Going into the Draft, there was loads of buzz about how this was a deep class for collegiate pitchers. There’s additionally a transparent and current want for offense if the Pirates wish to change into aggressive within the close to future.
With that in thoughts, naturally, Pittsburgh ended up taking two highschool pitchers with its first two picks.
It’s unwise to draft for want or to chase developments, and actually the one confirmed profitable mannequin is taking the very best participant on the board. The Pirates did that after they took Seth Hernandez — probably the greatest right-handed highschool pitching prospects in current reminiscence — with the No. 6 general decide, after which fellow California highschool righty Angel Cervantes within the second spherical with decide No. 50. They did accumulate two collegiate bats later within the evening: third baseman Murf Grey with their Aggressive Steadiness Spherical B decide (No. 73) and catcher Easton Carmichael within the third spherical (No. 82).
“We’ll take the very best participant accessible,” basic supervisor Ben Cherington stated over Zoom. “We thought we did with our first two choices. Felt fairly clearly about that, and we love the potential that Murf and Carmichael carry us with the third and fourth picks tonight, and we’ll have extra alternatives tomorrow.
“Clearly, as you referenced, we’ve to create extra offense in Pittsburgh. We’re simply going to should assault that in each means doable. It does not have to return by the highest of the Draft. We’re thrilled to get these two younger pitchers within the system, and we’ll simply proceed to assault the offense, fixing that offensive difficulty in several methods.”
Listed below are the three gamers the Pirates took to spherical out the primary day of the Draft.
Murf Grey, 3B, Aggressive Steadiness Spherical B (Decide No. 73 general)
