MLB Pipeline Releases Pirates’ Top 30 Prospects List

MLB Pipeline has released an updated Pittsburgh Pirates Top 30 Prospects list.

It’s that time of year again, time for the official prospect arm of MLB.com - MLB Pipeline - to release its updated Top 30 Pittsburgh Pirates prospects.

You can read the full list here; For now, here are some highlights:

• Unsurprisingly, the team’s top three prospects remain unchanged from Pipeline’s late 2018 rankings. Mitch Keller, Ke’Bryan Hayes and Travis Swaggerty remain entrenched in these rankings.
• Oneil Cruz is now ranked as the Pirates’ #4 prospect overall. and he carries the system’s highest power (80) and arm (70) ratings.
• Nick Burdi carries a rare 80-grade on his fastball while also carrying the best rated curveball with a 60 grade.
• Pablo Reyes clocks as the 19th-best Pirates prospect one year after not being ranked at all.
• The Pittsburgh Pirates have 13 prospects tagged with an ETA of 2019.