Sixth rounder Cameron Blair looks like a pretty big overdraft. He struggled in 2009, was upset over how he was used in 2010 and was released in August, signing with the White Sox organization but got in just 7 total innings with them. He was also added to the 40 man roster but his success was fleeting. He also was let go during the 2009 season from Altoona and he went on the play Indy ball to finish the year.įifth rounder Jeff Sues didn’t throw a pitch until 2007 due to injury but in 2008 he had made it up to Altoona striking out over a hitter per inning and was named the minor league pitcher of the year. He averaged just 62 games per year in his five seasons in the organization, showing brief glimpses of his talent but was an overall bust.
James Boone looked like a talented player taken in the 3rd round but he was injured more often than he played and by the time he reached AA the missed time caught up with him. He played briefly in the Rockies system to end 2009 but did not appear in a game in 2010. After showing no improvement in 20+ AB’s with just 77 walks, the Bucs let him go.
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He posted 193 RBI’s his first two full seasons but as many predicted,without the ability to take a pitch, he wouldn’t get past AA pitchers who would expose his weakness. That still leaves 37 players and tops among them was Brad Corley, the 2nd round pick who never saw a pitch he didn’t like.
They seem to like drafting lower round guys twice who don’t want to sign. The others are 34th pick Gary Bucuren, 37th pick Eric Marshall, 39th pick Jason Brock, 40th Kenneth Weida who was also taken in the 48th round in 2006 by the Pirates, 41st round pick Nick Beghtol who the Bucs took in the 34th round in 2004, 43rd rounder Scott Kuhns who was taken in the 41st round in 2006, 45th pick Philip Riley, 48th pick Paul Dickey and 50th pick Stephen Merino. You have to go all the way down to Michael Klindt taken in the 33rd round to find a player without minor league experience. However, Brent Lillibridge was also picked, and he has played parts of three seasons in the majors and was the minor leaguer included in the Adam LaRoche deal.Īs for the rest, the list of players who never appeared in the minors is a relatively short one considering how bad the top went.
Unfortunately, he is the only other player left in the system which shows you how poorly the Pirates picked that year. Pearce cost the team just $40 K to sign and they still have an option left on him, he was still a pretty good pick. The pick of McCutchen was obviously a success but other than him the only other player who has actually played for the Pirates in the majors is Steven Pearce and considering he was taken in the 8th round out of college. Just five years later I thought I’d take a look at what happened to the other 49 players taken that day and what ever became of them. In 2005 the Pirates drafted 11th overall and took a high school centefielder from Fort Meade, Florida who is obviously one of the top players on the current team, Andrew McCutchen. McCutchen is one of the lone bright spots from the 2005 draft.
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