Pittsburgh Pirates: Typical Neal Huntington Draft

The 2016 Major League Baseball draft occurs tonight. The Pirates are picking at number 22 in the first round and number 41 in the Lottery A round, before picking 68 in the second round.

Predicting the Pirates pick is always a challenge because of the unknown of their board and the way the board develops. But looking at history of old drafts can help give a base line look into their draft philosophies.

Round 1:

Neal Huntington has had 13 first round picks as is his time as the Pittsburgh Pirates General Manager. His first pick, coming in 2008, was the top college bat in the draft and a Scott Boras agent player, in Pedro Alvarez. That set the table of showing that they have no fear in going…