As you may already know, the top four levels of minor league baseball are playing six-game series this season, with Monday being the only scheduled off day. So let’s review how the Top 15 prospects for the Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB Pipeline rankings are given) are doing after the first five weeks of play:
No. 1 - Ke’Bryan Hayes
Hayes returned to the big league roster Thursday after being out for two months with a wrist injury he sustained in the second game of the season. A leading candidate for Rookie of the Year heading into the season, Hayes went 7 for 18 with a home run and three RBIs in his first series back over the weekend.