Pittsburgh Pirates Minor League Report – August 10th

West Virginia Black Bears Bullpen

Welcome to our weekly trip around the Pittsburgh Pirates’ minor league system. This is where we give you a look at how each Pirates’ minor league affiliate did during the previous week, along with division standings, updates about players who stood out during the previous week, a look at the injury report, and give you a peek at the week ahead.

We will start our weekly recap with the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians.

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Triple-A Indianapolis Indians

The Indianapolis Indians went 5-2 over the last week. The Indians split a four-game series while in Durham to face the Bulls. They continued the road trip in Norfolk by completing a three game sweep of the Tides.

International League West Division standings:

Indianapolis Indians – 68-48

Columbus Clippers – 63-52

Louisville Bats – 58-59

Toledo Mud Hens – 47-68

Players on the move:

RHP Adam Miller was sent from the Altoona Curve to the Indianapolis Indians on 8-9-2015.

RHP Vance Worley was sent outright from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Indianapolis Indians on 8-7-2015.

OF Jaff Decker was optioned from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Indianapolis Indians on 8-3-2015.

Players that stood out:

INF Josh Bell is batting .188 since his call up. He had five hits, two walks and five strikeouts.

RHP Tyler Glasnow had a no decision. He went 4.2 innings and allowed one earned run on three hits, six walks and six strikeouts.

INF Dan Gamache is batting .303 since his call up. He had six hits, three RBIs, two walks, and four strikeouts.

OF Gorkys Hernandez is now batting .270. He had five hits, one RBI, two walks, a stolen base and seven strikeouts.

INF Steve Lombardozzi is now batting .285. He had three hits, two RBIs, one walk, two stolen bases and seven strikeouts.

OF Willy Garcia is currently batting .260. He had seven hits, including two home runs, six RBIs, two walks, and struck out four times.

RHP Wilfredo Boscan picked up his seventh win while allowing one earned run on three hits, four walks, a stolen base and seven strikeouts.

INF Alen Hanson is now batting .277. He had five hits, one RBI, one walk, five strikeouts, and a stolen base.

RHP Angel Sanchez had a no decision. He allowed two hits, one earned run, walked three, and had four strikeouts in 3.1 innings of work.

RHP Chris Volstad picked up his team-leading ninth win while going 6.1 innings, allowing one earned run on six hits, one walk, and two strikeouts.

C Elias Diaz saw action in four games. He collected five hits and five RBIs and is now batting .274.

RHP Blake Wood leads the team with 24 saves.

RHP Radhames Liz picked up a win and a loss. In the win, he went six innings, allowing five hits, walked one, and struck out six. In the loss, he went six innings, allowed two earned runs on two hits, four walks and six strikeouts.

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C Tony Sanchez  had five hits, one RBI, six strikeouts, and one walk. His average is now .229 for the season.

OF Keon Broxton had eight hits, four RBIs, six walks, four stolen bases, and nine strikeouts. His average is now .249.

1B John Bowker is now batting .226 after collecting five hits, including a home run, three RBIs and three strikeouts.

P Brad Lincoln saw action in two games. He picked up his fifth win of the season on Friday while going 3.2 innings and allowing one hit, two walks and two strikeouts.

Injury Report:

INF Kelson Brown was placed on the disabled list with a sprained right ankle on 8-4-2015 .

INF Gift Ngoepe remains on the disabled list with a left oblique strain.

OF Andy Vasquez remains on the disabled list with a right ankle sprain.

RHP Casey Sadler remains on the disabled list with a forearm strain.

RHP John Holdzkom remains on the disabled list.

A look at next week:

The Indians enjoy the day off on Monday. The Indians will host the Toledo Mud Hens for three games Tuesday to Thursday. Then, the Durham Bulls come to town for four games in three games.

Next, we step down to Double-A Altoona.

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Advanced A Bradenton Marauders

The Bradenton Marauders went 4-2 over the past week. The Marauders dropped two of three while hosting the Jupiter Hammerheads. Then they headed to Charlotte and completed a three game sweep of the Stone Crabs.

