The Pirates couldn’t hold the lead against the Brewers on Thursday, dropping the final game 7-5 to split a four game series.
Milwaukee got on the board immediately against Mitch Keller with a solo homer in the top of the first. The Pirates responded in the bottom half of the inning with a home run of their own, this time a three run shot by Joey Bart.
The Brewers added two more runs in the third, tying the score. They took the lead in the fifth inning on a Rhys Hoskins double. The Pirates once again answered in the bottom half, picking up an RBI double from Jack Suwinski, and a sac fly RBI by Jared Triolo to take a 5-4 lead.
That lead looked safe until the 8th inning, when Gary Sanchez hit a two run homer off Aroldis Chapman, giving the Brewers a lead they would not relinquish. They added an insurance run in the ninth for good measure.
The loss for the Pirates continues an early trend of the bullpen losing leads late in games. The Pirates have won some games in this manner, but the bullpen was expected to be a strength, so the losses stand out.
STATCAST HEROES
The minor league Statcast Heroes can be found in the nightly Pirates Prospect Watch.
DAILY VIDEO RUNDOWN
Joey Bart hits his third home run with the Pirates.
As seen above, Jack Brannigan homered for the second day in a row. He also hit a double tonight in an 11-1 Greensboro victory. I recapped Brannigan’s performance, along with all of the other highlights, in the nightly Pirates Prospect Watch.
ROSTER MOVES
RHP Ryder Ryan was optioned to Indianapolis after the game. The Pirates will call up another player on Friday before the game.
RHP Brad Case was sent up to Indianapolis from Altoona, after putting up a 3.18 ERA in 11.1 innings, with a 9:2 K/BB ratio.
LHP Dominic Perachi was promoted from Greensboro to Altoona. Perachi pitched 10.1 shutout innings in Greensboro, with seven strikeouts and four walks. He allowed three runs in three innings during his Altoona debut.
The Pirates released outfielder Jack Herman. The outfielder was batting .176/.236/.216 with 26 strikeouts in 51 at-bats in Single-A.
TODAY: PIRATES (13-13) AT GIANTS (12-14)
Game Time: 10:15 PM EDT
Watch: SportsNet-PIT
Listen: KDKA-FM 93.7
Pirates Starter: Quinn Priester, RHP (0-1, 8.31)
Giants Starter: Kyle Harrison, LHP (2-1, 5.00)
In the Minors…
Triple-A: Indianapolis, 7:35 PM – LHP Michael Plassmeyer (1-3, 6.86)
The Pirates have two catchers taken at the top of the draft in 2021 first overall pick Henry Davis, and 2018 second overall pick Joey Bart. The Pirates got Bart after he struggled in San Francisco. Davis is struggling in the same way, and the Pirates aren’t doing him any favors with the usage. I wrote about the comparison of the two catchers, and how the Pirates are expecting too much right away from Davis.
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This week’s premium article drop for Patreon subscribers looks at players in Single-A with the Bradenton Marauders. Like every other level, this group is highlighted by interesting pitchers. There are also some hitters to follow on the position player side, which I broke down in my premium column.
**Williams: Pirates Prospects Sleepers to Follow in Single-AMichael Kennedy was an over-slot prep pick in the fourth round of the 2022 draft. The lefty is in his first full-season league in pro ball, and showed promise this past weekend with an eight strikeout performance.
**Michael Kennedy Shows Path to Big Leagues With Eight Strikeout PerformanceKhristian Curtis has a six pitch mix, despite not having a lot of time on the mound in his pitching career. The Pirates gave him an over-slot bonus as a 12th rounder last year, giving them the chance to develop his arsenal.
**Khristian Curtis Features Big Stuff From a Six Pitch MixCarlson Reed is showing promise in his early results with Bradenton. The West Virginia draftee has a 2.45 ERA in his first three starts this year, after being taken in the fourth round last year.
**West Virginia Pitcher Carlson Reed is Off to a Great Start With the Pirates
Relievers aren’t usually prospects in the lower levels, but Magdiel Cotto is a lefty who can get his fastball up to 95. The Pirates went over-slot on him in the 11th round last year, and he’s showing good results as a reliever in the 2024 season.
