From Top Prospect to MLB Hopeful, Socrates Brito Looks to Get Back to Bigs With Pirates
As we await the start of the 2020 MLB season due to Corona Virus concerns, we will take a look at every player on the Pirates roster and outline what they will bring to the table and projections for the 2020 season. I hope this brings some positive reading to the current situation and helps us all as we wait for baseball. At one time, Socrates Brito was a top prospect in the Arizona Diamondbacks system and was climbing the ranks quickly. He has a .291 career average in Minor League games with 71 home runs in 898 games played, and many were looking forward to his call to the Big Leagues. However, those strong Minor League numbers were not able to transfer to the Big Leagues as he has hit just .179 in 207 MLB at-bats. He is now playing for his third organization of his professional baseball career and has gone from a blooming MLB talent to a guy fighting to keep his MLB career alive. Last season, he was in the Toronto Blue Jays organization and appeared in 15 games at the MLB...