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Three Pirates Make Updated Top 60 Prospects List for The Athletic

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Keith Law at The Athletic released an updated top 60 prospects list that includes drafted players. The Pittsburgh Pirates have three players on this updated list, including their top draft picks from three of the last four years.

Henry Davis leads the way for Pirates on the list. He ranked 20th in the preseason list for Law, and he now ranks 17th  overall.

Termarr Johnson is second on this list for Pirates, ranking 30th overall. Among players drafted this year, he ranks third, one spot behind Cam Collier, and eight spots behind Druw Jones.

Quinn Priester made a big leap on this list due to his impressive work at Altoona this year.  He jumps from 57th overall in the preseason, up to 33rd overall.

In case you missed it over the weekend, Oneil Cruz lost his prospect eligibility on Saturday night when he struck out as a pinch-hitter in the ninth. That was his 131st at-bat, pushing him over the limit. He actually would not have been considered for this list anyway, as Law states the current big league players weren’t eligible for his update.

I mention the Cruz graduation in part because Baseball America updated their list to take him off. The Pirates have three of the top 100 prospects for them now, Davis, Liover Peguero and Priester, but they also haven’t updated for draft picks.

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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