Comments on: Weekend Pirates Draft Prospects Preview: 4/13-4/15

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:55:00 +0000

When was the last time any 5’9″ RHP went in the first round? No teams prefer 5’9″ RHPs.

Of course it makes sense b/c if you can’t see over the lineman you can’t pitch for the Pirates

By: KingCobra15

KingCobra15 — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:59:00 +0000

a la Dave Littlefield and Bryan Bullington

By: szielinski

szielinski — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:02:00 +0000

The Pirates prefer tall pitchers….

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:30:00 +0000

Nice to see Duke’s Marcus Stroman move into Pirate territory. He’s short but has a quality arm. I’d like to see him go at #8.

By: Ross

Ross — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:45:00 +0000

franchises rarely EVER draft based on need. because thats an awful way to take things into consideration when trying to upgrade your system. you pretty much ALWAYS draft the best player available on your draft board. take for instance the penguins in the 2011 NHL Draft. they took two defensemen with their 1st rd (Joe Morrow) and 2nd rd (Scott Harrington) picks when their system was already loaded with D men as it is. at the time of their picks, both of them were the best players available at that position the Penguins were at, so Shero took them

By: szielinski

szielinski — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:09:00 +0000

I’d be quite happy if Correa remained on the board till the eighth pick. But I suspect that that won’t happen. Despite the lack of publicly available information about Correa, his perceived value climbs as time passes. BA and Law talk to scouts, so their views on Correa reflect that fact and their love for Correa continues to grow. Sickles is also a big fan. Given the attrition from the preseason the Top-10 players and given a more favorable view of Correa’s value, a team picking before the Pirates may take him.

Gavin Cecchini

may be a worthy substitute if the Pirates feel compelled to pick a shortstop.

By: Tim Williams

Tim Williams — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:08:00 +0000

I don’t think they’ve ever had a specific strategy as far as focusing on one group. It’s probably not a good idea to start that now. Usually in those cases you end up taking lesser ranked players just to fit your strategy.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:01:00 +0000

I feel like based on our approach the last couple of seasons we need to change direction this year. In my opinion we need to go after as many prolific college hitters as possible. These guys should be able to move through the system faster and we won’t run into issues having to pay over slot and get penalized.