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Pirates Prospect Watch: Michael Kennedy is Heating Up in Bradenton

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Michael Kennedy is starting to heat up in Bradenton.

The left-handed pitcher was drafted in the fourth round in 2022 and given a seven figure bonus out of the high school ranks. He started for the Marauders on Saturday night, allowing one run in five innings, with no walks and six strikeouts. Kennedy only allowed four hits, and picked up 13 whiffs on the night.

This past week, I wrote about what makes Kennedy a player to watch, after his most recent outing. The 19-year-old was coming off a start similar to this, where he allowed one run in five innings, with no walks and eight strikeouts. Seeing the same results this week is encouraging. On the season, Kennedy has a 3.71 ERA in 17 innings, with a 22:3 K/BB ratio.

Check out the Statcast Heroes section to read more about Kennedy’s stuff tonight.

PIRATES PROSPECT WATCH

INDIANAPOLIS was postponed due to wet grounds.

ALTOONA lost 5-4

  • RHP Po-Yu Chen allowed two runs in 4.2 innings of work. He gave up two hits, walked three, and struck out three.
  • RF Jase Bowen hit his first homer of the season in the eighth inning. Bowen went 2-for-3 with a walk on the night.
  • 3B-SS Kervin Pichardo went 2-for-3 with a walk.
  • LF-1B Aaron Shackelford went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
  • 1B Abrahan Gutierrez went 1-for-2 with a double.

GREENSBORO lost 6-5

  • RHP Wilber Dotel pitched five innings, allowing two runs on five hits. He struck out six and walked one. Both runs came on solo homers, and were the first runs of the season allowed by Dotel in 15.1 innings. I wrote about Dotel today in the Saturday Sleepers series.
  • RHP Brandan Bidios pitched two shutout innings, allowing one hit, no walks, and striking out three.
  • 3B Charles McAdoo went 1-for-4 with a three run homer in the fifth inning. It was his second homer of the season.
  • LF Sammy Siani went 2-for-5, stealing two bases.
  • SS Termarr Johnson went 0-for-3, walking twice and striking out three times. He stole his third base of the season.

BRADENTON lost 3-2 in 10 innings, after Michael Kennedy pitched five strong frames.

STATCAST HEROES

Michael Kennedy isn’t a hard thrower, with a four-seam that sat 90 MPH, touching 92.3 tonight. The slider led to the best results tonight. Kennedy had three whiffs on nine swings, and eight called strikes on the slider for a 52% called and swinging strike rate. He also had three whiffs on the changeup on eight swings.  STATS

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Tim Williams
Tim Williams
Tim is the owner, producer, editor, and lead writer of PiratesProspects.com. He has been running Pirates Prospects since 2009, becoming the first new media reporter and outlet covering the Pirates at the MLB level in 2011 and 2012. His work can also be found in Baseball America, where he has been a contributor since 2014 and the Pirates' correspondent since 2019.

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