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Four Pirates in Baseball America’s New Top 100 List

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Baseball America released their mid-season update on Friday and they added one prospect from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the list.

BA has been updating their top 100 throughout the season, mostly just adding a player at the bottom of the list when one other player loses his prospect status. There were a few minor adjustments, but nothing big until today. This list doesn’t include 2018 draft picks yet.

Mitch Keller leads the way in the 14th spot, which was down three spots from their last update. That’s interesting, even if they put the list together before his promotion, because he’s been at his best recently.

Austin Meadows, who won’t be considered a prospect shortly after this weekend (needs 13 at-bats), ranks 31st. That’s down one spot, although it’s up from his early season rankings.

Calvin Mitchell made the top 100 about a month ago and moved up a few spots when other players graduated from the list, but he dropped down to 99 in this update.

That means the 100th spot went to the new player and it’s Oneil Cruz. This isn’t a surprising addition because he’s been on fire lately. He’s hitting .306/.365/.526 on the season, with 15 doubles, seven triples and ten home runs. I don’t think the defensive issues have held his prospect status back, mostly because he seems destined for a corner position and most people take that future move into account.

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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