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Pirates Sign 13th Round Pick Zack Kone to Over-Slot Deal

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The Pittsburgh Pirates announced that they signed Duke shortstop Zack Kone, who was their 13th round pick. He received a $166,700 bonus, which came within dollars of maxing out the 5% they are allowed to go over their bonus pool.

Kone was rated much higher at times this season, and Baseball America ranked him as the 228th best player in this draft class. He has put up a decent average all three years of college, even playing full-time as a freshman. His power has gone up each year, though he doesn’t project to be a power hitter in the pros.

Here’s his player page.

The Pirates signed a total of 33 players in this draft class.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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