Top 15 Plus 5 More Update

6-27-23 – By Justin Verno – @JV_PITT on Twitter

Inching closer to the ASB, this means we should be on the look out for more promotions. Possibly even changes to the list. Anyways, let’s get to it.

1–Endy Rodriguez-

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
AAA	.248/.332/.389	.721	.142	.327	82	10.8%	16.2%
Week	.269/.375/.462	.837	.192	.370	109	15.6%	15.6%

2-Henry Davis-

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	k%
AA	.284/.433/.547	.980	.264	.441	166	17.1%	18.7%
AAA	.286/.432/.514	.946	.150	.422	142	10.2%	24.2%
MLB	.250/.357/.458	.815	.208	.358	125	7.1%	21.4%
Week

3-Termarr Johnson–

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
A	.245/.412/.528	.839	.182	.403	138	20.6%	30.9%
Week	.222/.364/.556	.919	.333	.416	146	18.2%	31.8%

4-Quinn Priester-

	IP	ERA	FIP	XFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
AAA	74.1	4.36	3.75	4.18	1.41	9.9%	23.5%
Week	6	0.00	0.88		0.83	8.3%	45.8%

5-Liover Peguero–

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
AA	.265/.340/.450	.790	.185	.356	114	10.3%	17.9%
Week	.227/.370/.500	.870	.273	.389	135	18.5%	14.8%

6-Mike Burrow-(season over)

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
AAA	6.2	2.70	7.39	6.22	0.90	8%	12%

7-Bubba Chandler–

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
A	54	6.33	5.06	4.74	1.83	13.5%	25.4%
Week	3.2	4.91	2.36		1.64	5.6%	22.2%

8-Jared Triolo–

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wWRC+	BB%	K%
A	.309/.412/.463	.876	.154	.398	128	15.3%	26.6%
Week	.391/.517/.696	1.213	.304	.519	204	20.7%	17.2%

9-Jared Jones–

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
AA	44.1	2.23	3.42	4.15	1.08	8.9%	26.3%
AAA	10.2	5.06	2.98	4.11	1.31	8.7%	19.6%
Week

10-Yordany De Los Santos–

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBP	wRC+	BB%	K%
CPX	.319/.400/.468	.868	.149	.412	127	12.7%	14.5%
Week	.357/.526/.571	1.098	.214	.521	190	26.3%	0%

11-Thomas Harrington–

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
A	39	2.77	3.76	3.86	1.10	8%	26.7%
A+	20.2	4.35	4.45	3.94	1.50	5.4%	28.3%
week	6.2	4.05	6.73		2.25	11.4%	25.7%

12-Kyle Nicolas–

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIPP	BB%	K%
AA	53.2	4.36	4.39	4.25	1.47	9.6%	26.4%
AAA	7	12.86	4.12	4.43	2.43	10.3%	30.8%
Week	3	15.00	2.55		2.33	11.8%	35.3%

13-Colin Selby–

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
AAA	19.1	3.26	3.29	4.27	1.14	14.5%	30.1%
Week	3	0.00	2.21		0.67	8.3%	41.7%

14-Carlos Jimenz-(NO STATS)

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	BB%	K%

15-Tony Blanco jr

	BA/OB/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA+	wRC+	BB%	K%
DSL	.256/.383/.385	.768	.128	.384	105	17%	29.8%
Week	.267/.353/.333	.686	.067	.348	85	11.8%	23.5%

MY FIVE

16-Anthony Solometo

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
A+	58.2	2.30	3.19	3.74	1.16	10.7%	29.1%
AA	10	1.80	2.61	3.48	1.00	5%	32.5%
Week	5	0.00	1.51		0.60	5.6%	33.3%

17-Nick Gonzales

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
AAA	.257/.370/.450	.820	.193	.366	106	11.1%	28.6%
MLB	.000/.111/.000	.111	.000	.077	-63	11.1%	44.4%
Week	.375/.500/.625	1.125	.250	.480	178	22.7%	13.6%

18-Jun-Seok Shim-No Stats

	IP	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	BB%	K%
CPX	5.1	1.69	3.32	1.49	0.56	5.3%	52.6%
Week

19-Tsung-Che Cheng

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
A+	.308/406/575	.980	.266	.435	164	13.8%	18.5%
AA	.000/.133/.000	.133	.000	.098	-51	13.3%	33.3%
Week

20-Enmanuel Terrero

	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	BB%	K%
A	.304/.403/.442	.845	.138	.401	137	12.9%	24%
Week	.350/.409/.500	.909	.150	.428	153	0%	18.2%

A Few quick thoughts-

A few more congrats-

Mid week promotions aren’t the norm (unless forced by injury), but we had a few this past week.

