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Pittsburgh Pirates Sign Eight More Draft Picks

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The Pittsburgh Pirates signed five draft picks on Wednesday and there could be more names on the way tonight or tomorrow. As for right now, we can confirm that the following players signed their contracts today:

11th round. Alex Manasa

21. Robbie Glendinning

22. Brett Pope

23. Ben Bengtson

28. Matt Seelinger

All except Seelinger still had college eligibility left. We also know that 42nd overall pick Steven Jennings was on his way to Pittsburgh today, so he would be the big name that we hear about when they make an official announcement. We will post any updates from tonight in this article and I’ll update the title if that happens. I’ve linked each name to their player page and our draft tracker has been updated.

That didn’t take long. As promised, here are the other names from today:

16. Hunter Stratton

20. Will Reed

26. Lucas Tancas

All three had college eligibility left. The Pirates have announced 20 signings and the actual number is over 25 with seven college seniors unannounced, who just may not be official yet.

Manasa, Reed, Stratton and Bengtson are all assigned to Bristol. The other four are off to Morgantown.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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