Traded from Miami during the 2021-22 offseason as part of the three-player package for Jacob Stallings, Nicolas spent 2022 with Altoona, where he worked 90 innings with a FIP and ERA close to 4.00. Moreover, he has one of the more unusual profiles in professional baseball. Top 42 Prospects: Pittsburgh Pirates | FanGraphs Baseball Defensively, Nunez has transitioned from full-time third baseman to mostly first base, with a handful of innings in the other corner of the infield still mixed in. Theyve tripled since his claim-staking 2019 DSL season and Nolsaco Kd at a whopping 34% rate in the 2022 Florida State League. 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. JP Massey, RHP 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. His delivery evokes Madison Bumgarners long, slingin lefty arm stroke, and Solometos east/west feel for location is Bum-ish, but dont mistake this for a true comp, as Bumgarner had already made 24 big league starts at Solometos age. On defense, Rodriguezs size is both a feature and a bug. So compact and short to the baseball is Rodriguez that he can wait an extra beat to diagnose pitch types, which enables him to make in-flight adjustments to breaking balls, spoil the well-located ones, and crush the hangers. He can play a fine shortstop. Campana, soon to be 21, is the youngest of this group. The Royals designated Webb for assignment in mid-November and he elected free agency before signing with the Pirates. As a high schooler, his ultra-low spin splitter seemed like the more promising pitch, but his feel for it has regressed. Grant Hartwig is one of the most promising under-the-radar prospects in the New York Mets system. Solometo was a very high-profile amateur pitcher, drafted in the second round but given a bonus commensurate with the 24th overall pick ($2.8 million) as one of several exciting high schoolers who Pittsburgh landed with the pool space freed up by Henry Davis under slot agreement. Prospects Coverage | FanGraphs Baseball In addition to sending Bradley back to Boston, the Milwaukee Brewers are also sending two of their top-30 prospects. A two-way high school prospect, Flowers was primarily a center fielder at Florida State but transitioned to the mound full-time in pro ball. His command and changeup are both still works in progress, but his 2022 fastball strike% (68%) is an encouraging sign, and again, Jones has a special level of athleticism that should enable him to hone both over time. He also mixes in the occasional changeup or curveball, which accounted for a combined 11% of his offerings at Low-A. He had all the markers of a major league-ready Top 100 prospect prior to the injury, largely due to the progression of his changeup and its usage. 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. Scott, Siani, and Campana all have big physical tools and have all struggled badly from a bat-to-ball standpoint. Averaging Out the Top Prospect Rankings - Pirates Prospects Martin has plus-plus raw power and a 30-grade hit tool, not enough for first base but maybe enough for consideration overseas. Nick Gonzales - Stats - Batting | FanGraphs Baseball Sunday Notes: Born To Brits, Harry Ford Could Be - blogs.fangraphs.com A draft-eligible sophomore in 2022, Harrington is an athletic, pitchability righty with a tailing low-90s fastball and a power-sink changeup in the mid-80s. He and Solometo have the same flavor of stuff wrapped in different packages. 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. It could stand to have more consistent depth, but the flashes are there, and remember that Kennedy is barely 18. Jackson Glenn, 2B. Scouting reports were. His breaking ball has inconsistent length and he has a relief-only mechanical look, but hes throwing quite hard. A fresh start with a new org (he was a waiver claim this offseason) might help him find a swing that produces more power. Baseball America Releases Their List of the Top 30 Pirates Prospects (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.) As of list publication, Rodriguez is one of just two catchers on Pittsburghs 40-man roster, and while its possible hes beaten out by a veteran non-roster invitee like Tyler Heineman, Rodriguezs defensive chops and versatility give him a shot to break camp with the big club, split time with Austin Hedges, and moonlight at one or two other positions before eventually seizing the primary catcher job. Fangraphs Reveals Their Updated Top Pirates Prospects List ), and some of the recent, perhaps overzealous examples (Maikel Escotto, Rodolfo Nolasco) are in this system. on Twitter: "wNS9+ With @longenhagen Discussing the @fangraphs Endy had an incredible 2022 statline .323/.407/.590 most of which was generated at hitter-friendly Greensboro. Andrew McCutchen / OF 3. Scouting reports are. Tony Sanchez / C 6. He projects as a quick-moving no. Shim is a big, physically mature righty with huge present arm strength, creeping into the upper 90s. All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location, From the left side of the plate, Rodriguez has an exceptional ability to rip his hands through pitches on the inner edge of the zone. Hes going to be a star if he ends up with even average raw power, and even if he doesnt, were talking about a switch-hitting catcher who can make an impact on both offense and defense. Not exactly on topic, but Id