Jared Oliva certainly got off to a slow start in 2019, but the Pirates’ outfield prospect is finishing with a flourish.
The Bucs’ seventh-round selection in the 2017 draft out of the University of Arizona struggled out of the gate this season. He suffered a concussion in an outfield collision on Opening Day for Altoona in the Class AA Eastern League and missed the first two weeks.
He struggled for the rest of the month, hitting just .235 and compiling a .669 OPS.
It didn’t get any better in May – in fact it got a lot worse, as Oliva managed just 15 hits in 98 plate appearances (.