Now that Ke’Bryan Hayes, the Bucs’ top position prospect, has been called up and inserted into the lineup, fans might be wondering – or arguing about – who should be the next one to be summoned from the Altoona satellite camp.
Granted, the pickings are somewhat slim, but there’s one player in particular I could see making his way to Pittsburgh before the end of the season.
Anthony Alford’s unfortunate meeting with the outfield wall at PNC Park brought an untimely end to his season just as it was getting started. And that’s too bad. Alford was a tantalizing project, seemingly stuffed with great potential but never able to translate that potential to production at the big league level while a member of Toronto Blue Jays organization.