Pirates Top 30 Prospect Trend Report

9-28-21 – By Justin Verno – @JV_PITT on Twitter

Greetings from Ocean City Maryland where, between the beach and beers (OK, a lot of beers) I’ve been able to get this done.

Man oh man what a great week for the Pirates system. A few real good looks here. To get into this I think we have switch gears a little. Most of the guys are done for the season. Some are still playing in AAA. Greensboro is still in the playoffs and Fangraphs is not updating their numbers. So I have to play around here a little, bare with us!

1-Henry Davis – 50 FV        SEASON OVER

	BA/OBP/SL	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC	walk	K
CPX	429/429/1.143	1.571	.714	.663	283	0%	28.6%
Season	263/375/684	1.059	.421	.424	162	16.7%	33.3%

 2-Quinn Priester – 50 FV  ARROW DOWN

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BABIP	K	BB
Season	97.2	3.04	4.08	4.26	1.24	.285	24.1%	9.6%

Quinn was terrific for Greensboro in game 2. Going 5 innings, striking out 7 while giving up 1 ER to an ERA of 1.80.

3 – Roansy Contreras – 50 FV  ARROW UP

4- Liover Peguero – 50 FV 

	BA/OBP/SL	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC	walk	K
PLAY OFFS	250/357/250	.607
Season	270/332/444	.776	.174	.338	108	7.9%	25.2%

5-Miguel Yajure – 50 FV 

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BABIP	K%	BB
Week	3.2	7.36	11.62	8.38	1.91	.250	10.5%	10.5%
Season	43.2	3.09	4.35	4.16	1.05	.239	23%	7.5%
MLB	13	4.05	7.01	5.59	1.15	.182	18.9%	9.4%

6- Oneil Cruz – 50 FV ARROW UP

	BA/OBP/SL	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC	walk	K
AAA	429/579/1.071	1.650	.253	.647	308	26.3%	26.3%
Season	292/346/536	.882	.244	.377	136	7.3%	23.4%

7-Tahnaj Thomas – 50 FV IL SEASON OVER

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BABIP	K%	BB
Season	60.2	5.19	6.49	5.80	1.58	.289	22.1%	12.5%

8-Nick Gonzales – 50 FV

	BA/OBP/SL	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC	walk	K
PLAY OFF	143/386/429	.797
Season	302/385/565	.950	.262	.405	150	10.8%	27.4%

9-Travis Swaggerty – 50 FV – Out for the year

10-Bubba Chandler – 45 FV SEASON OVER

	BA/OBP/SL	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC	walk	K
Season	167/324/300	.624	.133	.325	80	13.5%	43.2%

11-Ji-hwan Bae – 45 SEASON OVER

	BA/OBP/SL	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC	walk	K
Season	278/359/413	.771	.134	.343	114	10.4%	22.7%

12-Brennan Malone – 45 FV SEASON OVER

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BABIP	K%	BB
CPX	10.1	5.23	4.15	3.46	1.16	.194	27.3%	15.2%
Week – A	3.2	0.00	7.61	9.12	2.45	.333	10%	25%

13-Hudson Head – 45 FV  SEASON OVER

	BA/OBP/SL	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC	walk	K
Play Off	200/273/200	.473
Season-	213/362/394	.755	.181	.364	113	15.7%	31.6%

14-Cody Bolton – 45 FV -out for the season

15-Maikol Escotto – 40+ FV ARROW UP SEASON OVER

	BA/OBP/SL	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC	walk	K
Play Off	417/462/667	1.128
Season-	234/354/347	.701	.113	.344	100	14.2%	30.4%

16-Anthony Solometo – Nothing Yet

17-Jarred Jones – 40+ FV SEASON OVER

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BABIP	K%	BB
Season	66	4.64	3.91	3.75	1.47	.385	34.1%	11.3%

18-Carmen Mlodzinski – 40+ FV IL SEASON OVER

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BABIP	K%	BB
Season	49.1	3.28	4.35	3.99	1.22	.298	32%	9.4%

