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Would the Pirates lose something if they promoted Matt Gorski to the Pirates and put him in CF? 14 HR at AAA, 876 OPS at a time when we need somebody to step up in CF. Why not? To me, the field in Indy is Death Valley, and he has hit 8 of those 14 HR's at home. Would it be terrible if he actually came up and surprised everybody?

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Somewhat surprised to see Termarr with this high of a wrc+. Kinda thought it would be below 100.

He seems to have started to figure things out of late. Let’s hope he finishes strong.

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122 wRC+ since the beginning of May against a 20% K-rate.

League-average k-rate in high-A is currently 24%.

If strikeout rate is used a as proxy for contact as a tool, that's a 60 on the 20-80 scale.

He's undoubtedly a visually-divisive prospect but a 20-yo doing this in high-A looks a hell of a lot like a prototypical lead-off man, minus the stolen base threat.

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Still remembering him in ST this year with 23 AB, 8 H, 1 double, 2 HR, 4 RBI, a slash of 348/400/652/1.052 OPS and then, thanks bud, here's your ticket back to Greensboro!

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totally shoulda gave him the 2B job out of camp that's how spring training works

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Jul 2Liked by NolaJeffy(BnP)

Pirates finally promoted Miguel Sosa to Bradenton. Also RHP Greiber Mendez.

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When does Barco get promoted. A 23-year old highly regarded SEC Pitcher has no business staying in Greensboro.

I say #FreeBubba to Indy and # FreeBarco to Altoona.

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I think more of a comfort thing being successful there coming out of TJ Rehab. Nobody is overlooking Mr. Barco.

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Also, it looks like Estuar Suero (hamate) is officially off the IL. He popped up in box scores a couple times, including once at SS, but those were MiLB.com errors.

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If Suero has a successful post-Hamate similar to what Severino is posting this year leading the club in doubles, HR's, and RBI, the Pirates will be very happy

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MiLB making an error?? No. Never!

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