That said, it's getting harder. As a right-handed hitter almost all of Endys damage is done on outer-third pitches that he can get fully extended against. His mother spent her childhood in London, while his father "a real Brit; he still has an . Ricky Tiedemann is one of the fastest-rising pitching prospects in the game. He clearly wasnt comfortable in center field during his brief time there last season, but he only played there once every couple of weeks and he isnt a firm no at the position, even if he is bad there right now. If he does end up having relevant chase issues, he might track like a left-handed hitting Brendan Rodgers, but Johnsons makeup and personality are so universally lauded that its fair to expect him to make relevant adjustments and become a key cog on Pittsburghs next competitive team. Cederlind, 27, spent 2022 recovering from Tommy John, and he had renewed soreness during his rehab, which is part of why he missed the whole year. The powerfully built Kelly, 19, is a squat but loose righty who sits 93-95 mph and throws quality strikes with his fastball. His swing may look different in 2023 and prompt a re-evaluation. Spending all season at Triple-A, he put up decent numbers, striking out roughly a quarter of opposing batters and allowing just four homers all season. Manual adjustments are made where they seem appropriate, but we use that as a rule of thumb. He can play a fine shortstop. Martin has plus-plus raw power and a 30-grade hit tool, not enough for first base but maybe enough for consideration overseas. Burrows had success as a starter throughout a 2022 season split between Double- and Triple-A before shoulder inflammation effectively ended his season. His quality of contact is very good when he does make it, and is already on par with the typical starting major league second baseman even though hes barely 22. Chen is a very advanced righty with a deep repertoire led by his plus changeup. He is a 6-foot-5 20-year-old, after all. He mixed in four pitches, with his four-seamer and slider accounting for 88% of his pitches, and the changeup and two-seamer bringing up the rear. This is the case with De Los Santos. Not Quite Enough Hit Tool Cristofer Melendez, RHP All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. He entered the 2022 spring as a high-probability 40 FV prospect who some scouts thought belonged in the 40+ tier because of pitching approach changes Barco could make in pro ball that might enable a breakout, but he ended up blowing out his UCL and having Tommy John in May. Some aspects of that optimistic projection still exist, while others have changed or are currently absent, but the tools package here is still on par with the middle of the everyday second baseman player population, and were hoping that young Peguero will polish up his games current smudges. He would slot among Priester and Ortiz on this list had he completed a totally healthy 2022. 4/5 on a contender. Jimenez has a very good sweeping, upper-70s curveball and creates plus action on a changeup that he sells with fantastic arm speed. The Pirates snagged him in Decembers Rule 5 draft, making him only the second lefty reliever on their 40-man, so hell likely be called upon for consistent use out of the big league pen in 2023. Endy had an incredible 2022 statline .323/.407/.590 most of which was generated at hitter-friendly Greensboro. Mechanically, Burrows adds additional length to his 6-foot-2 stature with an over-the-top delivery. Climbing the minor league ladder often comes with offensive slumps, many of which are cured as hitters accrue at-bats at the more advanced level. 11/ . Drafted 91st overall by the Toronto Blue Jays in 2021 out of a Huntington Beach junior college, the 20-year-old southpaw not only finished last season in Double-A, he dominated at all three levels where he saw action. Barring a velo bump or another significant alteration to some of the more concerning elements of his profile, he looks like a single-inning up/down reliever. Podcasts: . As a high schooler, his ultra-low spin splitter seemed like the more promising pitch, but his feel for it has regressed. We added RosterResource's Depth Charts; these reflect a team's current. His range and footwork are great, while his actions and arm are fine. Hes been up to 100 mph, sits 96, and has solid glove-side command of a mid-80s slider. Hes a young, switch-hitting catcher with cartoonish offensive numbers (especially from a bat-to-ball standpoint) and uncommon defensive versatility, as hes played a bunch of second base and left field as well. ago They do not like solemeto or Gonzalez. Andres Silvera, RHP. Scouting reports were compiled with information provided by industry sources as well as our own observations. When healthy, he was a hard-throwing 40 FV reliever. Besides Johnson and Harrington, two other 2022 draft picks made the top 30. But given his age and the amount of runway still afforded to him, this was