Pirates’ First 4 Draft Choices

[mike412]

Their first two choices were right about the position that Keith Law had them in on his draft board. But, their first choice was a HS pitcher despite the consensus being that thus is a terrible year for pitchers. And, he is 19-years-old and Law cautioned teams about the older HS pitchers being more mature than the hitters they are facing, and their stats therefore being suspect. Considering the likelihood of HS pitchers becoming impact players in MLB, it was not a smart pick.

The second choice is a HS OF from Philadelphia. His brother went in the 4th round last year, and Law said this kid probably is a better prospect. But, Law cautioned that he is 5’11, 175 and doesn’t project to having much power so Kaw said a lot of teams would shy away from him in the first 4 rounds. OFs without power are not in high demand.

Although taken within the first 72 picks, neither of the other two are in Law’s top 100.

Just another suspect draft by the team that brought you Daniel Mosca and Tony Sanchez in top 10 picks.

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

Wow. And this crew keeps on getting extensions.

 

[h2p_5150]

Judging the MLB draft the day after it happened is a fool's errand. Unless you do something obviously insane like taking Tony Sanchez 4th overall or drafting a guy you project as a 3rd starter in the top 5 picks (looking at you, Littlefield) it's a complete guessing game. That said, given this current regime's track record, there is not much reason to think they had a good night yesterday!

 

[HopeandChangeforAntoons]

Geez, I am as critical as anyone of their player development, but bagging on these kids the day they are drafted is kind of ridiculous. Like 5150 said, this wasn't Bullington or Sanchez overdraft. Law is one opinion. MLB.com had the pitcher 19th overall. The MLB draft is probably the biggest crap shoot of any sport especially past the top 5. Even the #1 pick isn't likely to see the big league next year. That is almost a lock in any other sport.

While I agree drafting prep pitchers is riskier, they have done okay with guys like Taillon and Keller. Besides, it isn't like they are solely looking at the kid's stats and the fact that he can strike out high school kids. They evaluate the quality of his pitches etc. The kid was a TCU commit, like Lodolo, who they drafted last year and didn't sign, and who went top 10 this year. So maybe they aren't alone in their evaluations. Besides, in a thin pitching crop maybe it makes sense to get one you like early.

I don't know about the PA kid that they took. But the consensus seemed to be that they wanted shortstops. It looks like that was a popular choice with a run in the 1st round, so maybe they went BPA?

 

[wbrpanther]

Their first two choices were right about the position that Keith Law had them in on his draft board. But, their first choice was a HS pitcher despite the consensus being that thus is a terrible year for pitchers. And, he is 19-years-old and Law cautioned teams about the older HS pitchers being more mature than the hitters they are facing, and their stats therefore being suspect. Considering the likelihood of HS pitchers becoming impact players in MLB, it was not a smart pick.

The second choice is a HS OF from Philadelphia. His brother went in the 4th round last year, and Law said this kid probably is a better prospect. But, Law cautioned that he is 5’11, 175 and doesn’t project to having much power so Kaw said a lot of teams would shy away from him in the first 4 rounds. OFs without power are not in high demand.

Although taken within the first 72 picks, neither of the other two are in Law’s top 100.

Just another suspect draft by the team that brought you Daniel Mosca and Tony Sanchez in top 10 picks.

The kid has a 4 seam fastball that touches 97 MPH and a real good curveball. He is rated the best high school pitcher out there. It's the baseball draft. No determinations can be made for years.

 

[Las Panteras]

I am convinced if Shea Langeliers was there they would have taken him.

MLB , with no trading draft picks, is different that way.

 

[pittdan77]

This sounds like a Pitt football recruiting thread.

 

[HopeandChangeforAntoons]

This sounds like a Pitt football recruiting thread.

Why did they take the kid from PA? Sure he is a 5 star prospect, but that is like a 3 star outfielder from Florida.

 

[PittsburghPanther]

Their first two choices were right about the position that Keith Law had them in on his draft board. But, their first choice was a HS pitcher despite the consensus being that thus is a terrible year for pitchers. And, he is 19-years-old and Law cautioned teams about the older HS pitchers being more mature than the hitters they are facing, and their stats therefore being suspect. Considering the likelihood of HS pitchers becoming impact players in MLB, it was not a smart pick.

The second choice is a HS OF from Philadelphia. His brother went in the 4th round last year, and Law said this kid probably is a better prospect. But, Law cautioned that he is 5’11, 175 and doesn’t project to having much power so Kaw said a lot of teams would shy away from him in the first 4 rounds. OFs without power are not in high demand.

Although taken within the first 72 picks, neither of the other two are in Law’s top 100.

Your post is pretty misleading. Law said they were two of his favorite players:

"The Pirates grabbed two favorites of mine in right-hander Quinn Priester at pick 18 and outfielder Sammy Siani in the comp round. Siani might have been a first-rounder had he faced better competition this spring, while Priester's delivery was one of the best I saw this spring."

 

[anon_vmuicqnzlyp3u]

This sounds like a Pitt football recruiting thread.

The results of the Pirates are very close to how Pitt recruits

 

[TheKellyTaylor]

The Pirates just Drafted Matt Mays Fraz.