LAS VEGAS -- If one was to look for reasons to draw hope for the 2023 Pirates, they could turn to the farm system. Class AA Altoona was home, at one point or another, to seven players who at one point or another appeared on a top 100 prospect list -- Henry Davis, Nick Gonzales, Endy Rodriguez, Liover Peguero, Quinn Priester, Mike Burrows and Luis Ortiz -- and all of them should be on the major-league radar for next year.
And talking to them, they aren't coming up to the majors with the intention to lose.