The Pirates have some decisions to make regarding the MI's at Bradenton and in the FCL. Rivas is a K Machine who has worked his way up to the low .200's with the bat. With an early Sep birthdate, he could be considered to be in his age 22 season. Also at A is Keiner Delgado, 20, who the Pirates picked up from the Yankees as the PTBNL in the BRU trade.
In my estimation, the future MI's are both at the FCL level and both are 6'2" and legit 19 year olds - Jhonny Severino and Yordany De Los Santos. YDLS is the better fielder overall, but Severino has the power to be a DH even if he never finds his Glove. At present he has 6 HR in about 100 AB and his BB/K is close to 1/1 - 19 BB/24 K. He had the same type power when in the Brewer System, but also had a lot of K's to go along with the power. Has he found the secret of hitting for power and still making excellent contact or is it just FCL pitching? His fielding numbers are in the 800's so he needs a lot of side work with a gifted IF instructor.
The Pirates have some decisions to make regarding the MI's at Bradenton and in the FCL. Rivas is a K Machine who has worked his way up to the low .200's with the bat. With an early Sep birthdate, he could be considered to be in his age 22 season. Also at A is Keiner Delgado, 20, who the Pirates picked up from the Yankees as the PTBNL in the BRU trade.
In my estimation, the future MI's are both at the FCL level and both are 6'2" and legit 19 year olds - Jhonny Severino and Yordany De Los Santos. YDLS is the better fielder overall, but Severino has the power to be a DH even if he never finds his Glove. At present he has 6 HR in about 100 AB and his BB/K is close to 1/1 - 19 BB/24 K. He had the same type power when in the Brewer System, but also had a lot of K's to go along with the power. Has he found the secret of hitting for power and still making excellent contact or is it just FCL pitching? His fielding numbers are in the 800's so he needs a lot of side work with a gifted IF instructor.
Cimillo’s hit two out today. Nobody blocking him or McAdoo in AA.
One can hope!