**Magdiel Cotto is an Over-Slot Lefty With a Fastball That Gets Up to 95
The Pirates traded for Connor Oliver at the start of the season, getting something in return for Colin Selby. This marks his sixth different organization since the start of 2020, with hopes that the Pirates can develop the lefty into an MLB option.
**Connor Oliver Remains on the Move With Trade to Pirates
Jack Brannigan showed some power tonight in Greensboro, as part of an 11-1 victory by the Pittsburgh Pirates High-A squad. Brannigan went 2-for-5, hitting a double and a home run, with each being his third of the season.
After Mitch Jebb led things off with a walk, Brannigan connected for a double to center field, putting the Grasshoppers up 1-0. Nick Cimillo later broke open the inning with a three run homer. Brannigan led off the third inning with a solo homer of his own, making the score 5-0 by that point.
On the season, Brannigan is now batting .250/.391/.481. His power results are down, but his strikeout rate is also down. Brannigan did strike out in his next three at-bats, but he entered the game with a 15.3% strikeout rate, down from 33.5% in High-A last season.
I wrote about Brannigan at the start of the season, highlighting his plus defense at third base, along with his adjustment to help eliminate swing and miss.
PIRATES PROSPECT WATCH
INDIANAPOLIS lost 5-4
2B Ji Hwan Bae went 2-for-5 with a home run, his second of the season.
1B Jake Lamb also homered, hitting his third of the year for his only hit of the day.
RF Canaan Smith-Njigba went 2-for-4.
LF Gilberto Celestino also went 2-for-4.
CF Matt Gorski went 1-for-4 with his second double of the year.
ALTOONA lost 4-0
RHP Sean Sullivan pitched five innings, allowing one run on two hits. Sullivan walked two and struck out three. His ERA dropped to 3.06 on the season.
CF Matt Fraizer went 2-for-5 with a double.
DH Seth Beer went 1-for-2 with two walks.
2B Kervin Pichardo went 1-for-3 with a walk.
SS Tsung-Che Cheng didn’t pick up a hit, but walked three times.
GREENSBORO won 11-1, with help from Jack Brannigan’s homer and double.
RHP Patrick Reilly received a four run lead before he took the mound, and he never let the other team on the board. Reilly pitched five shutout innings, allowing two hits, two walks, and striking out eight. I wrote about Reilly last week as a pitching prospect to follow in the lower levels.
DH Nick Cimillo went 3-for-4 with a three run homer.
C Geovanny Planchart hit a grand slam in the fifth inning, putting Greensboro up 10-0 at the time.
CF Hudson Head went 2-for-5 with a triple.
2B Mitch Jebb went 1-for-4 with a double and a walk.
BRADENTON lost 5-4
3B Garret Forrester picked up two hits, including his fourth double of the year.
LHP Connor Oliver pitched 2.2 shutout innings, with two hits, a walk, and a strikeout. I wrote about Oliver this week, who the Pirates added in a trade earlier in the month.
1B Juan Jerez went 1-for-4 with a double and two RBI.
LF Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-3. I wrote about Valdez as a young hitter to watch earlier this week.
RF Solomon Maguire, recent added to the roster, went 1-for-4.
STATCAST HEROES
Despite two exit velocities over 100 MPH, Nick Gonzales went 0-for-4, ending his 14-game hitting streak. This was also the first time all season, spanning 22 games, that he didn’t reach base safely. STATS
RHP Antwone Kelly allowed one earned run and two more unearned in four innings. He gave up six hits and walked four. The velocity and swing and miss has been there for Kelly, but he gets hit hard consistently. STATS
TOMORROW’S SCHEDULE
Triple-A: Indianapolis, 7:35 PM – LHP Michael Plassmeyer (1-3, 6.86)
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PIRATES LOSE TO BREWERS
The Pirates dropped a 3-2 contest to the Milwaukee Brewers. They were playing a bullpen game, sending Josh Fleming to the mound for the start. Fleming pitched 2.1 scoreless frames, before Luis Ortiz entered the game and allowed three runs in the third. The Pirates scored two on a Bryan Reynolds home run, but pitching ruled the rest of the game on each side, leaving all of the scoring in the third inning.
