we have noted numerous times, Hayes wasn’t able to workout with weights last off-season due to his back and rib injuries late in 2016. A healthy 2017-18 off-season, coupled with the move to a more hitter-friendly environment in Altoona, should lead to better power results. Hayes just turned 21 on Sunday.

MLB Pipeline had Hayes 11th for third base prospects in a strong year for the position. Eight of the top ten at the position made Pipeline’s top 100 list.

Keith Law had Hayes ranked 61st among his top 100 prospects and second among all Pirates.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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