The process, the way it's laid out pretty much everywhere across professional sports,

when you go through a total tear down, the most rebuilding of all rebuilds, is founded on one principle above all others.

And that's that you are to acquire, to amass so many prospects that they're practically crawling all over each other to make it to the top level.

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this. Pirates 3 Astros zero last night at PNC Park. Speaking of prospects, Mike Burroughs was once

one of those before the Tommy John surgery had probably his most encouraging outing in the majors.

Five and a third scoreless innings.

Five hits.

No walks.

Six strikeouts.

Braxton Ashcraft, who's bounced back and forth between starting and the pen,

is another one of those put up two of those remaining zeros giving up one hit and striking out three.

Good stuff overall from the pitchers. I don't mean to leave out Corey Shugart and David Bednar.

And offensively, such as it was, O'Neill Cruz and Spencer Horwitz had two hits each.

Also yesterday, earlier in the day,

Baseball America came out with its updated Top 100 Prospects list.

Now, this season, being very obviously shot,

that sort of thing should mean more,

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