In most years, the Pirates' low A affiliate is one of the most interesting affiliates in the system, if not the most. That's because players making their debut in low A are still at the stage where they're all about potential rather than performance, so the team always seems to have an abundance of upside.
Despite being made up primarily of players who won the New York-Penn League title last year, this year's West Virginia Power will be arguably the least interesting of the Pirates' full season affiliates. It's not that the team won't have any promising players, but several of the top prospects from that West Virginia Black Bears team will skip on to Bradenton this year.