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

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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:

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

Prospects of the Week:

Kevin Kramer: 8 for 20 (.400), 2 RBI, 3 walks to 3 strikeouts, 6 games played

Yeudy Garcia: 1-0 (starts), 7 innings pitched,0 runs, 9 strikeouts,1 walk

Brandon Waddell: 1-0 (1 starts), 7 innings pitched, 0 runs, 8 strikeouts, 1 walks

Kevin Kramer was a prospect of the week for a few weeks in a row in May. For June, he was batting well, but just not as hot as he was in April and May. Kramer put together a strong week and raised his average by hitting .400 over the last seven days. Yeudy Garcia has one of the most dynamite arms in the organization with a fastball that sits in the upper 90s. However, this week he really impressed by striking out 9 batters and having his best start of the season. Waddell has struggled since being promoted to AA Altoona. Waddell’s biggest issue was that he was walking more batters than he was in Single-A. His last start he only walked one batter and the results were much better.

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The minors league season is about half way through. With that we have a really good sample size of the prospects numbers and can fully judge how they are performing this year. The big thing to look for now is the level they are playing. We have already seen Taillon reach the majors, Waddell and Newman move up to AA, and Meadows move to AAA. Over the next few weeks expect to see some other players receive promotions. Mitch Keller has been very good all season at Low-A and should get a chance at High-A soon. Harold Ramirez also could find himself in AAA before to long, with putting together a very consistent last two months.

This page provides an easy to access update on how the top Pittsburgh Pirates prospects are performing on a week to week basis. This works better than daily updates because you can really see more of a sample size in the stat changes over a week rather than from day-to-day. There are not many Pittsburgh Pirates free sites out there that can provide a full-page of the top prospects in the organization with their season stats listed in one spot. Rather than trying to remember and search each individual player RumBunter will make it easier for you.

The Pittsburgh Pirates Prospects top 30 may change also throughout the season as certain players perform and move up or down the rankings. There will also be a weekly “Future Friday” article on specific prospects who are performing well. Give comments below about the prospects roundup and your thoughts on how they are performing thus far. You can also ask questions about specific prospects on the prospects roundup if you would like to know more about them.

Pittsburgh Pirates Draft Picks will be added onto the list after July 15th signing deadline.

All Stats are Courtesy of Baseball Reference

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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:

Prospects of the Week:

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