GREGORY PICART

9/25/85; 23rd '03; Miami Dade JC
S/R; 5-11, 155

Level	BA	OBP	SA	AB	2B	3B	HR	BB	K	SB	CS
2004 R	.256	.333	.291	86	3	0	0	7	16	0	3
2005 R	.301	.363	.466	103	10	2	1	9	14	6	2
2006 A-	.228	.248	.301	123	7	1	0	3	24	1	6
2007 A+	.236	.280	.380	258	14	4	5	13	41	1	4
2008 A+	.148	.167	.198	81	4	0	0	1	12	0	0
2008 A	.253	.313	.343	178	10	0	2	12	31	4	4
2009 A	.308	.399	.409	237	10	4	2	31	27	6	7
2009 R	.300	.300	.350	20	1	0	0	0	3	0	1

The Pirates originally drafted Picart out of a Puerto Rico HS, then signed him after he'd played a year at Miami Dade JC. He spent two years at Bradenton, holding his own with the bat the first year and improving a great deal, especially in the power department, the second. He moved up to Williamsport in 2006, but didn't hit, and showed awful plate discipline. He was used at 2B, 3B and SS. He ended up at Lynchburg in 2007, playing semi-regularly due to injuries to Shelby Ford, Angel Gonzalez, and Cameron Blair, and Dan Schwartzbauer's retirement. He played both middle infield positions and a little OF; he's adequate defensively. Picart didn't hit particularly well beyond showing decent power, but considering his experience level he didn't do badly. He returned to Lynchburg in 2008 as a utility player and didn't hit at all. He moved down to Hickory and was the Crawdads' primary secondbaseman in July and August, partly because Matt Cavagnaro moved up to Lynchburg. He hit a little better but still not well.

In 2009 Picart missed time at various points in the season due to injury. In between the injuries, he established himself as a starter in the middle infield at West Virginia, alternating between second and short. He had a very good year offensively, showing dramatically improved plate discipline and decent gap power. He finished very strongly, posting an OPS of 1.075 in August until he went out with another injury mid-month. Picart will be 24 at the beginning of the 2010 season, but as an organizational guy he's been bounced around and sometimes has been assigned to levels he wasn't ready for. If, as expected, Jordy Mercer and Chase D'Arnaud both move up to Altoona, Bradenton won't have any middle infield prospects, or will have just one if the Pirates move Brock Holt up there. It'd be nice to see Picart get a chance to start for Bradenton at short or second.

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