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Sorry I missed this yesterday. The FCL is absolutely loaded and I would not hesitate to promote both Jhonny Severino and YDLS. Severino did not get his feet on the ground with the Pirates in '23 due to being part of the trade from Milwaukee at the deadline for Santana. A glance at the '24 stats in the FCL show that Severino leads the FCL with 10 HR, and is 3rd overall in OPS. YDLS is probably also in the Top 10 for OPS, but not sure about HR's. Also between the two, Severino also has the better BB/K rate. However, unlike most Pirate prospects he hits a lot better than he fields, and he should be a perfect candidate for a lot of intense fielding instruction at A and after the season ends if he stays in the IF. He has footspeed and a strong arm - could he be a candidate for CF?

You indicated that Rivas should be promoted - I would disagree. He is a gifted fielder at both SS and 3B, but his bat has lagged at the A level. He has cut down on his K's, but only from 39% in '23 to now 31.7% in '24, and it is not because he is a power hitter in game play. None of that gives me a warm and fuzzy that he will be able to hit better at A+. That said, he will turn 22 on Sep 1, and both Severino and YDLS are legit 19 year olds, and both hit much better than Rivas at this point. Time to fish or cut bait!

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I’d promote Matoma(when healthy) and Severino from the complex to Bradenton

(Bradenton could use help at 3B).

From Bradenton, I’d promote Forrester(when healthy), Landon Tomkins(when healthy) and Mike Walsh(like you wrote). Also, if Terrero gets even a little bit hot, I’d promote him.

Form Greensboro’s I’d promote, Cimillo, Barco, Perachi, Neilson and Hilson(Altoona is in desperate need of a backup RHH OF).

From Altoona, I’d promote Sean Sullivan(when healthy).

I would also like to see Isaias Dipre and Cristian Jauregui stateside in the complex.

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AAA(28) - Priester, Ashcraft, German, Sean Sullivan, Jake Woodford/Michael Plassmeyer

Injured - Mike Burrows, Aaron Shortridge

Ryder Ryan, Honeywell, Mattson, Luis Cessa, Ben Heller, Fineas Del Bonta-Smith, Connor Sadzeck, Justin Bruihl(L), Nick Dombkowski(L)

Injured -Wei-Chieh Huang, Cristofer Melendez

Release-Wily Peralta, Brady Feigl, Geronimo Franzua

AAA(28)

CF-J.Bae

SS-Alika

2B-Peggy

1B-SethBeer

DH-MalcomNunez

RF-Gorski

LF-CSN

C-JasonDelay/GrantKoch

3B-AndresAlvarez

BN - Gilberto Celestino, Matt Fraizer, Mike Jarvis

Injured - Billy McKinney

Release - Dustin Peterson, Dylan Shockley

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AA(28) - Chandler, Solometo, Harrington, Hunter Barco, Po-Yu Chen/Dominic Perachi

J.C.Flowers, Drake Fellows, Justin Meis, Eddy Yean, Jack Carey, Chris Gau, Tyler Samaniego(L), Luis Peralta(L), Cy Neilson(L), Jaden Woods(L)

Release - Brad Case, Grant Ford

AA(28)

SS-Cheng

3B-McAdoo

CF-Bowen

1B-Cimillo

DH-JoePerez

RF-Siani

C-Gutierrez/Bins

2B-Glenn

LF-TresGonzalez

BN- Yoyner Fajardo, Kervin Pichardo, PJ Hilson, Brenden Dixon

Release - Francisco Acuna

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High A(30) - Patrick Reilly, Alessandro Ercolani, Massey, Dotel, Derek Diamond/Scott Randall

Bidois, Ryan Harbin, Mike Walsh, Stumbo, Jaycob Deese, Valentin Linarez, Emmanuel Chapman, Landon Tomkins, Elijah Birdsong, Yoldin De La Paz(L)

Injured - Julian Bosnic, Joshua Loeschorn, Adrian Florencio

Release - Darvin Garcia, Yunior Thibo

High A(30)

SS-JackBrannigan

2B-TermarrJohnson

1B-GarretForrester

RF-LonnieWhiteJr

LF-HudsonHead

CF-MitchJebb

DH-EnmanuelTerrero

C-SeanRoss/Planchart

3B-KalaeHarrison

BN- Sergio Campana, Maikol Escotto, Josiah Sightler

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Jul 7Author

Thibo was already released.

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Low A(30) - Carlson Reed, Khristian Curtis, Michael Kennedy, Hung-Leng Chang, Antwone Kelly, Carlos Jimenez/Brennan Malone

Injured - Jun-Seok Shim, Owen Kellington

David Matoma, Tyler Kennedy, Danny Carrion, Garrett McMillan, Noah Takacs, Alexis Torres, Hunter Furtado(L), Magdiel Cotto(L), Connor Oliver(L), Inmer Lobo(L)

Injured - Jose Maldonado, Johan Montero

Release - Luigi Hernandez

Low A(30)

2B-Delgado

1B-Alfonzo

DH-EddyRodriguez / EsmerlynValdez

C-Plaz

CF-Polanco

3B-Severino

LF-Terrero

SS-Rivas

RF-BraylonBishop / SolomonMaguire

BN - Justin Miknis, Jeral Toledo

Injured - Jesus Castillo

Release - Juan Jerez, Wesley Zapata

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FCL

2B-CarlosCaro

SS-Yordany

LF-EstuarSuero

DH-TonyBlancoJr

1B-CarlosTirado

RF-EduardoOviedo

CF-CristianJauregui

C-LukeScherrer / RichardRamirez / JohnLopez

3B-JohnZorrila

BN - Isaias Dipre, Roinny Aguiar, Ewry Espinal, Jhonson Pena, Juan Machado

SP - Zander Mueth, Carlos Castillo, Pitterson Rosa, Dioris Martinez, Yojeiry Osoria

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#freeBubba

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Jul 6Author

Things don’t seem to be going well for Brennan Malone. Came in to pitch the 2nd and his command was erratic. Got one visit from the C and one from the coach, then left after four batters, two on two out.

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Malone has missed so much development time, not sure he'll ever amount to anything but I'm still pulling for this kid. Hopefully he's still shaking off years of rust

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He’s done. Don’t stick an actual fork in him though, cause he’ll miss another two years.

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😂

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Jul 6Author

And the delayed double steal works. No team in the Pirates’ org ever successfully defends that play. Not ever.

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