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. 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. Perhaps as an adjustment to deal with this issue, Priester now mixes in plenty of fastballs for which he pronates on release, giving the pitch screwball-like spin. Whether his ability to go get it in center field bounces back is the X-factor that will determine his ability to play a long-term big league role. 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. His 2022 performance deserves some age-related adjustment, but its possible we saw flaws in Pegueros game exposed by upper-level pitching. Theyre finding them. Still 17 years old as of initial list publication, De Los Santos DSL barrel rate (its more a proxy for a barrel rate the exit velo and launch benchmarks arent exactly the same as Statcasts Barrels, but its the same idea) is so high that it actually breaks an age-adjusted 20-80 scale, grading out as an 83. Meanwhile, put on the tape, limited though it may be, and youll see an explosive young athlete with a prototypical baseball frame and premium bat speed, sizzling line drives all over the field. He has the stuff to continue developing as a starter just in case things click, but the bullpen is Jimenezs more likely future destination. But Jones athleticism and physical strength drove confidence that he could maintain plus fastball velocity across a starters workload in pro ball (which so far has been true), and his natural breaking ball bite gave him at least one likely plus pitch to go with it. He was Rule 5 eligible after the season, and hitters who have performed that well at High-A tend to be added to their clubs 40-man roster, but Lopez doesnt have a crystal clear defensive home and his plate discipline needs a lot of seasoning, so he wasnt a real threat to be taken. An extreme groundball pitcher in a small sample, he allowed just two home runs in 35.2 innings of work in 2022. 11/ . Short but not small, his lack of length and size is actually an advantage for Johnsons swing, as he can enjoy a bat path geared for power and lift without it being too long. Uribe, 20, is a projectable lefty with a 92-93 mph fastball and high-spin breaking ball. The powerfully built Kelly, 19, is a squat but loose righty who sits 93-95 mph and throws quality strikes with his fastball. He appears tentative on routine throws and still isnt a sure-handed defender. 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. 2018 Brewers batting, pitching, and fielding traditional and advanced stats. 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. Besides Johnson and Harrington, two other 2022 draft picks made the top 30. There were only three big league hitters with 100 plate appearances who had sub-70% in-zone contact rates in 2022 (Chris Morel, Brett Phillips, Eli White). Thats hard enough to do for any batter, let alone one whose schedule also includes the grueling demands of pitching development. He could get a cup of coffee in 2023. While he was already throwing quite hard, Ortiz came into even more velocity in 2022 and averaged 97 mph on his fastball, up two ticks from 2021. 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. The Pittsburgh Pirates are hiring. Escotto, 20, was a 40+ FV prospect after his huge DSL season and later became part of the Jameson Taillon trade, but he struggled very badly in 2022 and needed to be demoted back to Low-A. Oneil Cruz, SS Video Signed: July 2nd. Whats more, theres a chance Triolo hits enough to simply be an everyday option at second (or if he turns out to be okay in center). Below is an analysis of the prospects in the farm system of the Pittsburgh Pirates. With Endy Rodriguez around, it may not matter a ton. He barely played in 2022 due to hamstring, elbow, and hip flexor injuries that cost him all but a couple of games. 2022 Pittsburgh Pirates Summary Stats Schedule Player Usage Depth Chart The depth charts found on the Team Pages are based on projected playing time, NOT the current status of a team's roster. A second base-only defensive fit puts the onus on Pegueros bat to perform at an everyday level. 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. Davis plate crowding helps enable his pull-heavy approach. 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. None of his other pitches are above average in fact most of them are currently below average but Chen has plus command projection and a plus changeup, so hes pretty likely to pitch at the back of a big league rotation or as an innings-eating spot starter. . 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. For the second straight year, he allowed a high rate of home runs, which inflated his ERA. Shim is a big, physically mature righty with huge present arm strength, creeping into the upper 90s. 2023 600 PA / 200 IP Projections Steamer600. His fastball remains in the mid-90s but continues to underperform in terms of its bat-missing ability due to its hittable line. It shows above-average arm-side action on occasion, but hes only throwing it 12% of the time. Acquired in a. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. Its going to be fascinating to watch him develop, and if it doesnt work, hell probably still be a viable reliever. Luigi Hernandez, RHP. 