2011 Draft

The Pittsburgh Pirates have selected right handed pitcher Gerrit Cole with the first overall pick in the 2011 draft.  The move was not unexpected....

The first round of the 2011 MLB Draft was last night, with the Pittsburgh Pirates selecting Gerrit Cole. Throughout the draft, I held...

For the longest time it seemed like we wouldn't know who the Pittsburgh Pirates would be selecting with the first overall pick in the...

On Saturday, Dejan Kovacevic first reported that the Pittsburgh Pirates would be taking UCLA right handed pitcher Gerrit Cole with the first pick in...

2011 MLB Draft Coverage Links Anthony Rendon Tracker Gerrit Cole Tracker Danny Hultzen Tracker Interview with Anthony Rendon Anthony Rendon Video Recap Top Prep Players and Their Commitments Pittsburgh Pirates Mock...

I've raised this question before several times throughout the year, and each time, Anthony Rendon won by a landslide.  With the 2011 MLB draft...

Much like a kid on Christmas Eve, Pirate draftophiles are anxiously awaiting Monday's first round to see who the Pirates select first overall. That player will be scrutinized, dissected, and analyzed like a frog in 8th grade biology class. He will become the next great Pirate prospect. But have we forgotten that we are all living in the year 1 A.T. (After Taillon)?

In the past three drafts, the Pittsburgh Pirates have spent a lot of money luring top prep prospects away from their commitments to major...

Earlier tonight I posted a roundup of the mock drafts that have been released in the last day, noting that Gerrit Cole was the...

Turn back the clock almost four months to February 18th, the start of the college baseball season.  Gerrit Cole went up against the University...

The 2011 MLB draft is only three days away, which means we're getting plenty of mock drafts with anticipation about how the draft will...

In 2002, the Pittsburgh Pirates had the first overall pick in the Major League draft.  With the pick, the Pirates selected right handed pitcher...