STATCAST HEROES
The home run from Reynolds traveled 402 feet with a 103.1 MPH exit velocity. STATSThe minor league Statcast Heroes can be found in the nightly Pirates Prospect Watch.
DAILY VIDEO RUNDOWN
Bryan Reynolds tried to get the Pirates back in the action, cutting the Brewers lead to one run with this two run homer.
Paul Skenes pitched into the fifth inning on Wednesday, while Bubba Chandler didn’t make it out of the first. Read all about their outings and more in the latest Pirates Prospect Watch.
TODAY: PIRATES (13-12) VS BREWERS (15-8)
Game Time: 12:35 PM EDT
Watch: SportsNet-PIT
Listen: KDKA-FM 93.7
Pirates Starter: Mitch Keller, RHP (2-2, 4.80)
Brewers Starter: Freddy Peralta, RHP (2-0, 1.90)
In the Minors…
Triple-A: Indianapolis, 7:05 PM – TBD
Double-A: Altoona, 6:00 PM – RHP Sean Sullivan (0-2, 3.55)
High-A: Greensboro, 7:05 PM – RHP Patrick Reilly (0-1, 6.17)
Single-A: Bradenton, 6:30 PM – RHP Antwone Kelly (0-2, 11.70)
PIRATES PROSPECTS DAILY
This week’s Statcast Heroes, which is now a premium article, looks at the whiffs from Jared Jones and Bailey Falter, last week’s Paul Skenes start, the success from Eric Lauer in his most recent start for Indianapolis, and the hard hits from Omar Alfonzo in Bradenton.
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This week’s premium article drop for Patreon subscribers looks at players in Single-A with the Bradenton Marauders. Like every other level, this group is highlighted by interesting pitchers. There are also some hitters to follow on the position player side, which I broke down in my premium column.
**Williams: Pirates Prospects Sleepers to Follow in Single-AMichael Kennedy was an over-slot prep pick in the fourth round of the 2022 draft. The lefty is in his first full-season league in pro ball, and showed promise this past weekend with an eight strikeout performance.
**Michael Kennedy Shows Path to Big Leagues With Eight Strikeout PerformanceKhristian Curtis has a six pitch mix, despite not having a lot of time on the mound in his pitching career. The Pirates gave him an over-slot bonus as a 12th rounder last year, giving them the chance to develop his arsenal.
**Khristian Curtis Features Big Stuff From a Six Pitch MixCarlson Reed is showing promise in his early results with Bradenton. The West Virginia draftee has a 2.45 ERA in his first three starts this year, after being taken in the fourth round last year.
**West Virginia Pitcher Carlson Reed is Off to a Great Start With the Pirates
Relievers aren’t usually prospects in the lower levels, but Magdiel Cotto is a lefty who can get his fastball up to 95. The Pirates went over-slot on him in the 11th round last year, and he’s showing good results as a reliever in the 2024 season.
**Magdiel Cotto is an Over-Slot Lefty With a Fastball That Gets Up to 95
The Pirates traded for Connor Oliver at the start of the season, getting something in return for Colin Selby. This marks his sixth different organization since the start of 2020, with hopes that the Pirates can develop the lefty into an MLB option.
**Connor Oliver Remains on the Move With Trade to Pirates
Paul Skenes is human, after all.
The 2023 first overall pick gave up his first runs of the season against Omaha on Wednesday afternoon, in his first start where he pitched into the fifth inning.
Skenes allowed his first run of the season in the second inning. He allowed a triple on a play that wasn’t fielded well by outfielder Billy McKinney. With two outs, that runner scored on a single to right field. It’s likely the runner would have scored from second if the previous play was held to a double.
In the fourth inning, Skenes allowed a leadoff single, followed by a walk. After a fly out, he almost escaped the inning with no damage. A grounder back to the mound gave Skenes a potential double play ball. He fired low to second base, and Nick Gonzales couldn’t field the ball. The result was an error on Skenes that allowed a runner to score from second, rather than an inning ending double play.
