Pittsburgh Pirates: Prospect Roundup 6/22-6/29

Once a week there will be a Pittsburgh Pirates Prospects roundup on the minor leaguers in the Pirate’s farm system and their stats. It is June and the stat sheets are starting to look the way they should for these players:

These articles show the top 30 prospect’s main stats for the season thus far.  This will give you an easy and accessible page to view a prospect’s roundup and how they are doing on the year. The hitter stats will include batting average, RBIs, and OPS, some will have home-runs if they are supposed to be power hitting prospects.  Pitcher stats will include  their win-loss record, ERA, and their strike outs to walks on the season.

Some of the site contributors got to together and created this list after putting together a formula that consists of a number of stats, intangibles, and watching film on them. The stats that were used were based on their previous season performance and their career  stat lines.  With that being said, stats make up the bulk of how they are rated. Through this we put the prospects in a tiered system, but for these updates it will be easier to use the traditional 1-30 rankings.  Eventually the newly drafted prospect will be added.  The cut off for drafted prospects to sign is July 15th, so once all players have signed or have not, they will be added to the list.  Here is this weeks prospects roundup:

1. RHP Tyler Glasnow, AAA: 7-2, 1.70 ERA, 105K/51BB, 16 starts
2. OF, Austin Meadows, AAA & AA: .220 BA, 5 RBI, 1 HR, .719 OPS & .311 BA, 23 RBI,6 home runs, .976 OPS 
3. 1b Josh Bell, AAA: .316BA, 45RBI, 11 home runs .923 OPS 
4. RHP Jameson Taillon, AAA: 4-2. 2.04 ERA, 61k/6BB, 10 starts; IN THE MLB
5. 3b Ke’Bryan Hayes, A-: .268BA, 35 RBI, 6 home runs, .721 OPS
6. OF Harold Ramirez, AA: .292 BA, 33 RBI, .740 OPS
7. C, Reese McGuire, AA: .251 BA, 28 RBI, .687 OPS
8. C, Elias Diaz, AAA DL: Has Not Played
9. 2b Alen Hanson, AAA: .248 BA, 18 RBI, .649 OPS
10. LHP Steven Brault, AAA: 1-3, 3.00 ERA, 38k/13BB, 7 starts
11. RHP Nick Kingham, AAA DL: Has Not Played: Threw a Simulated Game
12. SS Kevin Newman, AA & A+: .300, 4 RBI, .692 OPS & .366, 24 RBI, .922 OPS
13. RHP Mitch Keller, A-: 5-5, 2.71 ERA, 79K/9 BB, 13 starts 
14. SS Cole Tucker A+ & A-: .276, 2 RBI, .658, 4 RBI  & .234, 2 RBI, .677 OPS
15. LHP Stephen Tarpley, A+: 3-1, 3.40 ERA, 42 K/15 BB, 9 starts
16. RHP Chad Kuhl, AAA: 6-2, 2.58 ERA, 59k/16BB,14 start; IN THE MLB 
17. RHP Clay Holmes, AA: 6-4, 4.67ERA, 54K/33BB, 15 starts
18. OF Willy Garcia, AAA: .263,21 RBI, .686 OPS
19. RHP Yeudy Garcia A+: 3-4, 2.24 ERA, 75K/30BB, 13 starts (1 Relief also) *
20. RHP Trevor Williams AAA: 2-4, 4.70 ERA, 20K/13BB, 8 starts
21. OF/INF Adam Frazier, AAA: .333, 22 RBI, .827 OPS ; IN THE MLB
22. RHP Tyler Eppler, AA: 5-5, 3.96 ERA, 55K/18BB, 15 starts
23. OF/3b Jordan Luplow, A+: .242 BA, 29 RBI, .730 OPS
24. OF Barrett Barnes, AA: .250 BA, 14 RBI, .689 OPS
25. 2b/3b Kevin Kramer, A+: .285, 30 RBI, .738 OPS *
26. RHP Dario Agrazal, A-: 4-6, 5.14, 42K/11BB, 14 starts
27. RHP Gage Hinsz, A-: 1-2, 4.44 ERA, 21k/7BB, 5 start
28. LHP Brandon Waddell, AA & A+:  5-2, 4.44 ERA, 31k/21BB, 9 GS & 4-0 ,0.93 ERA, 26k/2bb, 5GS 
29. INF Max Moroff, AAA: .247 BA, 33 RBI, .780 OPS
30. 1b Jose Osuna, AA: .271 BA, 38 RBI, 6 home runs, .767 OPS