PBN’s Top 30 Pittsburgh Pirates Prospects

With the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 2023 season in the rearview mirror, it’s time to update our top Pirates prospects list at Pittsburgh Baseball Now.

The Pirates promoted a handful of their prospects in the 2023 regular season and saw several ex-farmhands graduate from their prospect status. Among those no longer considered prospects include Henry Davis, Endy Rodriguez, Quinn Priester and several others.

With so many graduations, the top 30 Pirates’ prospects list looks a lot different than it did this time last year.

Leading the way on our list is right-hander Paul Skenes, who was selected first overall by the Pirates in the 2023 MLB Draft. He is followed by fellow first-rounder Termarr Johnson, who we consider to be the Pirates’ top position player prospect in the system.

After those two, there was plenty of question on how the rest of the top 30 should unfold.

Here are our top 30 Pirates’ prospects after the 2023 season.

1. Paul Skenes, RHP
2. Termarr Johnson, 2B
3. Jared Jones, RHP
4. Bubba Chandler, RHP
5. Anthony Solometo, LHP
6. Thomas Harrington, RHP
7. Hunter Barco, LHP
8. Mike Burrows, RHP
9. Braxton Ashcraft, RHP
10. Mitch Jebb, INF
11. Michael Kennedy, LHP
12. Tsung-Che Cheng, INF
13. Jun-Seok Shim, RHP
14. Zander Mueth, RHP
15. Jackson Wolf, LHP
16. Jack Brannigan, 3B
17. Yordany De Los Santos, SS
18. Jase Bowen, OF
19. Dariel Lopez, INF
20. Lonnie White Jr., OF
21. Garret Forrester, 1B/3B
22. Po-Yu Chen, RHP
23. Shalin Polanco, OF
24. Kyle Nicolas, RHP
25. Josiah Sightler, 1B/DH
26. Malcom Nuñez, 1B
27. Enmanuel Terrero, OF
28. Tony Blanco Jr., 1B/DH
29. Matt Gorski, OF
30. Charles McAdoo, INF/OF