Jason Bay, Freddy Sanchez to represent Pirates at 2016 MLB Draft

Jason Bay and Freddy Sanchez will represent the Pirates at the draft early next month, MLB.com announces. That means they'll announce the Pirates' first-day picks after the first round.

That Bay and Sanchez will represent the Bucs is interesting. I talked with a Bucs Dugout commenter (I forget who) a few years back about how much the Pirates would acknowledge players from the team's 20-year streak of losing seasons. Soon after, they invited Jack Wilson back to PNC Park to present awards to Andrew McCutchen and Pedro Alvarez on Opening Day.

Now, of course, they're tipping their caps to Bay and Sanchez as well. That seems healthy to me. The Pirates have had three winning seasons in a row, and…