Pittsburgh Pirates: Prospect Roundup 7/6-7/20

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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 July and the stat sheets are filled up at this point. We have a good judgement on the prospects’ season.

This week is different, as I did not post a round up last week. Due to the all-star break and other breaks in the minor league schedule I decided to consolidate this article from the last two weeks for this article.

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:

RHP Tyler Glasnow, AAA: 7-3, 1.94 ERA, 122K/55BB, 18 starts
OF, Austin Meadows, AAA & AA: .239 BA, 6 RBI, 2 HR, .793 OPS & .311 BA, 23 RBI,6 home runs, .976 OPS : 15 Day DL: Hamstring
1b Josh Bell, AAA: .320BA, 53RBI, 13 home runs .932 OPS
RHP Jameson Taillon, AAA: 4-2. 2.04 ERA, 61k/6BB, 10 starts; IN THE MLB: DL
3b Ke’Bryan Hayes, A-: .263BA, 37 RBI, 6 home runs, .711 OPS
OF Harold Ramirez, AA: .310 BA, 43 RBI, .772 OPS*
C, Reese McGuire, AA: .261 BA, 35 RBI, .688 OPS
C, Elias Diaz, AAA DL: One Game 0-4
2b Alen Hanson, AAA: .255 BA, 22 RBI, .658 OPS
LHP Steven Brault, AAA: 2-4, 2.44 ERA, 57k/18BB, 10 games and 9 starts
RHP Nick Kingham, AAA DL: Rehab in GCL: 0-1, 0.82 ERA, 7k/1BB, 3 games 11 innings
SS Kevin Newman, AA & A+: .333, 13 RBI, .838 OPS & .366, 24 RBI, .922 OPS *
RHP Mitch Keller, A-: 6-5, 2.64 ERA, 94K/11 BB, 16 starts *
SS Cole Tucker A+ & A-: .215, 11 RBI, .578, & .234, 2 RBI, .677 OPS
LHP Stephen Tarpley, A+: 4-3, 4.50 ERA, 60 K/26 BB, 13 starts
RHP Chad Kuhl, AAA: 6-2, 2.58 ERA, 59k/16BB,14 start
RHP Clay Holmes, AA: 8-4, 4.27ERA, 41K/40BB, 18 starts
OF Willy Garcia, AAA: .261, 32 RBI, .696 OPS
RHP Yeudy Garcia A+: 4-6, 2.86 ERA, 86K/37BB, 17 starts (1 Relief also)
RHP Trevor Williams AAA: 5-4, 3.24 ERA, 33K/13BB, 11 starts*
OF/INF Adam Frazier, AAA: .333, 22 RBI, .827 OPS ; IN THE MLB
RHP Tyler Eppler, AA: 6-7, 4.12 ERA, 71K/22BB, 18 starts
OF/3b Jordan Luplow, A+: .244 BA, 36 RBI, .735 OPS
OF Barrett Barnes, AA: .283 BA, 21 RBI, .756 OPS
2b/3b Kevin Kramer, A+: .282, 36 RBI, .735 OPS
RHP Dario Agrazal, A-: 6-6, 4.11, 54K/13BB, 18 starts
RHP Gage Hinsz, A-: 2-3, 3.83 ERA, 31k/9BB, 9 starts
LHP Brandon Waddell, AA & A+: 6-5, 4.43 ERA, 51k/35BB, 13 GS & 4-0 ,0.93 ERA, 26k/2bb, 5GS
INF Max Moroff, AAA: .240 BA, 40 RBI, .760 OPS
1b Jose Osuna, AAA & AA: .269, 1 homerun, 5 RBI, .757; .271 BA, 38 RBI, 6 home runs, .767 OPS

Prospects of the Week:

Kevin Newman: 14 for 41 (.341), 6 RBI, 6 walks to 2 strikeouts, 10 games played

Trevor Williams: 2-0 (2 starts), 13 innings pitched, 1 run, 8 strikeouts, 2 walk

Mitch Keller: 1-0 (2 starts), 14 innings pitched, 2 runs, 9 strikeouts, 1 walks

Kevin Newman continues to hit at a high clip at AA. He hit his first home run at the AA level this week and now is hitting a robust .333 in his 25 games for the Curve. He is showing that he is the shortstop of the future. Trevor Williams is finally healthy and pitching consistently. He is getting better every start and seems to be in a groove dropping his ERA over his last 4 starts. He could be a valuable trade piece or depth for the Pirates rotation going forward. Mitch Keller has shown great command for his age and keeps dominating at the Low-A level. With an ERA under three he is due for a promotion.

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The minor league season is over 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. We also have seen Josh Bell and Steven Brault reach the majors and be optioned back down. Look for other prospects to start getting moved up from their current level. Players such as Harold Ramirez, Mitch Keller, and Ke’Bryan Hayes likely will be next to move up.

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 Rum Bunter has made it easier for you.

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 have their own weekly stat update on Thursdays.

All Stats are Courtesy of Baseball Reference

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