seen as a speed bump for his development rather than being of great concern at the time. Clubs like the Pirates arent making buyers trades, so they have little to no incentive to move a potentially great young player, which in turn means teams have little incentive to scout said player. The Pirates got a deal done for a cool million, nearly twice the slot amount in the fourth round. Andrew McCutchen / OF 3. Triolos swing and footwork in the box make him vulnerable in a couple of obvious ways (high heat, sliders away), and we dont think the 60-grade hit, 45-grade power profile that he has put on paper so far will hold quite that much water against big league arms. Its not a great look to lose half a minor league rosters worth of players in the Rule 5, but that whole group might produce one or two big league role players, which is a small price to pay if theyre byprospects of a bigger group from which the Pirates can pick and choose before exposing the rest to that arcane process. After bouncing around many websites covering hockey, he . If it does, he should be a 50, and that grade was discussed during the Pirates list-making process. Counter to our past reports, his swing is rather stiff and some of Lopezs length makes him vulnerable to pitches in on his hands. Mason Martin, 1B His size creates some stiffness and imbalance during his swing, which can lead to him putting suboptimal contact in play. Obviously the 2021 draft was the big one, and seven players from that class are currently on the list. The swing length and approach combination is scary enough to keep Lopez out of the 40+ FV tier even though he has this sort of upside. His fastball velo is up a tick since 2021, now comfortably sitting in the 95-96 mph range and routinely touching 98. Could Solometo eventually throw harder? Jones checked all but two scouting boxes as a high school pitcher. }); Grouped by type and listed in order of preference within each category. Davis was on the IL multiple times in 2022 with issues stemming from a small nondisplaced fracture of his left wrist that he suffered when he was hit by a pitch in May. He absolutely towers over his father, who was twice a Baseball America Top 100 prospect but spent most of his pro career in Japan. He spent much of the season leading off for Altoona, where he slashed .282/.376/.419 and stole 24 stolen bases. His swing is already geared for lift, but he doesnt currently have the raw juice to make the most of it. Shim is a big, physically mature righty with huge present arm strength, creeping into the upper 90s. A double-plus hit tool leads the way for Termarr Johnson, a 5'7" 175 lb left-handed hitter who calls Jose Ramirez to mind on a quick visual evaluation. Axiel Plaz, C If you split his season exactly in half, the improvement is obvious. He threw it 16% of the time (up from 9% the previous season) and induced a 53% whiff rate with this power-action, mid-80s change. As FanGraphs sourced TrackMan/Hawkeye data from team personnel after the season, De Los Santos hard hit rate and peak exit velocities stood apart from most of his peers, especially when limiting the sample to the DSLs age-appropriate players. He might end up becoming the player the industry hoped Francisco Meja would become. 1/ . While likely of low impact, Solometos feel to pitch will almost certainly enable him to be a big leaguer of some kind, either a backend starter or long reliever. Webb dealt with a forearm strain that delayed the start of his 2022 season. Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports. Overall, there is a ton of in-zone swing-and-miss happening here. More glove-side fastballs might help him set up his sweeping slider more effectively, as that pitch has good-looking movement but wasnt a dominant offering in college. His 2022 was not as remarkable from a walk and strikeout standpoint but it was still good, as he hit .270/.376/.418 with 38 extra-base hits (pretty good for the Florida State League) and 33 steals at Low-A Bradenton. Jose Tabata / OF. Both can be in the lineup every night because of Rodriguezs defensive versatility and the universal DH, and a more liberal timeshare behind the plate might help keep them both healthier and more consistently productive on offense. His four-seamer was around the same velo as it had been at the alt site, sitting comfortably at 93 mph and maxing out at 95. His changeup is deceptive against batters in both boxes, but in particular against righties, who have a 40% chase rate on the offering. Even if sliders are a chronic issue for Davis, hell likely still get to enough power to produce better than the average everyday catcher. His multi-tasking fastball plays at the letters due to angle and also gets a groundball when located down, but at just 91-94 mph, its still a below-average pitch. Even though hes so young, youre not really projecting on his frame in a positive way so much as it feels possible Kennedy could have impact command