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 (Clay Holmes, Jacob Stallings, Kevin Newman and Bryan Reynolds), 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 (Travis MacGregor, Nick Burdi and Stephen Alemais), 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 2019 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, Indianapolis – 0-for-4
3. Cole Tucker, SS, Indianapolis – 0-for-4, BB
4. Oneil Cruz, SS, Altoona – 0-3, 2 BB
5. Travis Swaggerty, CF, Bradenton – 3-for-3, 3B, BB
6. Kevin Kramer, 2B, Indianapolis – 2-for-4, 2B, 3B
7. Will Craig, 1B, Indianapolis – 2-for-4, 2B, HR (21)
8. Jason Martin, OF, Indianapolis – 1-for-4
9. JT Brubaker, RHP, Indianapolis – DNP
10. Calvin Mitchell, OF, Bradenton – 0-for-1
11. Cody Bolton, RHP, Altoona – DNP
12. Tahnaj Thomas, RHP, Bristol – DNP
13. Braxton Ashcraft, RHP, Morgantown – DNP
14. Lolo Sanchez, CF, Bradenton – 0-for-3, BB, SB
15. Pablo Reyes, Util, Pirates – In Majors
16. Braeden Ogle, LHP, Bradenton – DNP
17. Michael Burrows, RHP, Morgantown – DNP
18. Jared Oliva, CF, Altoona – 1-for-4, 2B, BB
19. Ji-Hwan Bae, SS, Greensboro – 2-for-5
20. Max Kranick, RHP, Bradenton – DNP
21. Luis Escobar, RHP, Indianapolis – DNP
22. Osvaldo Bido, RHP, Bradenton – DNP
23. Eduardo Vera, RHP, Indianapolis – DNP
24. Gage Hinsz, RHP, Altoona – DNP
25. Aaron Shortridge, RHP, Bradenton – DNP
26. Blake Weiman, LHP, Indianapolis – DNP
27. Steven Jennings, RHP, Greensboro – DNP
28. Brandon Waddell, LHP, Indianapolis – DNP
29. Jesus Liranzo, RHP, Altoona – DNP
30. Rodolfo Castro, 2B, Bradenton – DNP
Indianapolis lost to Columbus, 3-2. Both runs came on a first inning home run by Will Craig, his 21st homer. He also hit his 19th double. Kevin Kramer hit his first triple and 27th double. Trayvon Robinson had two hits and Jason Martin hit his 19th double. Craig, Kramer, Robinson and Martin were batting in exactly that order, but somehow spaced all those hits out to avoid another run. Indy went 1-for-15 in the game with runners in scoring position.
Alex McRae started and came out after three and a third innings. McRae allowed only one hit, but walked seven. He kept the damage to two runs, thanks in large part to Montana DuRapau coming in with one out and the bases loaded and stranding all the runners. DuRapau and Jake Brentz combined for three and two-thirds scoreless innings, with DuRapau getting four of his five outs on strikeouts. Tyler Lyons gave up the decisive run in the eighth.
Here’s the boxscore.
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Altoona lost to Reading, 9-7, in ten innings. The Curve trailed, 4-2, going into the top of the ninth, but Jason Delay tied the game with his sixth home run and Jared Oliva put Altoona up, 6-4, with his 22nd double. Unfortunately, Blake Cederlind blew the lead in the bottom of the ninth. The Curve scored the free runner in the top of the tenth, but Joel Cesar quickly lost the game on a three-run home run, failing to retire a batter.
Starter Domingo Robles pitched mostly well, but gave up a pair of two-run homers in the third. He went five, giving up five hits and a walk, and fanning five. Yeudy Garcia threw two scoreless innings. Cederlind fanned four over two innings, but gave up the two tying runs.
Nobody for Altoona had more than one hit, but the Curve drew eight walks. Bligh Madris drove in two runs with a sacrifice fly and his eighth home run. Darnell Sweeney had a hit and two walks, and Oneil Cruz drew two walks. Sweeney and Cruz, though, both got picked off first base.
Here’s the boxscore.
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Bradenton lost to Dunedin, 4-2. The Marauders had only six hits, half of them by Travis Swaggerty. He hit his third triple and also walked, so he reached base all four times up. Adrian Valerio hit his seventh double, and Mason Martin and Deon Stafford had the other hits. Brad Case started and had a lot of runners to deal with, as he gave up seven hits and four walks in six innings. He struck out four. Hunter Stratton gave up an unearned run and Samuel Reyes threw a scoreless ninth despite allowing a hit and two walks.
Here’s the boxscore.
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Greensboro beat Greenville, 8-2. The Grasshoppers got contributions up and down the lineup. Justin Harrer and Grant Koch, batting eighth and ninth, each had two hits, including Koch’s 13th double. Ji-Hwan Bae had two hits and two RBIs. Jonah Davis belted his 12th home run. In his last six games, Davis is 10-for-24 (.417) with four HRs, eight RBIs and only four strikeouts.
Noe Toribio made his second start since moving up from West Virginia. He gave up two runs on seven hits and a walk in five innings, with four strikeouts. Alfredo Reyes, who’s making the transition to the mound, threw a scoreless inning and Mike LoPresti threw two. Yerry De Los Santos pitched a scoreless ninth, with two strikeouts. (I watched De Los Santos’ inning and his fastball has a lot of arm-side run. Combined with his slider, which obviously goes the other way, it’s a tough pair of pitches.)
Here’s the boxscore.
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Morgantown lost to Hudson Valley, 5-3. Bear Bellomy had a strong start, throwing five shutout innings while allowing just two hits and a walk. He struck out four. Bellomy left with a 2-0 lead, but Trey McGough gave up five runs, four earned, while recording just three outs. Oliver Garcia finished with two scoreless innings.
The Black Bears managed only six hits, all singles except Ryan Haug’s fourth double. Dean Lockery had two of the hits. The Bears had scoring chances due to eight walks, but went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position and stranded 11.
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Bristol beat Elizabethton, 4-1. Jose Maldonado recovered from some early control problems and lasted five innings, giving up the one run. He allowed five hits and three walks, and struck out four. Alex Roth got the save with three scoreless innings of relief. He allowed one hit and no walks, and fanned four. Roth has allowed one run in his first 13.1 IP.
Aaron Shackelford and Jesus Valdez each had two hits. Shackelford hit his twelfth double and Valdez stole two bases, giving him three on the year. Eli Wilson hit his third double, drew a walk and scored twice. Chase Murray drove in two with a sacrifice fly and his second double.
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The GCL Pirates are off on Sundays.
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The DSL Pirates1 are off on Sundays.
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The DSL Pirates2 are off on Sundays. They clinched their division title on Saturday.
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