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, Nick Kingham, 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 updated 2018 Mid-Season Prospect Guide, and links on each name go to their Pirates Prospects player pages.
1. Mitch Keller, RHP, Indianapolis – DNP
2. Ke’Bryan Hayes, 3B, Altoona – DNP
3. Cole Tucker, SS, Altoona – DNP
4. Oneil Cruz, SS, West Virginia – 0-for-4, BB, SB
5. Travis Swaggerty, CF, Morgantown – DNP
6. Shane Baz, RHP, Bristol – DNP
7. Kevin Kramer, 2B, Indianapolis – DNP
8. Kevin Newman, SS, Indianapolis – DNP
9. Calvin Mitchell, OF, West Virginia – 1-for-1, RBI
10. Luis Escobar, RHP, Altoona – DNP
11. Clay Holmes, RHP, Indianapolis – DNP
12. Bryan Reynolds, OF, Altoona – DNP
13. Jordan Luplow, LF, Pirates – In Majors
14. Jason Martin, OF, Indianapolis – DNP
15. Will Craig, 1B, Altoona – DNP
16. Nick Burdi, RHP, Altoona – DNP
17. Braxton Ashcraft, RHP, GCL Pirates – 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO
18. Travis MacGregor, RHP, West Virginia – DNP
19. Braeden Ogle, LHP, West Virginia – DNP
20. Lolo Sanchez, CF, West Virginia – 2-or-3, RBI, BB
21. JT Brubaker, RHP, Indianapolis – DNP
22. Jared Oliva, CF, Bradenton – 0-for-4
23. Ji-Hwan Bae, SS, GCL Pirates – DNP
24. Cody Bolton, RHP, West Virginia – DNP
25. Brandon Waddell, LHP, Indianapolis – DNP
26. Dario Agrazal, RHP, Altoona – DNP
27. Stephen Alemais, 2B/SS, Altoona – DNP
28. Max Kranick, RHP, West Virginia – DNP
29. Sherten Apostel, 3B, Bristol – 1-for-4
30. Mason Martin, 1B, Bristol – 0-for-3, BB
Indianapolis was rained out today. They will play a doubleheader tomorrow.
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Altoona had off on Monday.
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Bradenton lost 3-1 to Clearwater.
The Marauders had eight hits, with two going for extra-bases, but they managed to score just one run. It didn’t help that their only walk came with two outs in the ninth and they struck out 12 times. Adrian Valerio and Raul Siri each had two hits. John Bormann and Mitchell Tolman each hit doubles. Tolman scored the only run. Brett Pope had a single and the one walk. He picked up the lone RBI.
Mike Wallace got the start and went six innings, allowing three runs on four hits and a walk, with four strikeouts. He had a 7:3 GO/AO ratio and threw 50 of 81 pitches for strikes. Jordan Jess followed with two shutout innings.
The Marauders are 4-18 in their last 22 games.
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West Virginia lost 5-4 to Rome.
Ike Schlabach got a spot start today due to a doubleheader over the weekend in which the Power used two starters from their five-man rotation. Schlabach went three innings, allowing two runs on six hits and a walk, with three strikeouts. Samuel Reyes was out next and he went three shutout innings on three hits, with no walks and one strikeout. John Pomeroy followed with a quick 1-2-3 inning on 11 pitches, striking out two batters. Drew Fischer was next and he threw a scoreless eighth, then watched the Power score three runs in the top of the ninth, before he gave back all three runs for the loss.
Lolo Sanchez went 2-for-3 with two singles, a walk, an RBI and a run scored. Raul Hernandez had two singles, a double and a walk. Robbie Glendinning had two hits and an RBI. Calvin Mitchell had an RBI pinch-hit single in the top of the ninth to tie the score. Ben Begtson had a single, walk and run scored.
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Morgantown had off on Monday for the NYPL All-Star break.
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Bristol lost 4-2 to Johnson City.
Roger Santana got the start and went five innings, allowing four runs on three hits and three walks, with two strikeouts and a 10:1 GO/AO ratio. Will Kobos followed and had three strong innings. He allowed no hits or runs, with one walk and five strikeouts.
Dylan Busby continued his rehab and went 1-for-4 with a solo homer, though he also struck out three times. The other Bristol run also came on a solo homer, this one from Jonah Davis. He hit his eight home run and his fifth triple. Conner Uselton and Dean Lockery each hit a double. Mason Martin drew the only walk and the Pirates struck out 11 times.
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The GCL Pirates lost 5-1 to the Tigers West.
Braxton Ashcraft got the start and threw four shutout innings on three hits and no walks, striking out two batters. He gave up two runs over two innings in his debut, then followed that up with one run in three innings last Monday. Randy Jimenez followed and surrendered three runs on two hits and three walks, while striking out four batters in 2.1 innings. After Juan Henriquez gave up two runs in 1.2 innings, Yerry De Los Santos threw a scoreless ninth.
The offense managed just one run, which was an unearned run, and they struck out 11 times. Pat Dorrian had a single, double and a walk. Three other hitters each picked up a single. Kyle Mottice stole his 15th base in 15 attempts.
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The DSL Pirates1 lost 3-2 to the Rays2.
Valentin Linarez got the start and gave up one run on four hits and a walk in four innings. Yandy Vega followed with two scoreless innings, then Wilger Camacho and Miguel Peralta each had a shutout frame. Julio Rosario gave up two runs for the loss, but both runs were unearned due to being the designated runners in the tenth and 11th innings. This loss pushed the Pirates1 just one game away from being eliminated from the playoff race with 11 games left in the season.
On offense, Daniel Rivero had two singles, a triple and an RBI. He now has a .313 average through 52 games. Morkis Marcos had a double, walk, run scored and an RBI on a sacrifice fly. Darwin Baez had two hits. Emilson Rosado had two walks. Juan Pie went 0-for-4 with a walk and he was thrown out trying to steal twice.
Here is the boxscore from the MiLB site.
The DSL Pirates2 lost 11-2 to Colorado
Estalin Ortiz got the start and went four innings, allowing three runs on three walks and five hits. Oliver Mateo followed with four runs over 1.2 innings. The flame-throwing right-hander had five walks and three strikeouts. In 22.1 innings, he has 38 walks and 40 strikeouts. Raydel Velette gave up four runs while recording just one out. Wander Romero threw a scoreless top of the seventh, then the game was called early due to rain in the bottom of the inning.
Catcher Daniel Angulo went 3-for-3 with a run scored. Fleury Nova had a single, double and an RBI. Angel Basabe left the game after grounding out to second base in the first inning.
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