Tsung-Che Cheng! I’ve been throwing his name up there for a few weeks. Talk about a kid that deserved it! Congrats TS!

Nick Gonzales joined the show, where he promptly greeted with a swift kick to the head, so to speak. Welcome to the show NickyG! Good luck and congrats.

Here’s my pitch…

Pitching through the system continues to be strong.

Quinn Priester had his best start of the year. It looked like they dialed the velo back and the FB had a little movement, but what made it most effective was how good the off-speed stuff was. Hopefully this is an indicator that Quinn is about to go on a run. If he does, I imagine he finds himself at PNC soon enough.

HanSolo was just awesome in his second AA start. MLBPipeline added him to their Top 100 list and it will not be too long before the others get in line. The added velo, the crazy control he gets from his funky cool delivery will blow your mind!

While Harrington and Nicolas didn’t exactly tear it up, both kept excellent K rates. 35% for Kyle and 25.7% for Harrington, giving both guys something to grow on.

Colin Selby is back (as someone pointed out to me, he returned last week and I missed it) and is picking up right where he left off, striking out 41% of the hitters he faced over 3 innings. That will certainly get you noticed by the front office.

I get Jared Jones ERA doesn’t look sparkling, but the kid had a good 1st week in AAA. His first start he was flat out dominant until the 6th inning. After loading the bases with two outs, he was pulled in favor of LHRP. That LHRP, who shall remain nameless, did him no favors, but make no mistake-Jared shoved until that point. His change up looked like his best pitch and if that pitch develops? Look out.

In his second game he lost the plate, but pitchers have to be able to get outs even when they are off, and he did just that. He fought and scratched for every inch and got thru the 5th. It wasn’t pretty, but it’s a step in the right direction for sure!

Her come the Bats-man!

I pointed this out last week and it’s good to see the momentum carry on. Henry Davis looked right at home in the MLB, giving up three runs over five innings. He scratched and Liover Pegeuro is getting right and that should have us all very excited. Since May 15, the switch dun switched.

.293/.360/.531 .890 wRC+ or 138

In this stretch he has 12 doubles, a triple, and 7 HR. With the Bucs struggles at SS I would think they have to be discussing Peggy going directly to Pittsburgh. Do not pass go do not collect $200.

Jared Triolo: Jared is as good a fielder as anyone in the system. In his time in the Bucs system he’s played, SS, 3B, 2B, CF and he just added 1B this week. With the bat now working are the Bucs prepping Triolo for his future role at PNC Park? Maybe a .293/.403/.436 utility hitter is exactly what this team needs, call him the new Josh Harison?

I’ve talked about Emanuel Tererro before, and I am not sure what the team needs to see before they move him to A+ ball, but it’s gotta be close, right?

I think we can give Termarr Johnson a seat on the same bus to Greensboro. TJ has missed a good deal of games since joining the Bucs, both last year and this year. Despite missing so much time he made quick adjustments and has shown an excellent eye and control of the plate beyond his years. The power is starting to join the party. Here’s that slash line since May 9th-

.263/.427/.474 OPS .901 wRC+ 151

A .474 OBP is ridiculous at 19 and in A ball.

Endy time?

Prospects don’t learn linearly. If we learn anything while getting through these, it’s that. Endy got off to a sluggish start. He got hurt. He’s doing a lot of glove work behind the dish. And I think he’s finally getting healthy and he’s getting back to being Endy.

Since May the 29th Endy has it going and is now starting his push to Pittsburgh:

.298/.362/.415 OPS .777

The wRC+ is 97 over this time frame. I’m not worried about that, now that his bat is working the power will come. It’s played at every level for Endy. What makes me so confident, you ask? That’s a fair question. His approach is still intact(10.8% walk rate and a 16.2% K rate). Though he did expand here and there, pushing for that ticket to Pittsburgh he never lost sight of who he was and it’s starting to pay off.

Will you join me in saying-#FreeEndy?

#FreeEndy