Kirk Singeer was recently promoted to high-A Bradenton, and he has been on a tear in his short time at that level. In seven games for the Marauders, Singer has a line of .385/.448/.615 with two homers and a 1.064 OPS. This hot start gained Singer the Florida State League Player of the Week award and made me think if he could be a legitimate prospect for the Pirates.
Singer was drafted in the 29th round of the 2011 draft as a strong defensive shortstop who hit terribly in his last year of college, with a .215 average and no power (.272 SLG and .057 isolated power). He also struck out in an alarming 29.37% of his at bats. Singer was sent to State College after he signed lasy year, where he hit .236 with a .656 OPS, while splitting time between shortstop and second base.
Singer was moved up to be the starting third baseman for low-A West Virginia this year, and his hitting did not really improve, with a .262 average and a .626 OPS. Of his 49 hits for the Power, only eight of them went for extra bases, leading to a low .321 slugging percentage. The organization recently made a lot of moves with call ups and send downs, and one of these was moving Singer up to high-A. His hot start has been encouraging so far, but it has been too short of a sample size to make much out of those stats.
To make himself a legitimate prospect in the Pirates' organization, Singer has to hit a lot better. He has mostly been a third baseman this season, where he has the arm and defense to play, but his hitting would profile much better as a shortstop. Unless he makes some adjustments, it is doubtful that he will continue to produce a high level of offense at Bradenton. As of now, it looks like Singer will be an organizational player with strong defense at third, short, or second, but he could change that if he can start to put up better numbers at the plate.
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