{"id":1668,"date":"2022-03-24T18:54:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T18:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linksus.net\/pirates-prospect-watch-news-sports-jobs-altoona-mirror\/"},"modified":"2022-03-24T18:54:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T18:54:47","slug":"pirates-prospect-watch-news-sports-jobs-altoona-mirror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/2022\/03\/24\/pirates-prospect-watch-news-sports-jobs-altoona-mirror\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates Prospect Watch | News, Sports, Jobs &#8211; Altoona Mirror"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mar 24, 2022<br \/>SS Liover Peguero<br \/>Height\/weight: 6-0, 200<br \/>Bats\/throws: R\/R<br \/>Bio: Born Dec. 31, 2000 (21) in Higuey, Dominican Republic<br \/>Acquired: Came to the Pirates organization as part of trade that sent Starling Marte to Diamondbacks in 2020.<br \/>Career: Ranked as Pirates&#8217; No. 5 prospect and No. 79 in the minors by MLB.com. Made his pro debut in 2018 as a 17-year-old in rookie ball. Has batted .285 for his career and hit .270 with 14 homers and 45 RBIs last season for high-A Greensboro.<br \/>What they&#8217;re saying: <span class=\"quotations\">&#8220;I do feel they have a really good chemistry among the two of them, and they feed off each other,&#8221;<\/span> new Curve manager Kieran Mattison, speaking last year to the Post-Gazette about Peguero and second baseman Nick Gonzales when they all were at Greensboro.<br \/>The bottom line: He has a chance to be an outstanding offensive and defensive shortstop, and will team with 2B Nick Gonzales to give the Curve one of the more dynamic up-the-middle combinations in all the minor leagues.<br \/>&#8212; Cory Giger<br \/>Today&#8217;s breaking news and more in your inbox<br \/>CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2014 William Byron began his fifth season at NASCAR\u2019s top level in a contract year with the best &#8230;<br \/>At first glance, Ash Barty\u2019s retirement from tennis might be hard to fathom.   She is still only 25, after all. &#8230;<br \/>BRADENTON, Fla. \u2014 Jose Quintana, who\u2019s trying to make the Pittsburgh Pirates roster this spring, gave up six &#8230;<br \/>Today&#8217;s breaking news and more in your inbox<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 Altoona Mirror | https:\/\/www.altoonamirror.com | 301 Cayuga Ave., Altoona, PA 16602 | 814-946-7411 | <a style=\"font-family:'Roboto Slab'; color:#999\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ogdennews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ogden Newspapers<\/a> | <a style=\"font-family:'Roboto Slab'; color:#999\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuttingcompany.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Nutting Company<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoonamirror.com\/sports\/altoona-curve\/2022\/03\/pirates-prospect-watch-2\/\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mar 24, 2022SS Liover PegueroHeight\/weight: 6-0, 200Bats\/throws: R\/RBio: Born Dec. 31, 2000 (21) in Higuey, Dominican RepublicAcquired: Came to the Pirates organization as part of trade that sent Starling Marte to Diamondbacks in 2020.Career: Ranked as Pirates&#8217; No. 5 prospect and No. 79 in the minors by MLB.com. Made his pro debut in 2018 as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":869,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}