As the Marauders begin the second half of the season, the standings are reset. The Charlotte Stone Crabs were the first half division winner. The second half division winner will face the Stone Crabs in the playoffs. If the Stone Crabs win the second half, then the team with the second best overall record will advance to face the Stone Crabs. More information on the playoff procedures can be found here. We will provide you the second half standings along with the overall standings in parenthesis.

Florida State League South Division Standings:

Palm Beach Cardinals – 29-13 (61-51)

Bradenton Marauders – 27-15 (59-53)

St. Lucie Mets – 23-19 (58-54)

Fort Myers Miracle – 23-21 (61-53)

Charlotte Stone Crabs – 16-24 (61-49)

Jupiter Hammerheads – 17-27 (52-62)

Players on the move:

RHP Dovydas Neverauskas was sent from the West Virginia Power to the Bradenton Marauders on 8-4-2015.

Players that stood out:

OF Harold Ramirez  had six hits, including a home run, five RBIs, four walks and kept his average at .359.

OF Austin Meadows is now batting .308 after getting nine hits, including two home runs, six RBIs, two walks and three strikeouts.

C Reese McGuire had two hits and three RBIs. His average is now .265.

LHP Cody Dickson leads the team with ten wins.

RHP Frank Duncan  leads the team with eighty-seven strikeouts.

RHP Brett McKinney leads the team with nine saves.

A look at next week: The Marauders will continue the road trip by visiting the Jupiter Hammerheads for three games. As the road trip ends, the Marauders will return home to face the Charlotte Stone Crabs for three games. Then on Sunday, the St Lucie Mets will come to Bradenton to start a two game series.

We dig deep and head for the hills as we take a look at the Class-A West Virginia Power.

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Class-A West Virginia Power

The West Virginia Power went 4-3 over the last week. The Power took two of three from the Greenville Drive. They wrapped up the week with a trip to Asheville where the Power earned a split with the Tourists in a four game series.

As they begin the second half of the season, the standings are reset. The Hickory Crawdads were the first half division winner. The second half division winner will face the Crawdads in the playoffs. If the Crawdads win the second half, then the team with the second best overall record will advance to face the Crawdads. More information on the playoff procedures can be found here. We will provide you the second half standings along with the overall standings in parenthesis.

South Atlantic League North Division Standings: 

West Virginia Power – 29-14 (66-46)

Hickory Crawdads – 24-19 (68-43)

Lakewood BlueClaws – 24-19 (57-54)

Delmarva Shorebirds – 22-21(55-56)

Kannapolis Intimidators – 22-21(57-55)

Hagerstown Suns – 21-22 (56-55)

Greensboro Grasshoppers – 14-29 (43-69)

Players on the move:

SS Kevin Newman was sent from the West Virginia Black Bears to the West Virginia Power on 8-9-2015.

RHP Edgar Santana was sent from the West Virginia Black Bears to the West Virginia Power on 8-9-2015.

INF Erik Forgione was sent from the West Virginia Power to the West Virginia Black Bears on 8-9-2015.

Players that stood out:

OF Michael Suchy saw his average drop to .284 while collecting eight hits, including a home run, five RBIs and seven strikeouts.

INF Jerrick Suiter had his average rise to .308 while collecting eight hits, six RBIs, three walks and five strikeouts.

OF Elvis Escobar saw his average rise to .293. He had ten hits, three RBIs, three walks, a stolen base and four strikeouts.

SS Cole Tucker has not played since July 28th.

INF Chase Simpson is now batting .258. He had five hits, including two home runs, eight RBIs, two walks and four strikeouts.

INF Jordan Luplow saw his average rise to .263 after collecting twelve hits, including two home runs, six RBIs, seven walks and four strikeouts.

RHP Austin Coley leads the team with thirteen wins and ninety-two strikeouts.

RHP Yeudy Garcia now has ten wins.

LHP Stephen Tarpley has nine wins.

RHP Nick Neumann leads the team with thirteen saves on the season.

A look at next week:

The Power return home and host the Delmarva Shorebirds in a three game series. The Power get to enjoy the day off on Thursday. Then they will head to Hickory to face the Crawdads in a three game weekend series.