love to get some thoughts on the recently graduated Jack Suwinski. Yean, 21, was once a 40+ FV prospect in Washingtons system. He can already land his breaker in the zone and its angle should help it become a viable back-foot offering to righties. Pittsburgh to add him to their 40-man roster after the season, indicating that hell be a big league relief option in 2023. The effects of a pro strength and conditioning program might kick-start him down the path toward finding a more consistent release and sustaining the big velocity as a pro starter. While his walk and strikeout rates were both descent through the first half of 2022, only nine of his 57 hits through mid-June went for extra bases (eight doubles and a home run). As a wrap-up, the Pirates have. Kennedys delivery is simple, compact, repeatable, and easy-looking, and you can project heavily on his changeup because of this, though right now he often gets underneath it and it tends to cut on him. Hes naturally adept at framing low strikes because hes already so low to the ground, but its also fair to wonder if such a small athlete can withstand the grind of catching 80-100 games every summer. Blanco is a gigantic corner outfield/1B prospect who had the most present raw power in the January 2022 international signing class. Some of his early-career success seems to have stemmed from his physical maturity. Format = Team Position Player | Age on 4/1/23 | Highest level played | ETA. Pirates 2B Termarr Johnson | 18 | A | 2025. The bumps and bruises suffered from catching can sometimes level players for whole seasons, and Davis had a lot of them in 2022. Pro teams are more open to east/west fastball operation and the Pirates might be able to coax more sweep out of Harringtons slider, though Campbell does a pretty good job developing pitchers, so there may be less developmental meat on the bone here than youd guess considering hes coming from a smaller program. He went 2-for-4 with two singles, two runs and an RBI on Friday night against Kansas State. After coasting through the low and mid-minors, he finally hit a speed bump in 2022, posting his first below-average statline as a 21-year-old at Double-A Altoona. 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. Updated Top 30 Pirates Prospects List from MLB Pipeline Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports. Top Prospects. He absolutely towers over his father, who was twice a Baseball America Top 100 prospect but spent most of his pro career in Japan. Ricky Tiedemann is one of the fastest-rising pitching prospects in the game. 2023 Offseason Tracker. On Friday, FanGraphs released updated rankings. Across his 94.1 innings, he racked up 111 strikeouts against just 31 walks, with a 1.21 WHIP. Besides Johnson and Harrington, two other 2022 draft picks made the top 30. Fangraphs' Top 42 Pirates Prospects 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. as compiled by Ben Clemens and the FanGraphs staff. Chandler started the 2022 season on the complex, where he showed two-way promise, slashing .231/.444/.654 over 36 plate appearances while annihilating opposing batters, issuing 27 strikeouts and giving up just three hits without allowing a run over 15.1 innings. Hes now 23 but could still be a fifth outfielder. Top 42 Prospects: Pittsburgh Pirates by Eric Longenhagen February 28, 2020 Below is an analysis of the prospects in the farm system of the Pittsburgh Pirates. It shows above-average arm-side action on occasion, but hes only throwing it 12% of the time. His delivery is violent and scary, especially given the injury track record, though not all of his injuries in the past have been to his arm. While especially adept at launching pitches on the inner third, Johnson also shows some ability to shorten up and cover the top and outer edge of the strike zone. Mlodzinski started for most of his 2022 season at Double-A but was called upon for middle-inning relief on a few occasions, and though it was only a handful of appearances, he was more effective as a reliever than as a starter. Pathways toward a more impactful role are most likely to be carved by Harringtons command outperforming this projection. Like his other stuff, his feel for location is better than the movement hes creating on the pitch. Readers should note that taking an aggressive line with players like this has yielded predictably mixed results in the past (so far, so good: Kevin Alcantara, Marco Luciano, Alexander Canario, Jordy Vargas, etc. Vilade spent some time near the top of the Rockies list due to his feel for contact. Hell also show you a 92-96 mph fastball that plays down a bit due to its shape and Jimenezs lack of command, which caused him to walk 5.8 per 9 IP in 2022. Now 24 and neither protected from nor claimed during the 2022 Rule 5 draft, its imperative for him to start throwing strikes more consistently in order to find his way to a big league bullpen. Pittsburgh Pirates Top 43 Prospects | FanGraphs Baseball He signed for $900,000 and barely played in the 2022 DSL. He appears tentative on routine throws and still isnt a sure-handed defender. 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. 