Perrotto: Pirates Should Not Get Cute Next June (+)

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Dec 7, 2022
Number one overall pick by the Pittsburgh Pirates in last week's Major League baseball draft, Henry Davis, right, poses with general manager Ben Cherington at PNC Park before a baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Mets in Pittsburgh, Sunday, July 18, 2021. The Pirates signed the 21-year-old catcher on Sunday, a week removed from taking him with the first overall pick in the draft. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

SAN DIEGO – The Pittsburgh Pirates will have the No. 1 overall pick in next year’s amateur draft. It is difficult to determine if that is a good or a bad thing.

On the surface, it should be a good thing. The Pirates will be able to take anyone they want and seemingly add a potential cornerstone player to their rebuild.

However, the Pirates had the first pick just last year. So far, it hasn’t turned out very well.

Granted, it is a smidge unfair to judge a draft pick quite this soon. However, the reviews on Henry Davis have been mixed at best.

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