My cohort Patricia Beninato filled you in the other day on the four Pittsburgh Pirates prospects added to the 40-man roster Friday and identified several other prospects who were not.
The post noted that power-hitting first base prospect Mason Martin was not protected, and neither were young pitchers Eddy Yean, Tahnaj Thomas and Omar Cruz and outfield hopeful Cal Mitchell.
All five of them rank among the Pirates’ Top 30 prospects, at least according to MLB Pipeline, with Martin ranking No. 17, Mitchell No. 18, Thomas No. 13, Cruz No. 26 and Yean No.