at maturity, because his delivery is so effortless and the quality of his fastball strikes so advanced. Solometo certainly has superficial frame-based projection, but his athleticism and explosiveness are comfortably below whats typical of someone who finds more and more velocity deep into their 20s. Castillo is a loose rotator without a lot of bat speed, but he seems to find a way to put the bat on the ball and the power might come if he gets stronger. He moved into a minor league relief role in 2022. His on-mound athleticism enables plus long-term command projection, though for right now Harrington really only locates his fastball to his arm side. Massey, going on 23, is a very loose, projectable college prospect from Minnesota. Both feel like high-floored backend or long relief types who need to walk an atypical path to an impact role. He has a wide arsenal, including a changeup and a two-seamer, but tends to rely more heavily on pairing his riding fastball and curveball to keep hitters off balance. His curveball was his only secondary to induce an above-average chase rate. Jackson Glenn, 2B. Spotty command and limited fastball utility push Mlodzinski into a multi-inning relief role. The barrel-chested Smith-Njigba has huge strength-driven power and a patient approach that borders on passive. He could get a cup of coffee in 2023. Middle infielder Termarr Johnson, who the Pittsburgh. He has an interesting long-term body projection and breaking ball combination. Swaggerty matched the nine home runs he posted in 2019, but this time, he did so against better pitching, in fewer at-bats, and in a much less hitter-friendly park, and he improved on his walk rate by a couple of ticks. His fastball remains in the mid-90s but continues to underperform in terms of its bat-missing ability due to its hittable line. We considered Glenn a high priority senior sign in the 2021 draft, but he needed to hit all the way up the minor league ladder and didnt do that in 2022. Any Top 100 prospects, regardless of their ETA, are also included on this list. Even with that in mind, any team would be happy to sign a teenager with this kind of stuff for just $750,000 of their bonus pool. Campana, soon to be 21, is the youngest of this group. Its now fair to expect that the current version of Nicolas will be capable of holding down a spot toward the back of Pittsburghs rotation by the middle of 2024. Thats the situation were projecting here. Pittsburgh Pirates Top 10 Prospects Updated by Marc Hulet September 10, 2018 The Pirates system doesn't have immense depth or a long line of high-impact players but the big league club could. Luigi Hernandez, RHP. Brennan Malone, RHP. As you can probably imagine of a Division-I football commit, White is already very physical, buff to the point where he looked a little bit stiff during his pre-draft summer. The 2021 edition of this list featured some carping about Eric Longenhagen ranking Gabriel Moreno in the 100, because he was the exact kind of player who might not have been highly regarded in earlier eras of public prospect evaluation but who had all the markers of future success. Some of his early-career success seems to have stemmed from his physical maturity. Hayden Wesneski is a 25-year-old starting pitcher in the Chicago Cubs system. The recent track record of hitters this size isnt favorable, with only Franmil Reyes really panning out, but its exciting to watch Blanco take BP and see how loose and athletic he is for his size. Hes on track to debut in 2025 as a starter if those issues improve and as a reliever if they do not. 2023 Offseason Tracker. LSU played . Rodriguezs arm is comfortably plus. The FanGraphs prospect team presents their 2022 top 100 list . His delivery has a relief-only look to it. Instead, Triolo looks like hell be a superutility guy. Hes an arm strength reclamation project with a shot to pitch in Pittsburghs bullpen. Pittsburgh Pirates: Top 10 Players Under Age 26 (as of 4/1/11) 1. Scott, Siani, and Campana all have big physical tools and have all struggled badly from a bat-to-ball standpoint. Scouting reports were. He barely played in 2022 due to hamstring, elbow, and hip flexor injuries that cost him all but a couple of games. A proactive bullpen move could put him in position to debut in 2024. Bolton was able to stay healthy for the entirety of 2022, which was an accomplishment in itself given that his professional career has been plagued by injury since it began. Enmanuel Terrero, OF His chase rates were at or below league average across the board, further emphasizing the troubling command. The component parts of a scouting, tools-oriented look De Los Santos frame, bat speed, and infield actions put him in that range, while the DSL data reinforces it somewhat. Alessandro Ercolani, RHP He signed for $900,000 and barely played in the 2022 DSL. His two-plane slider has nasty, late break and his changeup might have late projection because his arm