#17 Pirates* Prospect Brock Holt

The #17 Pirates Prospect Brock Holt is no longer a Pirate, making it difficult for him to remain on the list.  When the current top 30 list is finished, complete with every player profile, I will bump Holt off the list, add in Andrew Oliver, Stolmy Pimentel, and Ivan De Jesus and reevaluate from there, adding  player profiles if necessary.

As almost every Pirates fan knows by now, Holt went with closer Joel Hanrahan to Boston.  Back came Mark Melancon, Jerry Sands, Stolmy Pimentel, and Ivan De Jesus.  The latter three players I nicknamed Thing 1, Thing 2, and Thing 3 respectively.  Clicking on the links in the previous sentence will open a profile for each player that was written immediately after the trade.  Enjoy!

#24 Pirates Prospect - Zack Dodson

Buried Treasure Top 30 Prospects   
#24 - Zack Dodson

Measurables: 6'2, 190
Bats: L, Throws: L
Position: P
Acquired: 4th round (115th overall), 2009
Bonus: $600,000
DOB: 07/23/1990
Buried Treasure 2012 Top 20: #16

As long as we're jumping to conclusions

Ok, I'll admit that title is pretty snarky. I've said a number of times in a number of places to a number of people that I think it's too early in the season to learn anything meaningful from the results. For the most part, this has been aimed at the results from Pittsburgh's major league ballclub. At the same time, I want to take a look at some things that we've seen from the Pirates' minor league affiliates. Therefore, I'm going to ignore the admittedly small sample sizes and take a look at what we've seen so far from down on the farm. If you want to point out that this is pretty hypocritical, go ahead. That's probably true. Still, I will start off by pointing out that since it is early in the year, a lot can change (for better or worse). Of course, you already knew that. Anyway, here what we know beyond a shadow of a doubt about the Pirates' minor leaguers.