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P2Daily: Looking At and Beyond Brennan Malone’s 2021 Season

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It was the first significant move that Ben Cherington made as the General Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, trading Starling Marte to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for Liover Peguero and Brennan Malone.

While Peguero has established himself as not only one of the top prospects in the system, but also in baseball, we haven’t seen too much of Malone.

Whether it be due to signing late or struggling with injuries and control on the mound, Malone has thrown just 22 professional innings since being drafted in 2019.

None of that is really news, this has been well known about Malone throughout the offseason. With Cody Potanko’s update on Malone on Tuesday,  I wanted to go back and watch over Malone’s brief time in Bradenton.

It was interesting to watch Malone pitch in Bradenton. The stuff is there, he’s just having an issue commanding it. He also received no help in the first game shown on the video, with the defense committing two errors right off the back. There was another throw by Dariel Lopez that wasn’t called an error that probably could have been.

In fact, all four of the runs that Malone allowed with Bradenton was unearned. He struggled, yes, allowing four hits, five walks and hitting a batter in just 3 2/3 innings, but also the defense didn’t do him any favors.

That takes me back to what X2 Baseball said about the progress that Malone has made this offseason, specifically when it comes to his breaking pitches.

Anthony Murphy
Anthony Murphy
Anthony began writing over 10 years ago, starting a personal blog to cover the 2011 MLB draft, where the Pirates selected first overall. After bouncing around many websites covering hockey, he refocused his attention to baseball, his first love when it comes to sports. He eventually found himself here at Pirates Prospects in late 2021, where he covers the team’s four full season minor league affiliates.

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