action is so clean and loose. Pittsburgh Pirates 2021 Top 50 Prospects January 1, 2021 Kyle Brown General, MiLB, NL Central, Pirates, Top 50 Lists 2 Graphic design by John Stewart, @jonance on Twitter The Pirates had a woeful time in 2020 once the season got going. A two-way high school player, Jones was clearly a superior prospect as a pitcher, as he was one of the most electric on-mound athletes to roll through the high school ranks over the last decade. (One weird scouting note: Peguero chokes up with two strikes, but only with his top hand, creating separation between his two hands la Kevin Youkilis.) He has a delivery similar to Ubaldo Jimnezs, where his front side flies way open and he tilts out, which helps Kellington get to a vertical arm slot. His pop times are routinely in the 1.85-1.95 range in part because Endy has a strong arm, but also because hes almost always leaving his crouch before he even receives the pitch on steal attempts, which hastens his exchange. In the past, Ortizs high-effort delivery and sub-optimal fastball shape put him on the starter/reliever line, but hes thrown plenty of strikes across multiple seasons while simultaneously developing more velocity and comfortably projects as a starting pitcher now. Reports, tool grades, . His footwork on throws to second is clunky and variable, which often impacts his throw times and accuracy, but the pure arm strength is in there. His feel for throwing strikes would come and go, and hes only 6-feet-1, a little smaller than the prep pitching prototypes who you often see getting $2 million or more in the draft. This is the third year were delineating between two anticipated relief roles, the abbreviations for which youll see in the position column below: MIRP for multi-inning relief pitchers, and SIRP for single-inning relief pitchers. Neither his slider nor changeup is fully baked quite yet, but if either (or both) become viable, they would bring with them a higher probability that Priester slots in as a mid-rotation starter. The average draft position (ADP) included is from Draft Champions leagues from January 19 to February 19 at the NFBC, which you can find here.These leagues draft 50 players and that's all they get for the year no pickups or drops. His breaking ball is now a mid-80s power breaker thats up to 88-89 at peak and generates plus chase and whiff rates. . Theyve tripled since his claim-staking 2019 DSL season and Nolsaco Kd at a whopping 34% rate in the 2022 Florida State League. Given how good he is at third, it seems likely that Triolo will be a good defensive second baseman if given enough time, and hes a fine emergency option at short (Kyle Farmer has played there a ton and Triolo is about that good). After the season, he again played winter ball, this time in Puerto Rico with Carolina, where Cheng struggled. Thats something to watch as Jones continues to progress through the minors. While he hasnt continued producing the mid-to-upper-90s velocity he did during college relief outings, Nicolas still sits a respectable 92-95 mph and leans on his two above-average breaking balls, a low-80s curveball and a mid-80s slider. He maintained his patient approach in Altoona, and when the Double-A season ended, he was sent up to Indianapolis for the last five games of the Triple-A season. Webbs velocity began to climb in 2019, when he went from sitting 89-92 mph to sitting 90-94 and touching 96. There were some signs of offensive progress in 2022. Scouting reports are. In most cases, corner-only outfielders who play consistent big league roles have better actualized their raw power in games. Cy Nielson, LHP Still tracking like a high-probability backup catcher, Gutierrez set a career-high in homers in 2022 amid an uptick in strikeouts that his underlying data (just a 10% swinging strike rate) indicates will bounce back to career norms. This was a four-year rookie-level player who had suddenly been added to the Royals 40-man roster after the 2021 season even though he had all of 32 innings above Low-A. DeVito is a bird of a feather that has flocked together in the Pirates system: a promising arm with in-zone swing-and-miss, but one whose unsteady command has prevented him from capitalizing on that whiff rate. The Pirates have three of those 38 players, with Termarr Johnson ranked 21st, Endy Rodriguez 22nd and Henry Davis 38th. Righties get a nice long look at everything Solometo does, and he could be very platoon-vulnerable against big leaguers. Cheng entered 2022 coming off an incredible season in which he slashed .311/.449/.492 with twice as many walks as he had strikeouts. Jones spent 2022, his second full pro season, at High-A Greensboro, where he sat 94-98 mph across 122.2 innings and posted a 26.7% K% and 9.6% BB%. Top Prospects Team Lists 2022 2021 AL NL Pirates Top Prospects Reading Options Detail Level Data Only Full Position Filter All 60 FV Prospects 1.

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