Every Monday morning we’ll highlight several players who stood out to us based on their underlying Statcast metrics. These are not full scouting reports, but can often serve as good early indicators ...

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates have a promising catcher prospect that they recently moved up in their farm system. The Pirates promoted catcher Axiel Plaz from Single-A Bradenton to High-A ...

Axiel Plaz went 1-2 with a run scored and two RBI for Scottsdale. He's now batting .354 with an OPS of .812. Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-3 with a run scored and an RBI. Dominic Perachi made the start for ...

Esmerlyn Valdez homered on Wednesday night, but he wasn’t the only Pirates prospect to take on a starring role in the Arizona Fall League. Catcher Axiel Plaz—who, in an odd roster twist, was playing ...

Plaz drives in three for Scottsdale Playing for the Scottsdale Scorpions, Axiel Plaz went 1-3 with two walks and three RBI while playing catcher. Esmerlyn Valdez and Will Taylor were in the starting ...

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates have a prospect in the Arizona Fall League that many fans don't even know is playing currently. Catcher Axiel Plaz is one of nine Pirates prospects in the Arizona ...

Single-A Bradenton placed Plaz on its 7-day injured list June 19 due to an undisclosed injury. A 19-year-old catching prospect, Plaz was slashing .262/.348/.450 with nine home runs in 233 plate ...