Even the human version of Skenes is elite. In total, he allowed two runs, one earned, on five hits in 4.1 innings. He walked one and struck out seven. Check out more of the daily results below, including a look at the stuff from Skenes in the Statcast Heroes section.
PIRATES PROSPECT WATCH
INDIANAPOLIS won 7-4 in the latest start from Paul Skenes.
2B Nick Gonzales extended his hitting streak to 14 games, going 3-for-5 with a home run. Gonzales picked up singles in his first two at-bats, then capped off his day in the sixth inning with his second homer of the year.
SS Liover Peguero went 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.
1B Malcom Nunez went 1-for-4 with two RBIs.
DH Jake Lamb went 0-for-1 with three walks and an RBI.
LHP Brady Feigl pitched two scoreless innings in relief of Skenes, allowing two hits, one walk, and striking out three.
ALTOONA lost 8-7, after being down 7-1 after four innings.
RHP Bubba Chandler struck out his first batter, then dealt with control issues, leading to his removal after 34 pitches and two outs in the first. Two runs scored off him with RHP Valentin Linarez on the mound.
SS-2B Kervin Pichardo went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs. He also reached base on a walk.
1B Seth Beer went 4-for-4 with two runs.
CF Jase Bowen went 2-for-4 with two runs.
LF Joe Perez went 2-for-5 with an RBI.
GREENSBORO lost 6-5, after carrying a 5-2 lead into the bottom of the ninth.
LHP Hunter Barco got the start, allowing two runs in four innings of work. Both runs came in the fifth inning, with one scoring off a reliever. Barco struck out seven in four scoreless innings prior to the fifth. I wrote about Barco recently, who is off to a great start with a 1.80 ERA in his first five starts.
RHP Derek Diamond pitched three shutout innings in relief, allowing two hits, no walks, and striking out four.
CF Sammy Siani got the scoring going, hitting a solo homer in the first inning for his second long shot of the year.
3B Jack Brannigan went 1-for-5 with his second homer of the year, a two run shot in the fifth inning.
RF Charles McAdoo went 2-for-4 with a double.
BRADENTON lost 5-3 to Clearwater.
RHP Hung-Leng Chang pitched five innings, allowing two unearned runs on five hits, with a walk and four strikeouts.
LHP Inmer Lobo made his US debut with a shutout inning, striking out two, after pitching the last two seasons in the DSL.
C Garret Forrester went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
DH Omar Alfonzo went 1-for-1 with a 107.5 MPH double in the first, before being pulled from the game in the third inning.
DH Jack Herman, who replaced Alfonzo, went 2-for-4 with a run the rest of the game.
STATCAST HEROES
Skenes didn’t have his usual velocity today, pitching about 1 MPH slower on average. He only hit triple digits twice, which came later in the start. It seems like he was taking something off a lot of his pitches. He had seven pitches classified as sweepers, which fit the profile of his normal slider, just with less velocity and a bit more movement. Skenes used his splinker 22 times, after using the pitch 26 times combined in his previous four starts. STATS
The Pirates acquired Inmer Lobo in a trade for Hoy Park prior to the 2023 season. The lefty averaged 88 MPH with his fastball, and picked up two whiffs and three called strikes on ten sliders. STATS
TOMORROW’S SCHEDULE
Triple-A: Indianapolis, 7:05 PM – TBD
Double-A: Altoona, 6:00 PM – RHP Sean Sullivan (0-2, 3.55)
High-A: Greensboro, 7:05 PM – RHP Patrick Reilly (0-1, 6.17)
Single-A: Bradenton, 6:30 PM – RHP Antwone Kelly (0-2, 11.70)
The Milwaukee Brewers aren’t a big swing and miss team. Prior to Tuesday night’s game against the Pirates, they ranked 22nd in baseball in swinging strikes, at 10% of their total pitches. Yet, the Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Jared Jones and Bailey Falter to the mound to decimate the Brewers offense over the last two games.
