Entering the 2025 season, one of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ best prospects was Thomas Harrington. He was a consensus top 100 prospect, ranking within the top 100 of MLB Pipeline, Baseball America, and Baseball Prospectus. Since that peak, the way the Pirates have handled his development at the Major League level is nothing short of pure incompetence from Ben Cherington once again.
The Pirates first promoted Harrington during just the second series of the season. The right-hander made one start and one appearance out of the bullpen, pitching a combined eight innings. He struggled, as he allowed nine earned runs, but it still came in less than a whole game’s worth of innings pitched.