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. Even though both Davis and Rodriguez are near-ready catching prospects, they arent redundant, and in fact they complement each other well. Traded from Arizona to Pittsburgh as part of the Starling Marte deal, Peguero had been a top 100 prospect for the last couple of years, tracking like a plus bat middle infielder. Scouting reports were. 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. If a clearer path at third base existed in this org, that might have been enough for us to do it. Connor Scott, RF His range, footwork, ability to bend, and overall athleticism are all plus, and it made sense to try to develop him as a shortstop for as long as possible, but Peguero finally saw time at second base in 2022 and a permanent move there will hopefully help him throw more confidently and accurately. Big league sliders might force Davis to make an adjustment, but so far his contact performance has been solidly average. 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. Pirates Reds: NL West. Johnsons swing bears some mechanical resemblance to Bryce Harpers, especially its lower half usage and finish. Hes poised for a big league bullpen role this season and has a repertoire thats deep and nasty enough that he should be considered a late-inning option. 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. On Friday, FanGraphs released updated rankings. His slider lacks nasty, biting movement, but his arm slot makes it tough on lefty hitters, and his command of it gives it back-foot utility against righties. 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. Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports. The timing of his surgery is more detrimental than that of the other college pitchers, as it ups the odds that he wont (or will barely) pitch in 2023. Here are the Pirates' 2023 Top 30 prospects March 1, 2023 Pirates' Chandler going all in on pitching February 28, 2023 Pirates return No. 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. Poised to compete for a rotation spot when 2023 camp breaks, Ortiz is one of a few high-upside Pirates youngsters who look like theyd fit in a contenders rotation. There isnt suddenly big power here or anything like that, but its the start of a physical step that was likely necessary for Cheng to take to play major league ball. We added RosterResource's Depth Charts; these reflect a team's current. window.FGWebsite_head_section.buildProspectsListControls(); It could stand to have more consistent depth, but the flashes are there, and remember that Kennedy is barely 18. Not counting his time at the alt site in 2020, last season was Boltons first time back in competitive action since 2019. Any Top 100 prospects, regardless of their ETA, are also included on this list. Hernandez sat 93-96 mph in 2021 and when seen prior to Dodgers list publication last season, then kept throwing harder throughout the summer and ended up averaging 95-97 and touching 101 while with Double-A Tulsa. Before he was drafted he was considered, at least at FanGraphs, a more likely reliever due to the quality of his stuff. 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%. 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. feels like the more realistic path to an eventual 45-grade role, or above. Axiel Plaz, C 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. Because theyre about the same age as high school draft prospects, apples-to-apples projection and tools comparisons are feasible, which then allows you to triangulate where theyd be selected in a draft based on those comparisons and get a sense of how to FV them. His carrying tool is still his defense, especially his receiving, which is crafty and advanced. The FanGraphs prospect team presents their 2022 top 100 list . The top six were already know from this list, because Fangraphs had six Pirates in their top 100 prospects. Still, the teenage pitcher demo is bust-prone and, anecdotally, this seems especially true when the prospect in question already throws really hard at age 17 or 18. JP Massey, RHP But theres big arm speed here and big riding life to Shims fastball. In most cases, corner-only outfielders who play consistent big league roles have better actualized their raw power in games. Barcos long, low arm slot creates a flat approach angle, but hes not really inclined to climb the ladder and pitch at the top of the zone right now, instead living on the arm-side third of the plate with sink and tail. His letter-high, heater-heavy style of pitching, like Gerrit Coles, results in lots of fly balls and he may have long-term vulnerability to the home run. Every once in a while he will show you the power, and hes very good at hitting pitches out away from him to the opposite field with authority, but you can get him out if you can execute location against Gonzales, and big league pitchers often do. He stayed healthy throughout 2022, throwing 70.1 innings, and was more effective out of the bullpen than in his late-season starts. 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. 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. 