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 (Colin Moran, Edgar Santana, Kyle Crick, Max Moroff and Dovydas Neverauskas), 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 our 2018 Prospect Guide, and links on each name go to their Pirates Prospects player pages.
1. Mitch Keller, RHP, Altoona – DNP
2. Austin Meadows, CF, Pirates – In Majors
3. Cole Tucker, SS, Altoona – 0-for-3, RBI
4. Shane Baz, RHP, Extended Spring Training – DNP
5. Ke’Bryan Hayes, 3B, Altoona – 1-for-4, RBI
6. Kevin Newman, SS, Indianapolis – 0-for-5
7. Taylor Hearn, LHP, Altoona – DNP
8. Lolo Sanchez, CF, West Virginia – DNP
9. Bryan Reynolds, OF, Altoona – Disabled list
10. Jordan Luplow, LF, Indianapolis – 1-for-4, HR, RBI, BB
11. Luis Escobar, RHP, Bradenton – DNP
12. Clay Holmes, RHP, Indianapolis – DNP
13. Braeden Ogle, LHP, West Virginia – DNP
14. Nick Kingham, RHP, Pirates – In Majors
15. Kevin Kramer, 2B, Indianapolis – 0-for-5
16. Adrian Valerio, SS, Bradenton – DNP
17. Calvin Mitchell, OF, West Virginia – DNP
18. Oneil Cruz, SS, West Virginia – DNP
19. Nick Burdi, RHP, Pirates (disabled list) – DNP
20. Dario Agrazal, RHP, Altoona – DNP
21. JT Brubaker, RHP, Indianapolis – DNP
22. Will Craig, 1B, Altoona – 2-for-4, 3 RBI
23. Stephen Alemais, 2B/SS, Altoona – 3-for-4, 2B, RBI
24. Jason Martin, OF, Altoona – 1-for-3, BB
25. Brandon Waddell, LHP, Altoona – 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 8 SO
26. Eduardo Vera, RHP, Bradenton – DNP
27. Mason Martin, 1B, West Virginia – DNP
28. Conner Uselton, OF, Extended Spring Training – DNP
29. Cody Bolton, RHP, Extended Spring Training – DNP
30. Steven Jennings, RHP, Extended Spring Training – DNP
Indianapolis lost 10-7 to Durham.
Tyler Eppler, who was three days removed from an inning of relief work, made his first start in 14 days. It did not go well for him, as he allowed eight runs (seven earned) on nine hits a walk and a hit batter in 4.1 innings. Eppler had four strikeouts and a 7:2 GO/AO ratio, while throwing 55 of 89 pitches for strikes. His ERA went from 2.27 to 3.60 in this game. Dovydas Neverauskas retired all five batters he faced, three by strikeout. Johnny Hellweg had his season-long scoreless streak snapped at 14 innings.
The offense was led by solo homers from Jordan Luplow and Eric Wood in the fourth inning. It was the fifth for Luplow and fourth for Wood. Christopher Bostick had a single, double, walk and drove in two runs. He has 12 doubles on the season. Jacob Stallings had two singles and an RBI. Erich Weiss had a single, double and walk. Pablo Reyes and Wyatt Mathisen each had RBI hits in the six-run fourth inning. Kevin Newman had a nine-game hit streak snapped.
Here is the boxscore from the MiLB site.
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Altoona won 6-3 over Portland.
Brandon Waddell was used in relief in his last outing and it didn’t go well. He was pitching after Nick Kingham made his lone start for Altoona and Waddell ran his pitch count up high in just three innings. Back in his familiar role on Saturday night, he threw six shutout innings, giving up three hits and three walks, while striking out eight batters. He lowered his ERA to 1.66 through 48.2 innings and he has 41 strikeouts.
Logan Sendelbach allowed three runs in 1.2 innings before Jesus Liranzo came in a shut things down four his fourth save.
Will Craig had an RBI single to start the scoring in the sixth, then drove in a pair of runs with another single in the seventh. Stephen Alemais broke out of a slump with three hits, including his fourth double. He was 3-for-41 in the month of May before this game. Ke’Bryan Hayes had an RBI single, while Cole Tucker “drove” in a run with a bases loaded hit-by-pitch. Jason Martin has a ten-game hit streak after going 1-for-3 with a walk.
Here is the boxscore from the MiLB site.
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Bradenton was rained out on Saturday. They will play a doubleheader tomorrow.
Here is the boxscore from the MiLB site.
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West Virginia had their game suspended due to rain after one inning. It will be resumed tomorrow afternoon before the regularly scheduled game. Starter Gavin Wallace is going to end up with one shutout inning. Deon Stafford hit his fourth homer of the season to make it a 2-0 game.
Here is the boxscore from the MiLB site.
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