Baseball America names Top 10 Bucs prospects
Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com
The Baseball America publication has released its latest top 10 prospect list. No surprise that third baseman Pedro Alvarez is atop the list, and it’s worth noting that seven of the top 10 prospects have come into the organization in the last two years. Three were acquired in a trade.
Baseball America’s Top 10 Pirates Prospects:
1. Pedro Alvarez, 3B
2. Jose Tabata, OF
3. Tony Sanchez, C
4. Brad Lincoln, RHP
5. Chase d’Arnaud, SS/2B
6. Starling Marte, OF
7. Tim Alderson, RHP
8. Zack Von Rosenberg, RHP
9. Rudy Owens, LHP
10. Gorkys Hernandez, OF
Baseball America’s Best Tools list:
- Best hitter for average: Tabata
- Best power hitter: Alvarez
- Best strike-zone discipline: d’Arnaud
- Fastest baserunner: Jose de los Santos
- Best athlete: d’Arnaud
- Best fastball: Victor Black
- Best curveball: Lincoln
- Best slider: Black
- Best changeup: Daniel McCutchen
- Best control: Owens
- Best defensive catcher: Sanchez
- Best defensive infielder: Argenis Diaz
- Best infield arm: Diaz
- Best defensive outfielder: Hernandez
- Best outfield arm: Marte
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