The Pittsburgh Pirates have another budding pitching prospect in their system.
In a Pittsburgh Pirates system that's filled with good pitching prospects, another one may be emerging.
Linarez entered out of the bullpen in the bottom of the third inning with the game tied 0-0 and sat the first two batters down before St. Louis Cardinals infield prospect Thomas Saggese got a two-out single to left field. The' right-handed pitching prospect escaped the two-out hit when Saggese was thrown out by San Francisco Giants catching prospect Drew Cavanaugh to end the inning.
With his performance, Linarez is 1-0 with a 1.00 ERA over nine innings pitched, giving up just two hits and striking out 10 batters through his six appearances. The biggest knock on Linarez's game that has also been evident in the AFL has been his control. The hard-throwing right-hander has walked seven batters and hit one.
At the beginning of the AFL, MLB Pipeline's Jonathan Mayo touted Linarez as someone who could eventually be a solid arm coming out of the
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