Jones had 25 whiffs on Monday in his latest in an early campaign for Rookie of the Year. One day later, Falter whiffed 14 across seven innings, allowing one run with eight strikeouts. This continued an impressive run this season for Falter, who now has a 3.33 ERA in 27 innings. Or, as David Todd has been noting on Twitter, Falter has a 1.67 ERA this year after his first five batters of the season.
Falter got early help from a leadoff homer by Andrew McCutchen. That would be almost all of the help he would receive. Connor Joe added the eventual winning run with an RBI single in the sixth inning.
Falter continued pitching lights out, until the eighth. He allowed a solo homer to lead off the eighth inning, before Colin Holderman came in to pitch through the inning with two strikeouts. The Pirates turned to David Bednar in the ninth, who pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout for the save in a close 2-1 victory.
I wrote recently about the good and bad from Falter. So far this year, there has been far more good than bad.
STATCAST HEROES
Falter’s 14 whiffs ranked second on the Pirates in the last week, only to the 25 from Jones yesterday. STATSThe minor league Statcast Heroes can be found in the nightly Pirates Prospect Watch.
DAILY VIDEO RUNDOWN
Andrew McCutchen led things off with a home run for the second day in a row. This one was his 100th home run at PNC Park.
Nick Gonzales extended his hitting streak to 13 games, going 2-for-5 in an Indianapolis loss. Read about his game and all of the other action in the nightly Pirates Prospect Watch.
ROSTER MOVES
The Pirates traded Triple-A infielder Sergio Alcantara to the Arizona Diamondbacks for cash considerations.
OF Lonnie White Jr. was placed on the 7-day IL in Greensboro, retro 4/20.
LHP Inmer Lobo was added to the Bradenton roster, after a 1.16 ERA in 38.2 innings in the DSL over the last two seasons.
TODAY: PIRATES (13-11) VS BREWERS (14-8)
Game Time: 6:40 PM EDT
Watch: SportsNet-PIT
Listen: KDKA-FM 93.7
Pirates Starter: Quinn Priester, RHP (0-1, 8.31)
Brewers Starter: Bryse Wilson, RHP (2-0, 3.29)
In the Minors…
RHP Paul Skenes makes his next start for Indianapolis at 12:05 PM EST at Omaha.
RHP Bubba Chandler remains paired up with Skenes, and will start for Altoona at 11:00 AM.
Greensboro will start LHP Hunter Barco at 7:05 PM. Barco has a 0.82 ERA in 11 innings this season. I wrote about Barco last week, before his latest impressive outing.
Bradenton sends RHP Hung-Leng Chang to the mound at 6:30 PM. Chang has a 1.17 ERA in two starts this year.
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This week’s premium article drop for Patreon subscribers looks at players in Single-A with the Bradenton Marauders. Like every other level, this group is highlighted by interesting pitchers. There are also some hitters to follow on the position player side, which I broke down in my premium column.
**Williams: Pirates Prospects Sleepers to Follow in Single-AMichael Kennedy was an over-slot prep pick in the fourth round of the 2022 draft. The lefty is in his first full-season league in pro ball, and showed promise this past weekend with an eight strikeout performance.
**Michael Kennedy Shows Path to Big Leagues With Eight Strikeout PerformanceKhristian Curtis has a six pitch mix, despite not having a lot of time on the mound in his pitching career. The Pirates gave him an over-slot bonus as a 12th rounder last year, giving them the chance to develop his arsenal.
**Khristian Curtis Features Big Stuff From a Six Pitch MixCarlson Reed is showing promise in his early results with Bradenton. The West Virginia draftee has a 2.45 ERA in his first three starts this year, after being taken in the fourth round last year.
**West Virginia Pitcher Carlson Reed is Off to a Great Start With the Pirates
Relievers aren’t usually prospects in the lower levels, but Magdiel Cotto is a lefty who can get his fastball up to 95. The Pirates went over-slot on him in the 11th round last year, and he’s showing good results as a reliever in the 2024 season.
**Magdiel Cotto is an Over-Slot Lefty With a Fastball That Gets Up to 95
The Pirates traded for Connor Oliver at the start of the season, getting something in return for Colin Selby. This marks his sixth different organization since the start of 2020, with hopes that the Pirates can develop the lefty into an MLB option.
