Top 15 Prospect Update

5-18-22 – By Justin Verno – @JV_PITT on Twitter

Another week down. A few positive signs here, if we look hard enough. And a few disappointments. Let’s get to it.

1-Oneil Cruz

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
Week	.167/.310.292	.602	.125	.290	72	17.2%	27.6%
Season	.185/.302/.328	.630	.143	.294	75	12.9%%	27.3%

2-Henry Davis

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
Week	.200/.500/.800	1.300	.600	.537	243	12.5%%	0%
AA	.200/.500/.800	1.300	.600	.537	243	12.5%%	0%
A+	.341/.450/.585	1.035	.244	.462	179	8%	18%

3-Roansy Contreras

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BB%	k%
week	4.1	6.23	6.68		1.15	17.6%	23.5%
AAA	14.2	2.45	4.54		1.16	16.7%	33.3%
MLB	7.2	3.52	3.73	2.89	0.91	9.7%	32.3%

4-Liover Peguero

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
Week	.280/.308/.440	.741	.160	.330	106	3.8%	23.1%
Season	.322/.352/.525	.877	.201	.384	142	4.8%	20%

5-Quinn Priester-no stats yet

6-Nick Gonzales

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA+	wRC+	BB%	K%
week	.316/.364/.316	.679	.000	.314	96	89.1%	40.9%
season	.212/.341/.308	.649	.096	.310	93	14.3%	36.5%

7-Endy Rodriguez

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wWR+	BB%	K%
week	.429/.500/.571	1.071	.143	.489	196	6.3%	12.5%
season	.283/.361/.500	.861	.217	.387	131	8.4%	26.9%

8-Matt Fraizer

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
week	.261/.292/.435	.726	.174	.319	99	4.2%	29.2%
season	.176/.212/.278	.490	.102	.222	35	3.2%	31.9%

9-Jared Jones

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
week	2.1	23.14	7.31		3.86	5.9%	23.5%
season	23.2	6.85	5.91	4.00	1.52	11.3%	34%

10-Bubba Chandler No stats

11-Ji-hwan Bae

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wWRC+	BB%	K%
week	.304/.414/.478	.892	.174	.395	140	17.2%	10.3%
season	.270/.357/.423	.780	.153	.351	112	12.4%	17.8%

12-Michael Burrows

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
week	4	9.00	5.71		2.00	10%	25%
season	30.2	2.35	2.68	3.80	0.98	7.3%	32.5%

13-Travis Swaggerty

*wishes he only had 1 AB last week*

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
week	.000/.125/.000	.125	.000	.091	-56	12.5%	87.5%
season	.174/.269/.232	.501	.058	.244	43	11.4%	36.7%

14-Miguel Yajure

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
week	0.2	27.00	37.95		7.50	57.1%	14.3
AAA	2.2	6.75	8.32	4.06	2.25	28.6%%	42.9%
MLB	10.1	11.32	5.89	6.67	2.13	11.3%	7.5%

15-Anthony Solometo- No stats

MY FIVE

16-Kyle Nicolas

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
week	5	1.80	3.66		0.80	15.8%	21.1%
season	24.2	3.65	4.36	4.19	1.01	8.2%	27.6%

17-Maikol Escotto

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
week	.063/.167/..063	.229	000	.136	-28	5.6%	33.3%
season	.206/.267/.412	.679	.206	304	79	5.7%	32.4%

18-Mason Martin

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
week	.217/.357/.435	.792	.217	.1359	117	17.9%	32.1%
season	.246.316/.525	.841	.280	.360	118	8.3%	32.3%

19- Hudson Head

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
week	.316/.381/.421	.802	.105	.371	121	9.5%	47.6%
season	.266/.375/.426	.801	.160	.370	121	10.7%	36.6%

20-Connor Scott

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
week	.214/.267/.214	.481	.000	.230	40	6.7%	26.7%
season	.276/.344/.391	.735	.115	.335	109	8.2%	21.4%

A Few quick thoughts-

I know it sounds funny, BUT…

Mason Martin, Oneil Cruz and Matt Fraizer all had decent weeks if you squint hard enough. I get that Cruz OPS was not good and the BA wasn’t good either. But his OPB was decent due to a good walk rate of 17% and his ISO was a decent enough at .125. He’s shrinking his zone and that’s a good step.

Mason Martin had a really nice week despite the .217 BA. Like Cruz his walk rate was terrific(17.9%), another good example of shrinking that strike zone. But unlike Cruz his numbers, outside of BA, were terrific. Look past that .217 and his OBP was .357, I’ll take that every week! His OPS remained close to 800 coming in at .792. Mason made much needed adjustments and I can’t wait to see how this week shakes out for him.

Matt Fraizer, man I will take any positive momentum for the kid and finally we get a heartbeat! He’s still on life support as the .261/.292 is nothing to hang his hat on, I get that. But it’s nice to see something, anything, he can build on.

Failure to Launch–

I hate typing this BUT Jared Jones has hit a snag. He’s young so it’s by means time to panic, but he’s got some things to work on for sure.

Must be something in the pitcher’s water because Burrows had his roughest outing as well, though he did settle in a little bit. And I don’t even want to talk about Yajure’s outing.

Steady as she goes–

Ji-hwan Bae’s good start to the year continued. His bat has been as steady as can be.

Kyle Nicolas’s breakout season is also intact. Outside of one rough go Kyle has been terrific. A reminder, I did NOT like the Jacob Stallings trade return and Kyle has shut me up every time he’s been given the ball.

Hudson Head still has a K rate that absolutely needs to be better. But the stick continues to play at A+. He continues to show he can get on base, .375 on the young season and when he hits the ball he hits it hard, OPS coming in at .801.

Anne are you OK?

Does Travis Swaggerty even have a heartbeat? It’s like the baseball version of Weekend at Bernie’s. I feel for the guy, but the Bucs have to be considering demoting him? Right?