BRADENTON, Fla. -- Spencer Torkelson’s first Spring Training game appearance as a Tiger on Tuesday had a little irony to it. Among the humbling moments that the top overall Draft pick endured in his first week of camp was a slip and fall around...
... d he whiffed on two pitches and fouled off another from Pirates right-hander Max Kranick. However, Torkelson stayed calm enough to avoid Kranick’s full-count fastbal ...
Spencer Torkelson has finally played a game in a Tigers' uniform.
... fifth inning Tuesday in Bradenton, Fla., against Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Max Kranick. Torkelson got ahead 2-0, then swung and missed on two high fastballs from K ...
Todd Frazier continued his bid to make the Pittsburgh Pirates as a non-roster invitee to spring training, hitting his second home run in three Grapefruit League games. Frazier’s shot to left field off Erasmo Ramirez in the fourth inning was...
... e fourth, but the Tigers added two more runs in the top of the fifth against Max Kranick. Baddoo and Spencer Torkelson drew walks, setting up a two-RBI double off th ...
FanGraphs recently released their top 51 Pittsburgh Pirates prospect lists. So what are some of the highlights from their rankings? FanGraphs recently rele...
... the top 50 list that didn’t appear in FanGraphs’ 2020 lists is right-hander Max Kranick at #38. Most of the Pirate prospects outside of the top 20-25 range did get ...
Bolstered by trades and set to draft at top of the first round, the Pirates are poised to have one of the top farm systems in baseball very soon, and then for quite a while.
... that physicality manifests as in-game power. (Fall Instructional League) 38. Max Kranick, SP Drafted: 11th Round, 2016 from Valley View HS (PIT) Age 23.6 Height 6′ 3 ...
As Pirates general Ben Cherington watched the World Series in 2020, it wasn’t lost on him how the two teams got to that moment. Sure, on a financial spreadsheet or a breakdown of bWAR ranking, the two teams were quite different. The Dodgers have the...
... ts projected to work at Double-A or Triple-A like Oneil Cruz, Cody Bolton or Max Kranick show up to camp and have made big gains. Suddenly, they would become callup ...
After missing the 2020 season, the Minor Leagues will return in 2021. The Pittsburgh Pirates have completed their coaching assignments for the minor leag...
... Altoona in 2018. The former Pirates closer has worked closely with prospect Max Kranick over the last year. Replacing Michael Ryan in Altoona will be Miguel Perez, ...