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. Here's a link to the Top 25.. Link to the Top 50.. Link to the Top 75.. Instead, Triolo looks like hell be a superutility guy. Theres still some prospect clout here because of Nolascos power and long-haul physicality, but at this stage, he should be considered more of power-driven flier than a likely big leaguer. He also has a promising sweeper slider, but he lacks typical physical projection for a teenage pitcher. In some respects, its easy to assess DSL players. The top 38 spots on the list are all 55 FV or higher. The older brother of Ohio State wide receiver phenom Jaxson Smith-Njigba, Canaan is another of the many prospects acquired from the Yankees for Jameson Taillon. Sammy Siani, LF. 2023 Opening Day Tracker. If a clearer path at third base existed in this org, that might have been enough for us to do it. Nunez started 2022 at St. Louis Double-A affiliate before being dealt to Pittsburgh as part of the Jos Quintana deal at the trade deadline. 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. Chen was the 22nd-ranked player on the 2019 International Player section of The Board and was generally seen as the best signable high school prospect in Taiwan. He walked more than a batter per inning in 2022. Nolasco had two years of surface-level statistical success in rookie ball and the huge exit velos to match, but now after three pro seasons, his strikeout rates show a troubling upward trend. A successful 2022 pro debut (47.2 IP, 9.63 K/9, 3.59 BB/9, 2.64 ERA) driven by very advanced fastball command contrasts with skepticism about how Solometos stuff will play against older and better hitters. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. He has the stuff to continue developing as a starter just in case things click, but the bullpen is Jimenezs more likely future destination. Mason Martin, 1B 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. Amid a couple of short IL stints in 2022, Selby put up impressive numbers split between Double- and Triple-A and then looked great in the Arizona Fall League. Top 100 Prospects For 2023 Fantasy Baseball: Spring Training Snapshot His fastball velocity is down, in the 92-94 mph range, a far cry from Priesters upper-90s peak. However, Priester makes up for it with his preferred secondaries a huge, arcing curveball that Priester has had forever, and a more recently developed mid-80s slider both of which have garnered swing-and-miss rates well above the big league average. 4/5 on a contender. The Pirates are going to develop him at many different positions with the hope that he can provide a late-game upgrade at a couple different spots (hes already very good at third base), serve as righty power off the bench, and work in middle relief. RotoGraphs. When we last saw Swaggerty for a full season of play, he was a 21-year-old whose nine home runs in 120 games was far lower than youd expect from someone with so much raw power playing in a hitter-friendly park. We. Top 51 Prospects: Pittsburgh Pirates | FanGraphs Baseball Hes still on a path toward a glove-reliant bench role but is closer to having meaningful pop than he was last year. 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. His finishing pitch, though, is his slider, a nasty upper-80s sweeper that generated a 50% whiff rate and 38% chase rate in 2022. He will be an unmistakable fixture on Pittsburghs backfields for the next couple of years and is a power-hitting corner prospect of extreme variance. Don't Count Quinn Priester Out Due to Low Strikeouts Harry Ford is one of the top prospects in the Seattle Mariners organization, and he is also unique among his peers. FanGraphs Prospects. Malone, a former first round high schooler who was part of the Starling Marte trade with Arizona, has barely pitched since he was acquired, and dealt with shoulder injuries in 2022. Hunter Stanley - Game Logs - Pitching | FanGraphs Baseball Quick backfield looks at him have his tools in more of an extra outfielder bucket for now. He was ranked 25th on the Pirates list at the end of 2022, but we were blown away after watching him on video and seeing some of his underlying DSL data during the construction of this list. His chase rates were at or below league average across the board, further emphasizing the troubling command. Below is an analysis of the prospects in the farm system of the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was throwing as hard as ever when he returned but still got shelled, and was quite wild at Double-A before he was sent to Arizona to audition to keep his 40-man spot with Kansas City. He practically straddles the plate and was hit by 20 pitches during an injury-shortened regular season, then was somehow beaned seven more times in just 17 Arizona Fall League games. After bouncing around many websites covering hockey, he . Hes still the contact-first, chop-and-spray hitter hes always been, an approach to hitting enabled and bolstered by his speed, which allows him to beat out infield singles. feels like the more realistic path to an eventual 45-grade role, or above. Aspects of the offensive profile that made him exciting in the first place are still here, led by Pegueros compact but authoritative swing, which is especially good at punishing pitches at the very top of the strike zone. Pittsburgh Pirates Prospects: Updated FanGraph Rankings He fills out the bottom half of the zone with his slider, itself an impressive bat-misser, thanks again to Dombkowskis command. Given their respective shapes, its easy to see how