When a top prospect gets the call to the majors, there is a level of uncertainty of what they will be able to produce at the highest level of competition.
Last year, Oneil Cruz gave Pirates fans a sample, recording the hardest-hit ball ever measured by a Pirate batter since the start of the Statcast era (118.2 mph) in his first major-league game and a towering home run in his second game.
On Monday, the Pirates recalled Cruz from the minors, giving him the runway to start at shortstop and stick for the rest of the year.