Pirates Minor League Report: Dominant Pitching Across System

Pirates’ affiliates picked up two wins on Thursday, with young pitching prospects like Mike Burrows, Po-Yu Chen, Dominic Perachi and Carlson Reed flashing their ability at each level of the system.

Burrows turned in his best start of the season as he continues to work his way back from Tommy John surgery, striking out five batters in four innings of one-run ball for Triple-A Indianapolis. The Indians went on to win 7-2 against the Iowa Cubs, with Alika Williams finding his way on base five times.

Chen completed seven innings for the fourth time in his past five starts, allowing just one run on an efficient 95 pitches as he elicited ground ball outs more than strikeouts. Altoona’s bullpen couldn’t back him up, though, and the Curve went on to lose 5-4 in ten innings.

Jack Brannigan singled, doubled and homered—his second long ball in the past two days—for the Greensboro Grasshoppers, tallying four RBI and leading the charge in a 12-3 shellacking of the Asheville Tourists. Perachi, an eleventh round pick in 2022, struck out 11 batters and allowed just one hit as he dropped his ERA to 1.97 in 15 appearances for the Grasshoppers… in hitter-friendly Greensboro, no less.

Carlson Reed continued to shove for the Bradenton Marauders, punching out nine batters in five innings. The WVU Baseball product didn’t allow any earned runs in Bradenton’s 5-3 loss to the Lakeland Flying Tigers, although two runs did score following an error.

Here are some of the top performances amongst Pirates’ prospects on Thursday night.

Triple-A Indianapolis (43-52)

SS Alika Williams

• Game: 3-for-3 with a double and 2 walks.
• Season: .309/.409/.372 with 4 doubles and a triple in 25 games.

RHP Mike Burrows

• Game: 4 IP, 1 ER, 5 K’s.
• Season: 17.2 IP, 7.13 ERA, 19 K’s in 7 starts between rookie ball, Bradenton and Indianapolis.

Double-A Altoona (39-54)

RHP Po-Yu Chen

• Game: 7 IP, 1 ER, 3 K’s.
• Season: 103 IP, 3.50 ERA, 72 K’s in 19 appearances (17 starts).

RF Jase Bowen

• Game: 1-for-3 with a double and a walk.
• Season: .239/.291/.333 with 14 doubles, 2 triples and 3 homers in 77 games.

High-A Greensboro (57-35)

3B Jack Brannigan

• Game: 3-for-4 with a double and a homer.
• Season: .227/.338/.464 with 13 doubles, a triple and 17 homers in 74 games.

LHP Dominic Perachi

• Game: 6 IP, 0 ER, 11 K’s.
• Season: 79.2 IP, 2.37 ERA, 82 K’s in 18 appearances (10 starts) between Altoona and Greensboro.

Single-A Bradenton (39-54)

RHP Carlson Reed

• Game: 5 IP, 0 ER (2 unearned), 9 K’s.
• Season: 77.2 IP, 2.43 ERA, 96 K’s in 17 starts.

LF Enmanuel Terrero

• Game: 2-for-3 with a homer and a walk.
• Season: .200/.281/.308 with 3 doubles, a triple and 3 homers in 36 games between rookie ball and Bradenton.