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.

Pirates Seem to Have a Plan with Appel, Cole and Taillon - A Bleacher Report article

The Pirates got Mark Appel with the number 8 pick in the draft.

And now they have three of the top pitching prospects in the game once they sign Appel.
Jameson Taillon and Gerrit Cole were the top pitchers of the last two drafts and Appel was the consensus number one pick this year.

If they pan out, the Pirates could be developing a great core for the future.
I wrote about that in Bleacher Report.

You can read the article here.