The bad luck just will not stop for the Buccos. Top prospect Starling Marte exited the Indianapolis Indians' game in the second inning after taking a pitch off the hand. There is no word on the extent of the injury to this point, but if his hand ends up being broken, he may not be able to participate in baseball activities for a few months.
Marte's injury is coming only a few weeks after the Pirates lost another top prospect to an injury, Josh Bell, who hurt his knee while running the bases. That's two of the Pirates' top five prospects, and top two hitting prospects, that have been injured within a month of each other. I hate to say this, but considering the Pirates' luck in recent years, I can't really say this is unexpected.
In a recent post (When Will The Pirates Catch A Break), I noted some of the things that have not gone right for the Pirates. This only adds to the list of unfortunate events and outcomes that the Bucs have had to deal with over the last few years. It is really unbelievable to me how unlucky the organization has been. Our top prospects keep getting injured or not panning out (ex. Marte, Bell, Tony Sanchez), free agents always seem to perform horribly for us, and all the risks that we take with players never seem to pay off. When will the Pirates catch a break???
In the post I mentioned above, I also listed some positives that the team has going for them, but there is nothing positive about our top hitting prospect being injured and possibly facing months without baseball. But it seems like it just had to happen for the Pirates. It seems like something always has to go wrong for the organization, and now its affecting the minor league players, as well as the major league team. If something were to happen to our top two prospects Jameson Taillon or Gerrit Cole, God forbid, then the Pirates would really be in a huge hole that would be very hard to climb out of.
The only thing that a Pirate fan can really hope for when all this bad luck happens is that it will lead to a lot of good luck heading our way. Maybe Jameson Taillon and Gerrit Cole will move up to AA quickly and dominate there too, and be on there ways to incredible major league careers. Maybe Pedro Alvarez will continue to tear the cover off the ball at the major league level. Maybe McCutchen will hit over .300, steal over 30 bases, and eclipse the 20 homer mark again. Maybe the pitching staff will continue its success throughout the whole season, and not collapse like they did last year. Maybe more of our prospects, like Alen Hanson, Robbie Grossman, Stetson Allie, Tony Sanchez, or Alex Dickerson will become some of the top prospects in the minors. At least some of this has to happen, because after everything that has occurred, the Pirates are due for some good luck.
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