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MLB Pipeline Top 100 Prospects Update Places Five Pirates in the Top 50

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MLB Pipeline updated their top 100 prospects list on Wednesday morning and the Pittsburgh Pirates are well-represented in the top half of the list.

Pipeline has Henry Davis rated as the #19 prospect in baseball, followed one spot lower by Oneil Cruz. Nick Gonzales still rates high for them despite early season struggles and a trip to the 60-day IL, coming in at the #31 prospect. Quinn Priester also rates well despite missed time, ranking 36th overall. Not far behind is Liover Peguero, who ranks 45th overall.

Back in late May, those players ranked this way:

18 Nick Gonzales
20 Henry Davis
22 Oneil Cruz
51 Quinn Priester
62 Liover Peguero

It is a bit surprising that Mike Burrows didn’t make the jump to this list. I figured that he would sneak onto the back-end of the list after showing improvements with his pitches and strong results to match. I should also note that Roansy Contreras is still eligible for us, but not for Pipeline. They use the standard limits we do (no more than 130 at-bats, 50 innings or 30 games pitched), but they also use service time, so anyone who surpasses 45 non-September/October days can be removed from the list before reaching any of those marks. Contreras is at 47 innings in the majors.

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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