Pirates Plan of Drafting Ace Starters Is No Guaranteed Success - A Bleacher Report article

The Pirates drafted Mark Appel to join Jameson Taillon and Gerrit Cole in their system and create a potentially lethal rotation.

The key word there is "potentially."
Think it is a lock?

Ask the Mets and Generation K.
I wrote about it in Bleacher Report.

You can read the article here.

It was a good night to be named McCutchen in Pittsburgh

The Pirates do indeed have a budding star in long haired Andrew McCutchen. He is that rare player: A good first round pick by the Pirates. And a day after drafting Gerrit Cole, McCutchen sent a "Wish you were here" message. Three hits in the game. He drove in the Pirates first run, scored the game tying run in the 10th and hit a 12th inning walk off shot.

Not a bad day at the office.


That would be DANIEL McCutchen.
I do NOT believe they are related, but who knows?

One thing I DO know. It is more than 1/3 of the way through the season and the Pirates are at .500.

Granted, not exactly Everest, but for a team that needs to change its culture it's not a bad first step.

For what it is worth, the Pirates are only games back in the loss column for first place.

There are 102 games left to play. Is that enough to make up for 4 games?

Let's hope they drafted some McCutchens.

It's always drafty in Pittsburgh

Congrats to Gerrit Cole, the UCLA pitcher that the Pirates picked #1 over all.
A first overall pick by the Pirates?
Man... those are some pretty TINY shoes to fill.

If Cole can pitch well enough to overshadow his crazy wife, then he will be a better investment than 1996 #1 overall pick Kris Benson.

Pitch 7 games in a Pittsburgh Pirates uniform and you will have a greater impact in Pirates history than 2002's #1 overall pick Bryan Bullington.

Hell if he plays a single game for the Pittsburgh Pirates he will be a better pick than 1994 first rounder Mark Farris, 1998 pick Clint Johnson and 1999 pick Bobby Bradley!

What I am saying is that the Pirates have a great history and tradition, but their recent draft history isn't pretty.

But hey! Cole could be traded.