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. To be fair, he was only about average in terms of OAA. Currently, Kennedys best attribute is multi-faceted fastball utility. Hudson Head, CF Chen began his career with 26 consecutive walk-free innings in the 2021 Florida Complex League, then spent all of 2022 at Bradenton, where he had a solid second pro season, carrying a 3.76 FIP across 98 innings. He and Solometo have the same flavor of stuff wrapped in different packages. His delivery also creates an odd angle on a mid-80s cutter/slider, which Solometo commands to his glove side. Scouting reports were compiled with information provided by industry sources as well as our own observations. His on-mound athleticism enables plus long-term command projection, though for right now Harrington really only locates his fastball to his arm side. Unfortunately, he then lost the 2020 season to the pandemic and most of 2021 to a shoulder injury he sustained just 12 games into the season. Pedro Alvarez / 3B 2. 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. 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. It had exploded even further when he was seen following the pandemic shutdown, as he sat 95-97 mph and was touching 101 during the 2021 regular season. 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. (2/2/2021) Isaias Uribe, LHP Selbys fastball sits 96-98 mph and he looks to blow it past hitters up in the zone. He signed for $900,000 and barely played in the 2022 DSL. As the Pirates improve and fall into the middle of the draft order, opportunities to do this might dwindle since they cant create a big pool space surplus as easily, but their steady stream of competitive balance picks should give them at least some opportunity to explore creativity in the draft room just about every year. He can already land his breaker in the zone and its angle should help it become a viable back-foot offering to righties. Its a pretty big lost year of reps for a multi-sport player looking to get traction with the bat in pro ball. His mother spent her childhood in London, while his father "a real Brit; he still has an . Not exactly on topic, but Id love to get some thoughts on the recently graduated Jack Suwinski. Lopez is a huge-framed infielder who hit .286/.329/.476 and launched 19 homers in just 106 games as a 20-year-old at hitter-friendly Greensboro in 2022. 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 showed a velo spike (92-96) at the onset of the 2022 college season before his arm strength and command regressed. His slow, mid-70s curveball is easy to identify out of his hand, but it has lovely shape and depth of break, so perhaps it can be sculpted into a more traditional big league breaking ball. He sits in the upper 80s right now but has promising underlying traits and plenty of time to develop. Lopez swings exceptionally hard and makes some mechanical compromises to do so, but not in a way that has impacted his performance yet. Most of his swings and misses over the last few years have been on fastballs running away from him, but in 2022, he displayed a more advanced ability to poke the barrel at balls on the outer edge of the plate, extending his short levers in an effort to slap outside pitches the other way. 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. Both feel like high-floored backend or long relief types who need to walk an atypical path to an impact role. His player page shows him above average in UZR/150, OAA and RAA (although only 1 in each of the latter two). The type of contact he makes is unlikely to ever lead to home run power commensurate with a true everyday player, but Bae makes enough stinging, all-fields contact that he projects to hit plenty of doubles and triples. 4/5 on a contender. A fresh start with a new org (he was a waiver claim this offseason) might help him find a swing that produces more power. He missed basically all of September and was shelled in the only start he made coming off the IL. If this were a high school draft prospect, you would already know his name based purely on how explosive De Los Santos is in the batters box. His breaking ball has inconsistent length and he has a relief-only mechanical look, but hes throwing quite hard. The Pirates have three of those 38 players, with Termarr Johnson ranked 21st, Endy Rodriguez 22nd and Henry Davis 38th. He commands it consistently enough to his glove side to project as a starter. Could Solometo eventually throw harder? Prospects Coverage | FanGraphs Baseball In addition to sending Bradley back to Boston, the Milwaukee Brewers are also sending two of their top-30 prospects. 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. On the showcase circuit, he was less whiff-prone than is typical for a multi-sport guy from the Northeast, though he was a pull-only hitter and struggled to contact fastballs in the upper/outer quadrant of the zone. Davis skills and offensive style are tailored like those of Evan Gattis. The Royals designated Webb for assignment in mid-November and he elected free agency before signing with the Pirates. His breaking ball is now a mid-80s power breaker thats up to 88-89 at peak and generates plus chase and whiff rates. Mason Martin, 1B Throw in the visual twitch and athleticism, and this is the player Spotifys algorithm would recommend to FanGraphs if prospects were musical artists. Even if sliders are a chronic issue for Davis, hell likely still get to enough power to produce better than the average everyday catcher. Pre-draft rumors pegged Kennedy as a tough sign given a strong commitment to LSU. 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. For now, hes lithe enough for third, where he has a shot to be an everyday player based largely on his power projection. 