I’m a little bit late with this, but I thought I’d put up a separate thread for it. Generally, I’m not that big on prospect lists because rankings tend to take on an authoritative air that they don’t really deserve when it’s this subjective. I particularly like FanGraphs, though, partly because I’m impressed by Kiley McDaniel and Eric Longenhagen, and partly because I like their approach of focusing on ceiling. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that such an approach helps several Pirates’ prospects a lot, specifically Cole Tucker, Oneil Cruz and Travis Swaggerty. It’s also worth remembering that no matter how good a prospect looks, the team still has to get him through the transition from the minors to the majors.
FanGraphs has five Pirates prospects in its top 100
