Baseball America continued their rankings of the top prospects by position on Monday. They went with third basemen, which didn’t have anyone from the Pittsburgh Pirates. On Tuesday, they listed the top shortstops and two Pirates made the list, which went to 30 spots. Oneil Cruz is rated as the fourth best shortstop, while Liover Peguero ranks as their 19th best shortstop. Just to show you how deep this position is right now, Peguero ranks 78th on Baseball America’s top 100 prospects list. In fact, BA rated it as a five-star (out of five) class.
Cruz missed part of last year with a forearm injury, but he did well when he played in Altoona, hitting .