No. 1 TONY SANCHEZ, C PIRATES Team: low Class A West Virginia (South Atlantic) Age: 21 Why He's Here: .500/.520/1.091 (11-for-22), 3 HR, 4 2B, 12 RBIs, 8 R, 2 BB, 3 SO, 1-for-1 SB The Scoop: With a series of trades since taking over as Pirates general manager, Neal Huntington has dramatically retooled the makeup of Pittsburgh's major league club and its farm system. But despite all the trades, the franchise-record bonus given to Pedro Alvarez last year and the seven-figure bonuses given to late-round draft picks like Robbie Grossman and Zack Von Rosenberg, the Pirates' most intriguing new addition might be Tony Sanchez. While Sanchez ranked as the No. 32 prospect going into the 2009 draft, the Pirates bucked consensus and took him fourth overall. Two months later, the former Boston College catcher is hitting .358/.465/.613 in 27 games with West Virginia with five home runs, 15 walks and 20 strikeouts. For all of the Pirates' new additions, Sanchez is the player who could make the Pirates look brilliant if he pans out. No. 2 PEDRO ALVAREZ, 3B PIRATES Team: Double-A Altoona (Eastern) Age: 22 Why He's Here: .481/.548/.593 (13-for-27), 3 2B, 4 RBIs, 5 R, 4 BB, 8 SO, 1-for-1 SB The Scoop: One of the problems with analyzing high-profile prospects is that everything they do gets picked apart. When Alvarez (finally) signed, there were reports that he was out of shape. Then he supposedly came into spring training showing more dedication to his conditioning. Then he struck out at a high clip and didn't get off to a great start with high Class A Lynchburg. Well, now with nearly one full season under his belt, Alvarez through 43 Double-A games has an OPS pushing 1.000 with a .338/.410/.575 batting line for Altoona. Sure he'll strike out a fair amount, but Alvarez's combination of patience and power make him a dangerous hitter. and NOT-SO HOT SHEET... Brad Lincoln, rhp, Pirates: Lincoln's low-90s fastball and plus curveball are back after he missed the 2007 season while recovering from Tommy John surgery. But he's had a rocky time with Triple-A Indianapolis. Lincoln, 24, saw his ERA rise to 5.80 this week after allowing seven runs in three innings. He's a strike-thrower, but Lincoln has just three strikeouts combined in his last three starts and just 22 punchouts in 40 1/3 Triple-A innings. Daniel Moskos, lhp, Pirates: Few players have seen their stock plummet the way Moskos has in just two years. Moskos was the No. 4 overall pick out of Clemson in 2007, when several scouts preferred him to Maryland lefty Brett Cecil, who went to the Blue Jays in the supplemental first round. But the reports lately on Moskos, 22, have not been kind, and the results haven't been pretty either. Pitching for Double-A Altoona, Moskos has a 4.11 ERA in 116 innings with more walks (52) than strikeouts (50). www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/prospect-hot-sheet/2009/268713.html http://tinyurl.com/qv5o49 --

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