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. His arm action looks longer and looser than it was in his injury-shortened 2021, and his upper body appears more closed, which might be helping him hide the ball longer than before. 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. This FV grade is commensurate with a mid-first round high school infield prospect. 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. Aside from the persistent Bryan Reynolds trade rumors, the general industry sentiment is that the team is shifting from prospect collection mode and into a phase where those players start to arrive. Hes an arm strength reclamation project with a shot to pitch in Pittsburghs bullpen. Cy Nielson, LHP 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. 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. Plaz had a cartoonish line in the DSL (he slugged over .700), but hes very burly and physically mature for a 17-year-old, so wed like to see him do it stateside. Very Young Prospects to Monitor 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. It should be noted that DeVitos development has been plagued by stops and starts caused first by the pandemic and then by an ulnar nerve issue that shortened his 2021 season. Solometos fastball sits in the 88-92 mph range. 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. 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. 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. Massey, going on 23, is a very loose, projectable college prospect from Minnesota. He went 2-for-4 with two singles, two runs and an RBI on Friday night against Kansas State. Silvera, 18, is a physically mature righty who missed a ton of DSL bats even though he only sits 88-90. Even though he was sitting 96-98 in Arizona, Webbs fastball doesnt play like an upper-90s pitch right now, and his mid-80s breaking ball quality is highly variable (lots of 30s, some 50s). Hernandez showed up to 2022 spring training with a harder breaking ball than he had previously shown, and as the season went along, he added to his fastball as well. That makes it seem all but inevitable that Chandler will eventually ditch the bat to optimize his development on the mound. From a heuristics standpoint, you cant do much better than Rodriguezs profile. White was seen early and often as an underclassman since he went to a Philadelphia high school with University of Virginia outfielder Chris Newell, and would frequently match up against the Siani brothers during varsity play. He spent two years at a JUCO before heading to South Alabama in 2020, and he only pitched 21 total innings for the Jaguars due to the timing of his transfer. You can see the power and athleticism in Davis lower half throughout other aspects of his game, and its an indication that he has the ability to polish this stuff up and control the running game. 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Andres Silvera, RHP. 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. Opinions around Shim vary because he offers less physical projection than is typical in the international talent space, even for an older pitcher. Gonzales hands work in a short, explosive loop. As for the top three prospects on all six lists, their average rankings: Termarr Johnson - 28.2 Endy Rodriguez - 38.5 Henry Davis - 52 John Dreker + posts John started working at Pirates. . John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. It has more details (and updated TrackMan data from various sources) than this article and integrates every teams list so readers can compare prospects across farm systems. He fills out the bottom half of the zone with his slider, itself an impressive bat-misser, thanks again to Dombkowskis command. 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. Defensively, he has mostly played second base so far in his professional career, with just a handful of starts at short. Milwaukee Brewers Batting Postseason Stats 2021. Pathways toward a more impactful role are most likely to be carved by Harringtons command outperforming this projection. 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. Still, his tendency to roll his wrists over early in his swing, breaking up his attack angle, resulted in a groundball rate above 50%. His swing decisions and ability to make contact out front and tap into his latent power improved throughout the season. Anthony began writing over 10 years ago, starting a personal blog to cover the 2011 MLB draft, where the Pirates selected first overall. In August of 2022, Jun-Seok announced he would skip the September KBO draft in order to sign with an MLB club right away. 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. Martin has plus-plus raw power and a 30-grade hit tool, not enough for first base but maybe enough for consideration overseas. Hard-Throwers 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. Updated: Saturday, March 4, 2023 4:51 PM ET, Park Factors Triolo earned industry praise for his defensive aptitude and high marks for his baseball IQ and instincts. If it does, he should be a 50, and that grade was discussed during the Pirates list-making process. Hes on track to debut in 2025 as a starter if those issues improve and as a reliever if they do not. He spent more of his big league time in the outfield than at his native second base. If he continues missing bats at High-A in 2023, though, Pittsburgh may be forced to add him.