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Re-drafting Pirates 2010 class: Stick with Taillon at No. 2?

With the No. 2 overall pick in the 2010 MLB Draft, the Pirates selected Jameson Taillon, a 6-foot-6, 225-pound right-hander, out of The Woodlands High School in Montgomery County, Texas.

Taillon carried significant hype and promise, getting called the "best high-school pitching prospect since Josh Beckett" and drawing comparisons to elite talents such as Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg.

At No. 2 overall, the pick made sense for the Pirates.

Now, 10 years removed from that draft, however, we have the power of hindsight.