Balls, Bulls, Bears!

Kevin Goldstein takes a look at Pittsburgh’s Top-Prospect list. The Pirates have improved ten-fold since Huntington took office. Here’s Basbeall Prospectus’ look at the Pirates’ system:

Five-Star Prospects
1. Pedro Alvarez, 3B
Four-Star Prospects
2. , C
3. , OF
Three-Star Prospects
4. Starling Marte, OF
5. Chase D’Arnaud, SS
6. , RHP
7. , OF
8. Colton Cain, LHP
9. Rudy Owens, LHP
10. Zack Von Rosenberg, RHP
Two-Star Prospects
11. , RHP

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John Sickels puts together his list of Top-20 Pittsburgh Pirates prospects over at minorleagueball.com

1) Pedro Alvarez, 3B, Grade A
2) , OF, Grade B
3) , C, Grade B
4) Zack Von Rosenberg, RHP, Grade B-
5) , RHP, Grade B-
6) , RHP, Grade C+
7) Chase D’arnaud, INF, Grade C+
8) Starling Marte, OF, Grade C+
9) Rudy Owens, LHP, Grade C+
10) Ronald Uviedo, RHP, Grade C+

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John Perrotto had the pleasure of drawing up one of the more interesting systems in the league. Alvarez appears to be healthy and Tabata still makes scouts drool with his ceiling rather than his fists.

Recently acquired ’s in the midst of a free-fall, but there’s no reason he can’t return to his SF form.

. Pedro Alvarez, 3b
2. , of
3. , c
4. , rhp
5. Chase D’Arnaud, ss/2b

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