If the Pirates didn’t give right-handed pitcher Bubba Chandler a $3 million bonus — plus the opportunity to also hit — he would have gone to Clemson.
Lonnie White Jr. would have gone to Penn State to play baseball and football, had the Pirates not signed him away.
Owen Kellington was going to UConn. Braylon Bishop to Arkansas. Anthony Solometo was going to North Carolina, and is now in Single-A.
The Pirates ended up landing an impressive recruiting class, adding these prep players to number one overall pick Henry Davis.
Davis, coming from college at Louisville, went straight to Greensboro, and is now in Double-A in his first full season.