2016 MLB Draft Day 1: Pirates pick slugger, high school pitchers

In the first day of the 2015 draft, the Pirates took Kevin Newman, Ke'Bryan Hayes and Kevin Kramer, making it seem like they were looking for a particular player type -- infielders with contact-hitting skills. This year, they took Will Craig, an infielder from Wake Forest who isn't at all in the Newman mold, and two high school pitchers. Unlike, last year, there's no obvious narrative to fit what they did here, so let's just take each pick separately.

The Craig selection, at No. 22 overall, is clearly the most important, and the one that will have the most immediate impact on the Pirates' farm system. Craig obliterated opposing pitching in a major college conference this season, so he looks…