Welcome to the Pirates Prospects daily video rundown, where we pull some of the top videos of the Pittsburgh Pirates across the internet.
Player Spotlight
Dariel Lopez
Having a February birthday, Lopez played the entire 2021 season at Low-A Bradenton at the age of 19, an impressive feat in it’s own. The fact that he held his own (.258/.341/.393, 10 HR), batting in the middle of the division champion Marauders team was even more so.
In a league where strikeout rates were way up, Lopez posted a very respectable 24.7 K% as a 19-year-old, all the while showing great patience at the plate (13.2 BB%). He also showed some great opposite field power, with sending 39.3% of the balls he put in play the other way.
Dariel Lopez with a base hit up the middle scores a runner. He turned 20 this past February and already has a whole season of pro ball under his belt. Link is to his instagram page where the video is from #LetsGoBucs https://t.co/IrLe34WdUj pic.twitter.com/1nKrSPPOVn
— Anthony Murphy (@__Murphy88) March 26, 2022
Here he is sending a single up the middle that scored a runner in what looks to be an intrasquad scrimmage. Lopez played mainly shortstop and third base, and while the errors were worrisome (32 total in 2021), he has the athletic ability and arm to remain on that side of the diamond.
Another look at some of the power that Lopez flashed in Bradenton last year, a video showing some of his doubles and home runs he hit.
Daily Video Rundown
Hunter Owen
The only thing standing between the Pirates and a second consecutive tie during Spring Training was former 25th round pick, Hunter Owen.
He made sure the game ended with a decisive winner.
HUNTER OWEN CALLED GAME pic.twitter.com/XXZ9Cvwuk0
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) March 25, 2022
Owen, 28, got a very brief cup of coffee in the majors last season, playing in three games for the Pirates and going 0-for-4 in that span.
While playing for Triple-A Indianapolis, Owen hit 20 home runs while owning a batting slash of .235/.306/.451. Owen is currently in Spring Training as a Non-Roster Invite and will likely head back to Indianapolis to start 2022.
Ernny Ordonez
The 2019 draft class seems to find new players to contribute every day, and 33rd round pick Ernny Ordonez was no different. Playing in 75 games as the Marauders first baseman in 2021, Ordonez hit .252/.321/.411 with seven home runs while posting a wRC+ of 99.
Pirates corner prospect Ernny Ordoñez continues the Greensboro rally by doubling off the wall plating Henry Davis pic.twitter.com/wNknYMOZVq
— Eric_Birdland (@Eric_Birdland) March 25, 2022
Here, Ordonez doubles to left center, scoring Henry Davis in a scrimmage against the Baltimore Orioles organization.
While we’re on the subject of Pirates prospects, @__Murphy88 boy Ernny Ordonez hit a DING-DONG off Kenley Jansen. Ordonez trained this year out of NYC Sluggers in the off-season
Here’s another video of Ordonez hitting a home run against Kenley Jansen, one of the best relief pitchers in the majors who signed with the Atlanta Braves in the offseason.
