This year's scouting report is going to provide links to various sites that analyze
the Pirates farm system and prospects. In previous years, Mark Jareb's scouting report was
found here.
You can still find Mark Jareb's Scouting Reports from previous years still on the web
at:
Plus, Mark has added a page for each player that combines the
previous Scouting Reports. For example, you can see
Jason Kendall's consolidated
report on the web. Mark's list of player files can be found in his
directory.
Top Prospects Position-by-Position Report Other Prospect Sites/Links
You can find current stats on Pirate farm hands (in season) at various
web sites. You can find links to these sites in the
Minor League
section of Glenn's Pirates Page. USA Today, CNN, Nando, and Pirateball are all good
resources for information.
ESPN provides
a look at the minors. ESPN provides this list of players who they say "Will Help Soon":
Tony Alverez, Adrian Burnside, Humberto Cota, and Rico Washington. They also list players
that "Will Help Someday", a "Key Sleeper", and "Other Names to Know".
Top Prospect Alert
lists a Top 10 list (with details), another four prospects, and another 24 "Other Prospects".
JR House, Sean Burnett, and Bobby Bradley top their list for the Bucs.
Sportline previews
the NL Central and the 2002 Pirates.
Gary Reed lives in Florida and runs The Florida
State League prospects web site (not affiliated with the Class A League of the same name).
From his Sarasota home, he can easily scout the baby
Bucs in nearby Bradenton. He offers a hitters
prospect report and a pitchers prospect
report.
On Deck Baseball lists the
Bucs Top 40 minor league prospects (but I think this is a pre-2001 report).
Annually, Baseball America lists the
NL Central's Top 10 Prospects. This year, they have put the report in subscriber's only
area. Baseball America's Top Ten Pirate Prospects for 2002:
JR House, Catcher
John VanBenschoten, Pitcher
Sean Burnett, Pitcher
Bobby Bradley, Pitcher
Jose Castillo, Shortstop
Tony Alvarez, Outfield
Ryan Vogelsong, Pitcher
Adrian Burnside, Pitcher
Humberto Cota, Catcher
Chris Young, Pitcher And the next five
Justin Reid, Pitcher
Nate McLouth, Outfield
Aron Weston, Outfield
Jose Bautista
Domingo Cuello
While listing the best tools in the Pirates system, Baseball
America came up with this list:
Best Hitter for Average: Nate McLouth
Best Power Hitter: JJ Davis
Fastest Base Runner: Manny Ravelo
Best Defensive Catcher:
Best Defensive Infielder: Jose Castillo
Best Infield Arm:
Best Defensive Outfielder: BJ Barnes
Best Outfield Arm: Jeremy Harts
Best Fastball:
Best Breaking Ball: Bobby Bradley
Best Change Up: Sean Burnett
Best Control: Justin Reid
Finally, here is Baseball America's prediction for the 2005
Pirate Line Up. I may disagree in a couple places, but this list starts
the discusion:
Best of the rest: Humberto Cota, JJ Davis, Chris Duffy, Nate McLouth,
Jeff Miller, Ian Oquendo, Juan Rodriquez, Jeffrey Sharber, Edwin Yan, Chris Young
...and others "Worth Noting" are listed.
Is there something here you like, that needs to be changed,
or would you like to see something that is not included?
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