It’s that time of year again, time for the official prospect arm of MLB.com - MLB Pipeline - to release its updated Top 30 Pittsburgh Pirates prospects.
You can read the full list here; For now, here are some highlights:
- Unsurprisingly, the team’s top three prospects remain unchanged from Pipeline’s late 2018 rankings. Mitch Keller, Ke’Bryan Hayes and Travis Swaggerty remain entrenched in these rankings.
- Oneil Cruz is now ranked as the Pirates’ #4 prospect overall. and he carries the system’s highest power (80) and arm (70) ratings.