19-Canaan Smith-Njigba – 40+ FV

	BA/OBP/SL	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC	walk	K
AAA	091/231/091	.322	000	.312	93	33.3%	0%
Season	274/398/406	.830	.141	.180		15.4%	46.2%

20-Lonnie White – 40+ FV – SEASON OVER

	BA/OPS/SL	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC	walk	K
Seaon	258/303/516	.819	.258	.364	108	6.1%	42.4%

21-Rodolfo Castro – 40+ FV ARROW UP

	BA/OBP/SL	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC	walk	K
AAA	471/50/1.228	.198	.647	.663	.319	5.6%	29%
Season	242/295/425	.719	.182	.311	92	6.1%	23.1%
MLB	198/258/395	.653	.198	.282	75	6.5%	29%

22-Diego Castillo – 40+ FV 

	BA/OBP/SL	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC	walk	K
Week	000/500/000	.500	.000	.359	119	50%	25%
Season – AAA	275/446/475	.921	.200	.409	152	23.2%	16.1%
Season – PIT	282/342/445	.787	.164	.343	112	8.3%	7.4%
Season-NY	277/345/504	.850	.228	.367	128	8.4%	12.7%

23-Rodolfo Nolasco – 40+ FV SEASON OVER

	BA/OBP/SL	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC	walk	K
Season	284/409/552	.961	.269	.436	150	15.9%	26.2%

24-Jared Oliva – 40+ FV ARROW DOWN

	BA/OBP/SL	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC	walk	K
Week	182/308/182	.408	.000	.249	47	15.4%	30.8%
Season	257/328/367	.694	.110	.312	88	7.3%	27.6%
MLB	175/233/225	.458	.050	.215	20	7%	23.3%

25-Endy Rodriguez – 40+ FV  ARROW UP

	BA/OBP/SL	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC	walk	K
PLAY Off	462/500/538	1.036
Season	294/380/512	.892	.218	.410	140	11.5%	17.7%

26-Mason Martin – 40+ FV  ARROW UP

	BA/OBP/SL	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC	walk	K
AAA	250/308/750	1.058	.500	.434	168	0%	30.8%
Season	242/318/481	.799	.239	.342	113	8.1%	34.2%

27-Jose Soriano – 40+ FV – Out for the season

28-Luis Oviedo -40+ FV – MLB

29-Cal Mitchel – 40+ FV ARROW DOWN

	BA/OBP/SL	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC	walk	K
AAA	250/250/333	.583	.083	.255	51	0%	8.3%
Season	280/330/429	.759	.149	.332	106	5.7%	16.9%

30-Eddy Yean – 40+ FV ARROW UP X2

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BABIP	K%	BB
Play Off	3.2	000			0,55
Season	66.2	5.27	5.27	4.71	1.43	.274	23.3%	13.2%

The week Oneil Cruz had leaves me speechless. Kid just pulverized the ball. It’s a really small sample size but from pitch one he looks ahead of the pack and close to the next challenge.

Nick Gonzales saw a lot of pitches he didn’t like and while he didn’t do a ton when he did swing the bat the walk percent and patience he showed is a welcome sign. Kid was ready for AA weeks ago and I must admit a little disappointment in not seeing him get the call.

The 2 big pitching prospects di just fine, incase you were wondering. Priester was terrific while Contreras looked more than ready to compete in AAA.

A solid showing by Eddie Yean in his 3.2 innings of work in the Marauder’s play off game, but whats more important to note here is the Bucs obviously like the kid running him out there for 3.2 innings in such a big game with everything on the line.

Mason Martin had a solid go in his first week of AAA play.

But wow, Endy Rodriguez had a play offs! Batting over 400 and getting on base in half of his plate appearances. And no way I am forgetting to mention an OPS 1.038. Kid should absolutely see a monster jump in the rankings.

The sands of the hour glass are running low here folks. All in all this has been an excellent MiLB season for the rebuilding Bucs. See ya in week!