The GCL Pirates had probably the best collection of prospects they’ve had in many years. Whether this will translate into help at the major league level won’t be known for a long time, but it’s a start. And it’s fortunate because there’s a gap to fill, as we’ll see when we get to Bristol and West Virginia.
As everybody knows by now, the big story was Mason Martin (pictured). He had a historic year, to the extent anything that happens in rookie ball can be considered historic. Not only did he set the team record for HRs (and did it despite missing the first two weeks of the very short GCL season), he had literally one of the best hitting seasons in the league’s history.