Baseball America released their 2023 updated list of the top 100 prospects in baseball on Wednesday morning. A total of four Pittsburgh Pirates made the list, though it might not be the exact four you would expect.
Endy Rodriguez is the highest rated Pirates player on the list, ranking 23rd overall. He wasn’t even a top 100 prospect for most sources over a majority of last season. Greensboro is a hitter-friendly park, so there are some reasons not to fully trust numbers from there, especially power numbers. However, Rodriguez improved his hitting as he moved up, with outstanding results at Double-A Altoona, as well as a nice small sample size of major success in Triple-A Indianapolis.