According to Pirates Prospects, the Pirates have reached a deal with 7th round draft pick, Jacob Stallings. Stallings is a defensive-oriented catcher who just finished up his senior year at North Carolina. As a Tar Heel, he se the school record for caught stealing percentage his junior season and hit .294/.401/.429 this year. He is
Report: Pirates agree to terms with Jon Sandfort, Eric Wood, and D.J. Crumlich
Pirates Prospects is reporting that the Pirates have agreed to terms with three of their top 10 draft picks from this past week. Third round pick, Jon Sandfort, apparently will head to Bradenton on Monday and sign his deal. Sandfort was rated as Baseball America’s #255 prospect heading into the draft out of Winter Springs
Mark Appel struggles in start vs Florida State
Mark Appel was on the hill today for the Stanford Cardinal as they opened their three game series in the Super Regionals at Florida State. Appel was selected eighth overall by the Pirates in the MLB Draft on Monday and it was his first game since the draft. Appel cruised through the first three innings
MLB Draft: Day 2 Recap
Let’s just dive in. Round 2 – Wyatt Mathisen, C, Calallen HS (TX) Mathisen is an unusual case in that he is being drafted as a catcher, but he only played four games at that position this season in high school. However, scouts think he projects well behind the plate as he was rated as
Pirates draft Barrett Barnes 45th overall
The Pirates were awarded one compensation pick in this year’s supplemental round and chose OF Barrett Barnes 45th overall from Texas Tech. Barnes was rated as the 41st best prospect going into the draft by Baseball America. Barnes, 20, hit .325/.419/.597 with nine home runs this season for the Red Raiders. He also stole 19
Pirates select Mark Appel eighth overall
With the eighth pick in the 2012 MLB Draft, the Pirates selected RHP Mark Appel from Stanford. The 6’4″ junior is widely considered as the best pitcher in the draft and was even tabbed by some to be the number one overall pick. However, his association with Scott Boras seemed to scare a lot of