Pirates Minor League Report: Anthony Solometo Bounces Back

Pirates’ affiliates picked up three wins to kick off the month of August, seeing an early impact from one of the organization’s key trade deadline pickups and a rebound appearance from top-ranked left-handed pitching prospect Anthony Solometo.

Triple-A Indianapolis pushed their winning streak to nine games, taking down the Toledo Mud Hens 7-3. Deadline acquisition Nick Yorke proved key in the win, doubling in two runs, scoring two more himself and flashing his defensive ability.

Altoona walked off the Richmond Flying Squirrels 5-4 in ten innings, riding four strong innings from 25-year-old Cuban pitcher Emmanuel Chapman, who continues to impress in his first minor league season. When Chapman signed with the Pirates last December, command was a massive issue, but he’s since walked just 20 batters in 53.1 innings this season while striking out 55.

The Greensboro Grasshoppers notched a strong all-around win over the Winston-Salem Dash, with Derek Diamond allowing one earned run in five innings and Alessandro Ercolani following that up with 3.2 scoreless frames in relief. P.J. Hilson managed four hits, while Termarr Johnson’s hot hitting carried over from July to August: the 2022 first round pick got on base three times.

Solometo turned in five shutout innings for the Marauders, continuing to work his way back to form in what has been a rocky season, but Bradenton lost 5-2 to the Palm Beach Cardinals, 

Triple-A Indianapolis (49-52)

2B Nick Yorke

• Game: 1-for-4 with a double.
• Season: .278/.361/.422 with 17 doubles and 10 homers in 85 games between the Pirates’ and Red Sox’ organizations.

SS Liover Peguero

• Game: 2-for-2 with a double, a walk and a sacrifice fly.
• Season: .256/.316/.407 with 19 doubles, 3 triples and 9 homers in 90 games.

Double-A Altoona (43-56)

RHP Emmanuel Chapman

• Game: 4 IP, 0 ER, 5 K’s.
• Season: 53.1 IP, 3.54 ERA, 55 K’s in 27 appearances (2 starts) between Greensboro and Altoona.

1B Nick Cimillo

• Game: 1-for-4 with a double.
• Season: .282/.402/.573 with 10 doubles and 18 homers in 63 games between Greensboro and Altoona.

High-A Greensboro (58-40)

SS Termarr Johnson

• Game: 2-for-4 with a double and a walk.
• Season: .249/.395/.403 with 15 doubles, a triple and 11 homers in 91 games.

DH P.J. Hilson

• Game: 4-for-5 with a double.
• Season: .248/.315/.439 with 9 doubles, a triple and 12 homers in 73 games between Bradenton and Altoona.

Single-A Bradenton (41-58)

DH Keiner Delgado

• Game: 2-for-3 with 2 singles.
• Season: .234/.308/.389 with 8 doubles, 2 triples and 9 homers in 66 games between rookie ball and Bradenton.

LHP Anthony Solometo

• Game: 5 IP, 0 ER, 1 K.
• Season: 44.2 IP, 5.24 ERA, 31 K’s in 16 appearances (13 starts) between Altoona, rookie ball and Bradenton.