Pirates 2017 draft slot

Piratefanbill · Post by **Piratefanbill** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 9:54 am

[url]http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/pitt ... ced-012717] [url]http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/pitt ... ced-012717

Little bit to get excited about

OrlandoMerced · Post by **OrlandoMerced** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 1:43 pm

That's encouraging. With those four picks and one of the higher international bonus budgets, I expect them to add a lot of talent to the organization this summer.

SammyKhalifa · Post by **SammyKhalifa** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 1:49 pm

I'll be interested to see what the Astros can do as well

mouse · Post by **mouse** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 1:53 pm

The Astros must be beside themselves with glee.

Ecbucs · Post by **Ecbucs** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 4:16 pm

686A707660050 wrote: The Astros must be beside themselves with glee.
I could see this helping Astros to decide to make deal for Quintana as they will have extra chances to replenish system

dogknot17@yahoo.co · Post by **dogknot17@yahoo.co** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 4:31 pm

614746514757240 wrote: The Astros must be beside themselves with glee.
I could see this helping Astros to decide to make deal for Quintana as they will have extra chances to replenish system

Or the Pirates with all of their picks.

Ecbucs · Post by **Ecbucs** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 5:41 pm

454E464A4F4E551016615840494E4E0F424E210 wrote: The Astros must be beside themselves with glee.
I could see this helping Astros to decide to make deal for Quintana as they will have extra chances to replenish system

Or the Pirates with all of their picks.

Could be, but Buds have known about their picks for awhile and the Astros just got two more

ChitownBucco · Post by **ChitownBucco** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 9:53 am

hope this shapes up to be a deep deep and talented draft

wtmjkj@verizon.net · Post by **wtmjkj@verizon.net** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 3:19 pm

705B5A475C445D714650505C330 wrote: hope this shapes up to be a deep deep and talented draft

Really needs to be. There are a few guys with good ceilings, but the depth at the lower levels is seriously lacking. Even more than the draft, though, they need to get moving in Lat. Am. again. That program hit the skids about 4-5 years ago.

mouse · Post by **mouse** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 3:39 pm

Drafting out of Latin America may well improve again now that the rules more balanced. As to the June draft, we're not getting the top picks anymore because our results are better. The other source of prospects will come from trading players reaching the end of their six cost-controlled years.