In 2015, the Pittsburgh Pirates only took two high school players inside the top 20 rounds. The first was third base prospect Ke’Bryan Hayes who they took in the Competitive Balance A round. The other was pitching prospect Ike Schlabach who was taken in the 19th round out of Timber Creek, Texas.
Schlabach is a lefty pitcher who stands at 6’5” and weighs 185 pounds. So far in his 4 seasons of action in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, Schlabach has been used as a starter and a reliever. In total, he has thrown 230.