Next, we look at the newest member of the farm system with the Short-Season A West Virginia Black Bears.

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Cooper, the proud mascot of the West Virginia Black Bears

Short-Season A West Virginia Black Bears

The West Virginia Black Bears finished the week by going 3-4.  The Black Bears won the first game over the visiting Auburn Doubledays before dropping the next two. Then they hosted the State College Spikes for three games and dropped two of three. The Black Bears won the first game of the series on Sunday in Williamsport over the CrossCutters.

For more on the Black Bears, You can find our series recaps for the series with the Auburn DoubleDays and the series with the State College Spikes.

New York-Penn League Pinckney Division:

Williamsport Crosscutters – 30-19

West Virginia Black Bears – 25-24

State College Spikes – 24-24

Auburn Doubledays – 23-25

Mahoning Valley Scrappers – 22-2253

Batavia Muckdogs – 19-28

All-Star Update:

In case you missed it, Logan Hill, Ty Moore, Daniel Arribas and Dario Agrazal were named to the New York-Penn League South All Star Team. For more information, check out our post.

Players on the move:

SS Kevin Newman was sent from the West Virginia Black Bears to the West Virginia Power on 8-9-2015.

RHP Edgar Santana was sent from the West Virginia Black Bears to the West Virginia Power on 8-9-2015.

INF Erik Forgione was sent from the West Virginia Power to the West Virginia Black Bears on 8-9-2015.

Players that stood out:

OF Logan Hill is currently hitting .331 with an OPS of .963. He had ten hits, including a home run, five RBIs, two walks, two stolen bases and five strikeouts. He now has an eight game hitting streak.

OF Ty Moore is currently hitting .287 with an OPS of .726. He had three hits, one RBI, one stolen base and three strikeouts.

C Daniel Arribas is currently hitting .279 with an OPS of .703. He had five hits, three RBIs, one walk and one strikeout.

1B Albert Baur is currently hitting .268. He had six hits, two RBIs, seven strikeouts and a walk.

3B Kevin Kramer is currently hitting .252. He had seven hits, four RBIs and three walks.

2B Mitchell Tolman is currently hitting .296. He had eleven hits, one RBI, three walks and one strikeout.

RHP Dario Agrazal leads the team with five wins and has thrown fifty-four innings.

RHP JT Brubaker still has four wins. He had a no decision this week.

RHP Jonathan Minier  and LHP Cesilio Pimentel lead the team with thirty-four strikeouts each.

LHP Cesilio Pimentel, LHP Andy Otamendi, RHP Julio Eusebio, LHP Sean Keselica are tied for the team lead with three saves each.

RHP Nick Hibbing leads the team with a 1.73 ERA.(minimum 10 innings pitched) He has thrown 26.0 innings.

A Look At Next Week:

The Black Bears will continue the three game series that started Sunday in Williamsport with the Crosscutters. Following that series, the Black Bears will return home on Wednesday to begin a three game series with the Aberdeen IronBirds. Finally, the Black Bears will end the week with a two game series on Saturday and Sunday in State College with the Spikes.

Rookie Ball is next with the Bristol Pirates!

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Rookie Bristol Pirates

The Bristol Pirates finished the week by going 3-3. The Pirates took two of three games from the Kingsport Mets. The series finale on Thursday was rained out. Then the Pirates lost two of three to the Greeneville Astros.

Appalachian League West:

Greeneville Astros – 24-20

Elizabethton Twins – 23-22

Kingsport Mets – 23-22

Johnson City Cardinals – 21-23

Bristol Pirates – 20-23

A Look at Next Week:

The Bristol Pirates will head to Johnson City on Monday for five games in three days with the Cardinals. Then, they will return home to host the Elizabethton Twins for three games starting on Thursday. On Sunday, they will head to Bluefield for a two game series with the Blue Jays.

This has been the Pittsburgh Pirates Minor League Report for August 10th. Make sure to check back next Monday for our weekly trip around the Pirates’ minor league system!

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