those pitches play off of one another, and they were the reason Burrows presented a traditional relief look prior to his changeups development. Counter to our past reports, his swing is rather stiff and some of Lopezs length makes him vulnerable to pitches in on his hands. He has a career .387 OBP but hasnt been able to actualize his plus raw power in games, driving the ball into the ground at a whopping 66% clip in 2021 and a 54% rate in 2022. Even if sliders are a chronic issue for Davis, hell likely still get to enough power to produce better than the average everyday catcher. Cy Nielson, LHP He might end up becoming the player the industry hoped Francisco Meja would become. His on-mound athleticism enables plus long-term command projection, though for right now Harrington really only locates his fastball to his arm side. Born Harrison Michael Ford, in Atlanta, 20 years ago this week, the right-handed-hitting catcher is the son of English immigrants. 11/ . Righties get a nice long look at everything Solometo does, and he could be very platoon-vulnerable against big leaguers. Either way, he played over half the season in the outfield and was roughly average, which is much better than I would have expected after the reporting on him previously called him a positionless defender. His low-80s slider, which has late, two-plane bite, has improved considerably and is now an above-average big league pitch. Pirates Top Prospects | MLB.com Davis skills and offensive style are tailored like those of Evan Gattis. Hes on track to debut in 2025 as a starter if those issues improve and as a reliever if they do not. After pitching well at the U-18 World Championships and at a Nike showcase in Asia, he signed for about $1.25 million, which is pretty sizable for a late-market signee. He is a 6-foot-5 20-year-old, after all. 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. Johnson was a well-regarded prospect basically as soon as he reached high school, and there were scouts who were so excited when they first watched him hit that they considered him a future top 5-10 pick when he was only a freshman. He doesnt always look comfortable out there, but his speed makes him viable at all three spots, solidifying his role as a heavily-used role player even without the power production. Hes different from Kieboom (lever length) and Kiura (simpler footwork) in meaningful ways, but that entire group (and Downs) has had issues with letter-high fastballs, which Gonzales often swings underneath. Garcia is only 19 but is already sitting 96. Samaniego looks like a typical second lefty out of a bullpen, sitting 92-94 mph with a deceptive, whippy arm action, and locating his fastball with precision on the arm-side part of the plate. Uribe, 20, is a projectable lefty with a 92-93 mph fastball and high-spin breaking ball. Fast-Rising Blue Jays Prospect Ricky Tiedemann Talks Pitching FanGraphs Baseball | Baseball Statistics and Analysis Matt Gorski, OF He commands it consistently enough to his glove side to project as a starter. A second base-only defensive fit puts the onus on Pegueros bat to perform at an everyday level. Not Quite Enough Hit Tool Many scouts are champing at the bit over Priesters prototypical frame and four- or five-pitch mix, depending on whether you consider his fastballs two distinct pitches. Joness velocity and breaking ball quality (a power, mid-80s slider with vertical action) give him the floor of a really good reliever, especially if he can somehow throw harder an inning at a time. His 2022 performance deserves some age-related adjustment, but its possible we saw flaws in Pegueros game exposed by upper-level pitching. Cubs prospect Hayden Wesneski proving he belongs in the big leagues Axiel Plaz, C He hit his stride in mid-August with back-to-back scoreless starts in which his four-seamer averaged over 96 across a combined nine innings a high water mark for the season and a true glimpse of his upside. He pitched for Panamas U18 team in September and showed a good changeup and fair slider as well. Bins is athletic for a catcher and has a good arm, but his receiving and contact skills are both 30s. That makes changeup development, or anything that might help him deal with righties, important, and indeed thats already underway Solometo has begun to more heavily incorporate a mid-80s changeup into his pitch mix. Reports, tool grades, . 2018 Brewers batting, pitching, and fielding traditional and advanced stats. 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. He has basically been the same guy since he entered pro ball, sitting 94-95 with ineffectual shape and a pretty good slider. Reports around his once-stellar defense have dimmed, and were hoping its due more to rust and lost time than to an actual regression in ability. If you split his season exactly in half, the improvement is obvious. For instance, hes struggled badly on defense, wracking up 46 errors combined the last two seasons. 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. He pairs it with two above-average secondaries: a high-80s slider with sharp, downward movement that garnered a 48% chase rate against righties, and an 11-5 curveball with a shape that mimics the slider, only slower and looser, which helps keep batters off balance and enables him to pitch backwards.
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