Pittsburgh Pirates: Five Under-the-Radar Prospects off to a Hot Start

The Pittsburgh Pirates have a ton of top prospects performing well throughout the organization, but let’s take a look at four under the radar names who are doing excellent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have a ton of young talent coming up throughout the minor league system. We all know names like Oneil Cruz, Nick Gonzales, Liover Peguero, Quinn Priester, and Roansy Contreras just to name some of the most notable players currently in the system. But the Pirates have a very deep farm system, so some names are bound to get forgotten or overlooked when taking stock of the organization.

However, while there are a handful of players that are getting overlooked, many are putting up outstanding numbers at their respective levels. They could see a promotion soon as well. We’re just over a month into the minor league season and while we’ve already taken a look at the Pirates’ best minor league performances of May, I want to take a look at what have been some of the best performances so far this year that haven’t gotten much attention.

To start, none of these prospects are high-ranking names in the Pirate system. Most are flying under the radar in terms of where they are seen among other prospects and how they are performing. So with that out of the way, let’s look at our first under-the-radar minor leaguer of the season so far.