What Could Have Been

by SteelonIce on Jun 8, 2009 8:34 PM EDT

Draft Year Pirates' Selection Players Taken After (1st and 2nd Rounds Only)

1994 Mark Farris Nomar Garciaparra, Paul Konerko, Jason Varitek, Terrence Long

1995 Chad Hermansen Roy Halladay, Matt Morris, Carlos Beltran, Sean Casey

1996 Kris Benson Billy Koch, Eric Chavez, Jimmy Rollins, Milton Bradley

1997 J.J. Davis Michael Cuddyer, Lance Berkman, Adam Kennedy, Chase Utley

1998 Clint Johnston Brad Lidge, C.C. Sabathia, Brad Wilkerson, Aaron Rowand, Adam Dunn

1999 Bobby Bradley Barry Zito, Ben Sheets, Alexis Rios, Carl Crawford, John Lackey

2000 Sean Burnett Xavier Nady, Adam Wainwright, Kelly Johnson

2001 Jon Van Benschoten David Wright, Bobby Crosby, Casey Kotchman, Danny Harren

2002 Bryan Bullington BJ Upton, Zach Grienke, Prince Fielder, Scott Kazmir, Khalil Greene,

Cole Hamels, Nick Swisher, Joey Votto, Brian McCann, Jon Lester

2003 Paul Maholm Adam Jones, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Carlos Quentin, Aaron Hill

2004 Neil Walker Dustin Pedroia, Huston Street, Jered Weaver, Yovani Gallardo, Hunter Pence

2005 Andrew McCutchen (solid) Jay Bruce, Clay Buchholz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Kevin Slowey

2006 Brad Lincoln Tim Lincecum, Brandow Morrow, Clayton Kershaw, Joba Chamberlain

Justin Masterson

2007 Daniel Moskos Matt Wieters, Matt LaPorta,

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Not entirely convinced...

…that in ‘96, Benson was significantly less successful a pick than Koch, Chavez, or Bradley would’ve been.

by Vlad on Jun 8, 2009 10:25 PM EDT reply actions

Wow

When you put it in black and white it really is ugly! I mean 2 out of 14…..14%! Yikes!

by vanslyke on Jun 9, 2009 12:00 PM EDT reply actions

How many other teams

passed on those guys, too?

Let’s not dump it all on the Pirates’ laps.

Free your ass and your mind will follow.

by cocktailsfor2 on Jun 9, 2009 3:24 PM EDT reply actions

Thank You

imagine what every team felt back in the day when they passed of Piazza until he was the last pikc in the draft and will be elected into the hall of fame

Sporting 4 Sports

by 4sportathlete on Jun 12, 2009 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions

How long would they have been Pirates.

Look out at the city, it’s not going to turn into Chicago anytime soon.

Small market means small time ball.

Sure he can score goals, but can he cook?

by Phantaskippy on Jun 10, 2009 12:24 AM EDT reply actions

Pittsburgh metro area is 2.3M per last census.

That ranks us 22nd in the country, just under Baltimore and Denver, and two slots ahead of Cincy.

It’s not like we’re Dogpatch, USA here.

by Vlad on Jun 10, 2009 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

haha

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by 4sportathlete on Jun 12, 2009 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions

Robert Nutting is worth an estimated 5.8 billion, and is always making money, why can’t he add a little more money. I know he can’t just throw 100’s of millions of dollars at the team and hope they get better, but 20-30 million would help.

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by 4sportathlete on Jun 12, 2009 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Old regime

That is a staggering list. This is why NH is doing what he is doing, he has to rebuild our farm system from the ground up. That list just shows you how bad our old regime was. I have faith in NH and company and excited about our future!

by g021g0 on Jun 10, 2009 12:25 PM EDT reply actions