On Thursday morning, Baseball America updated their list of the top 100 prospects in baseball. They got updated scouting reports and made some adjustments and additions/subtractions to the list. The Pittsburgh Pirates still have six prospects on the list, but there was a change in the system rankings for two players, as well as some movement, both up and down the list.
We start with the top prospect, and Oneil Cruz was rated 11th in their previous update. He remains as the top prospect, but he dropped ten spots to 21st overall.
Henry Davis was 36th before, and he moved up two spots.
Nick Gonzales ranked 46th overall in the last update. He took a big hit today, dropping down to 68th place, which moved him from third to fourth in the system.
Roansy Contreras moves up to 51st place, making a jump of 19 spots. He and Gonzales basically swapped places on the list and in the Pirates system. Contreras will be the first Pirates player to graduate from this list and it could be soon if BA uses the 45 non-September roster days rule. He was with the Pirates until April 21st, and then he’s been back ten days since then, so he will be done before the end of the month. If they don’t use that rule, then he will lose it after 5-7 more starts due to innings.
Liover Peguero remained as the fifth best prospect in the system, moving up two spots to 69th overall, one spot behind Gonzales.
Quinn Priester, who has yet to debut this season, ranks 81st, down three spots.
Here’s a clean look at the list:
21. Cruz
36. Davis
51. Contreras
68. Gonzales
69. Peguero
81. Priester
