Although, a lack of quality pitching depth in the farm system is a factor there. But outside of De Los Santos the pitching youth movement has halted. We saw young bullpen arms debut as well, including Yerry De Los Santos who appears to be developing into a reliable high leverage situation arm. In Castro’s case, it was due to him being played out of position at shortstop instead of letting him play second base where he is much more comfortable and experience when Diego Castillo easily could have been at shortstop.
Rodolfo Castro was given an opportunity, but like Swaggerty was also wronged during his time in the majors. Tucupita Marcano did some good things at the plate and in the field, especially at second base. Despite a very poor start against the Milwaukee Brewers, one that could easily go down as the worst of his career, Roansy Contreras has looked every bit the part of a budding top of the rotation starting pitcher.įormer first-round pick Travis Swaggerty made his MLB debut, although he was never given a legitimate opportunity in the majors only receiving nine at-bats with six of them coming against left-handed pitchers before he was returned to the minors. Liover Peguero got his first cup of coffee in the majors, going 1-for-3 with a walk. Oneil Cruz finally debut and, despite some obvious growing pains at the plate, has far exceeded expectations in the field and has flashed plenty of glimpses into the elite hitter he can be.īligh Madris and Cal Mitchell both turned heads at times in the outfielder. Pirate fans saw Jack Suwinski swatting one home run after another on his way to leading all National League rookies in home runs with 14 when he was optioned back to the minors.
The most exciting stretch of the season for the Pirates came over parts of May and a majority of June when a large group of their veterans, most of which are washed up or never weres adding via waiver claim for a reason, were on the injured list and the young Bucs got a chance to shine.
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