**Connor Oliver Remains on the Move With Trade to Pirates
Nick Gonzales keeps hitting.
The middle infielder, playing second base on Tuesday night for Indianapolis, went 2-for-4 with a walk. That extends his hitting streak to 13 games, and continues his streak of reaching base in all 20 games this season.
Gonzales extended his streak immediately tonight, picking up a single on a line drive in his first at-bat, putting runners on first and second with no outs in the first inning. That set up an eventual run.
The next hit came in the seventh inning. Gonzales led off the frame with another soft line drive single to center field. In both cases, Yasmani Grandal followed by grounding into a double play.
Grandal, who went 2-for-5 with a double at the plate, will join the Pirates soon, as he nears the end of his rehab assignment. Gonzales is playing like a guy who deserves to be joining Grandal in the big leagues.
PIRATES PROSPECT WATCH
INDIANAPOLIS lost 7-4 to Omaha.
CF Ji Hwan Bae went 1-for-4 with a walk.
1B Jake Lamb picked up three hits on a 3-for-3 day, with a double and a walk.
DH Canaan Smith-Njigba went 1-for-3 with a walk.
LHP Jose Hernandez pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.
RHP Carmen Mlodzinski pitched two innings, allowing one run on three hits, with two walks and two strikeouts.
ALTOONA lost 4-0 to Akron, with two hits from the offense.
1B Aaron Shackelford had both of the hits, going 2-for-4 with a double and a stolen base.
RHP Brad Case pitched three shutout innings, walking one and striking out three.
3B Joe Perez went 0-for-1 with three walks and a strikeout.
DH Jackson Glenn went 0-for-2 with two walks.
LHP Nick Dombkowski pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.
3B Charles McAdoo had two of the team’s five hits, going 2-for-4. He also stole a base.
LF Rodolfo Nolasco had the only extra base hit, going 1-for-4 with a double.
CF Sammy Siani went 1-for-4.
RF Hudson Head went 1-for-2.
BRADENTON lost to Clearwater 2-1.
C Omar Alfonzo went 1-for-2 with two walks, scoring the game’s only run. I wrote about Alfonzo in this week’s premium article drop.
RHP Carlos Jimenez had control issues tonight, walking five batters in two innings. This led to two runs on one hit, limited by his four strikeouts.
RHP Elijah Birdsong pitched two shutout innings, allowing a walk and a hit, and striking out one.
LHP Hunter Furtado threw two shutout innings, allowing one hit with two strikeouts.
RHP Landon Tomkins pitched two shutout innings, walking two and striking out two.
STATCAST HEROES
The double from Yasmani Grandal traveled 394 feet at 104.8 MPH, which wasn’t his hardest hit of the game STATS
The latest weekly Statcast Heroes gets released tomorrow, but I can already tell you that Omar Alfonzo had six of the ten hardest hit balls for Bradenton over the last seven days. STATS
TOMORROW’S SCHEDULE
RHP Paul Skenes makes his next start for Indianapolis at 12:05 PM EST at Omaha.
RHP Bubba Chandler remains paired up with Skenes, and will start for Altoona at 11:00 AM.
Greensboro will start LHP Hunter Barco at 7:05 PM. Barco has a 0.82 ERA in 11 innings this season. I wrote about Barco last week, before his latest impressive outing.
Bradenton sends RHP Hung-Leng Chang to the mound at 6:30 PM. Chang has a 1.17 ERA in two starts this year.
The minor league Statcast Heroes can be found in the nightly Pirates Prospect Watch.
RHP Antwone Kelly allowed one earned run and two more unearned in four innings. He gave up six hits and walked four. The velocity and swing and miss has been there for Kelly, but he gets hit hard consistently. 
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The Pirates acquired Inmer Lobo in a trade for Hoy Park prior to the 2023 season. The lefty averaged 88 MPH with his fastball, and picked up two whiffs and three called strikes on ten sliders. 
The minor league Statcast Heroes can be found in 
The latest weekly Statcast Heroes gets released tomorrow, but I can already tell you that Omar Alfonzo had six of the ten hardest hit balls for Bradenton over the last seven days. 
