Pirates Prospects · Oct 27, 2021
More Minor League Award Winners Announced
The Pittsburgh Pirates kicked off three days of minor league award announcements yesterday by naming the best coaching staff, best coach and best teammates. The latter two awards are named after manager Danny Murtaugh and long-time catcher Manny Sanguillen respectively. Today the Pirates announced four more awards named after greats from the past. Here are the winners.
Oneil Cruz received the Willie Stargell award as the top slugger in the system. He put up a .596 slugging percentage in 2021, mostly spent with Altoona. That was the highest slugging among regulars in the Pirates system in 2021, edging out Anthony Alford, who had a .593 mark, but he had 76 fewer plate appearances.