Prospect Watch: Shalin Polanco, Abrahan Gutierrez, Will Matthiessen

I don’t know when it was last year, but the popularity of our Roundtable feature led to an idea for a new daily Prospect Watch. All of us are constantly following the Pirates and their farm system. Why not have a daily article with Roundtable style updates on players who stood out to us?

Today’s the first day that we had multiple people pick one player. Shalin Polanco (pictured above by Wilbur Miller) has been drawing a lot of attention this week, with reports sent in on separate days from two different writers. That makes sense, as he’s had a big month in Bradenton, hitting .321/.323/.679 with three homers. We’ve also got a look at recently promoted catcher Abrahan Gutierrez, who is tearing…