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Besides McAdoo, the only position players worth following play in the FCL. De Los Santos, Blanco, Ramirez. S. Polanco and Tremarr Johnson, Lonnie White now appear to be busts. For an organization that necessarily depends on signing and developing players, this is just another part of the catastrophe that includes Bae, Davis, Peguero, Rodriguez and even Cruz and Hayes. That's seven players with below average hit tools. If the Pirates fail to make it to the WS, this failure of development is the reason for it.

I'm hoping that Weiderholt (sp) drops to the Pirates. His hit tool grades as 70. If he fails, that would all but confirm that the development staff is the problem.

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Way too soon to make that call on Termarr, but agreed on Polanco and White. Polanco never seemed to hit up to his rep, and it looks like all the injuries and missed development time will sink White.

But your overall point stands. Even as prospect centric as well are here, realizing there should be some attrition, this is worse than that. Attrition doesn’t mean all should struggle.

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You’re all way too soon to give up on all of them.

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So you really are seeing encouraging aspects in White and Polanco? What an optimist.

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Peralta must be making a point. Woods helped blow a 3-run 9th inning lead in his first Altoona outing. Meanwhile Peralta threw the last two innings of a 2-1, 11 inning Greensboro win. He stranded the free runner in both innings.

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