The Pittsburgh Pirates
As part of our continuing coverage at Call to the Pen of the minor leagues, we will be covering each organization’s top players for 2018. The coverage will go in reverse order of record. Today, we will look at the Pittsburgh Pirates.
We are going to review the system’s leaders for each organization statistically, then choose one hitter and one pitcher to honor for every team. This will be primarily based on statistical performance, though some “age relative to level” could come into play, so a very impressive season from a 28-year-old in AA will rank below a nearly as impressive season from a 20-year-old at the same level.
After we review each organization’s hitter and pitcher of the year, we will close out October with Call To The Pen’s Minor League team of the year. That will lead into November starting our team top 10 prospect lists. In other words, there will be plenty of minor league content on the way at CTTP, so keep coming back for more each day this offseason!!
Pittsburgh Pirates minor leagues
The Pittsburgh Pirates system saw more production from their upper minors players than from the guys who will likely end up on their top 10 list at the end of the season.
Before we offer up awards on the season, let’s take a look at the system’s statistical leaders:
Organization Leaders (min. 150 PA, 50 IP)
BA: Jack Herman .340
OBP: Jack Herman .435
SLG: Jonah Davis .612
OPS: Jonah Davis 1.010
R: Cole Tucker 77
H: Kevin Kramer 148
2B: Kevin Kramer 35
3B: Four with 8
HR: Will Craig 20
RBI: Will Craig 102
SB: Cole Tucker, Alfredo Reyes 35
TB: Kevin Kramer 234
W: Tyler Eppler, Cam Vieaux 13
G: Geoff Hartlieb 47
GS: JT Brubaker 28
IP: James Marvel 167 1/3
SV: Matt Eckelman 17
K: Mitch Keller 135
ERA: Scooter Hightower 1.99
WHIP: Beau Sulser 0.82
K/9: Yeudy Garcia 11.5
K/BB: Beau Sulser 15.75
Let’s look at the award winners…