Several former Black Bears on Pirates Prospects Mid-Season Top 50 List

NY-Penn League News photo at Monongalia County Ballpark - Granville, WV

On August 7, Pirates Prospects released their Mid-Season Top 50 Prospects list and published a free article with the entire list at their website. See article here. The entire e-book is available here and is well worth the price of $9.99. The list was updated on August 19, adding James Marvel at number 50.

A total of 17 former or current West Virginia Black Bears are on the top 50 Mid-Season list. Their pre-season ranking are in parentheses. Click on their name to link to their stats at Baseball Reference.

1. Mitch Keller (1)

2. Ke'Bryan Hayes (5)

5. Travis Swaggerty (drafted in June '18)

7. Kevin Kramer (16)

8. Kevin Newman (7)

10. Luis Escobar (12)

15. Will Craig (27)

21. J.T. Brubaker (25)

22. Jared Oliva

25. Brandon Waddell (30)

26. Dario Agrazal (24)

27. Stephen Alemais (28)

35. Cam Vieaux

39. Christian Kelley

42. Arden Pabst

47. Tanner Anderson (49)

50. James Marvel

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