Castro has already made his MLB debut, but went 0-3. One prospect that we could see get some innings at shortstop at the Major League level before the end of the season is Rodolfo Castro. He may be a defensive upgrade, but potentially not much offensively. He’s walked at a 5.8% rate and has struck out over 25% of the time (25.8% to be exact). This has come with little plate discipline. Through 291 career MLB plate appearances, he’s only hitting. Tucker has struggled in the majors, which is putting it lightly. 171 isolated slugging percentage would be a massive step forward compared to years prior. He’s striking out at a sub-20% rate while walking walking at an outstanding 13.9% clip. He’s been an about league average hitter and has continued to show decent plate discipline. Though he’s never hit much, he’s done okay at Triple-A this year. Very small sample size to make any assumptions on his defense. This season, he had -3 DRS during his short stint in the Majors, but in only 28 innings.
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However, he’s been a plus defender for most of his career. Now Tucker has never been much of a hitter. The most prominent answer would be Cole Tucker. So who could be playing shortstop for the Pirates by the end of 2021? While we won’t see all of them this year, some will be given a shot at the position. However, the Pittsburgh Pirates have a few young players the we could eventually see take over the position. They’ve gotten poor performances this year from Kevin Newman and Erik Gonzalez. The only stat they’re not bottom three in is strikeout rate, which they actually have the lowest mark at 7.5% and walk rate at 5.7%. They’re last in wRC+, wOBA, OPS, isolated slugging percentage, and next to last in fWAR. By far, they’ve been the worst group of shortstops among all 30 teams. Combined, Pirate shortstops have only slashed. The Pittsburgh Pirates have gotten very poor production at shortstop this year. Pittsburgh Pirates shortstops have been one of the weakest positions in all of baseball, but who will be their starter by the end of 2021?
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