DK Pittsburgh Sports · May 21, 2020
Top-10 picks more bust than boom for Pirates
Pirates No. 4 overall pick in 2009, Tony Sanchez, breaks his bat during a Spring Training game in 2014. – GETTYHope yinz like roller coasters.
June 10, the Pirates will make the No. 7 pick in the 2020 MLB Draft, marking the first selection from new general manager Ben Cherington and associate general manager Steve Sanders in Pittsburgh.
While those two would love to make a splash — and history shows that, at No. 7, they absolutely can — the Pirates' recent history with top-10 picks represents a Kennywood-certified journey filled with loops, corkscrews and freefalls aplenty.