Major League Baseball

Pirates ready for 2015 draft

Published Jun. 5, 2015 1:24 a.m. ET

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The 2015 MLB Draft is next week and while it may not garner the type of media attention that the NBA and NFL drafts do, that doesn't mean it's any less important.

The Pirates don't have any of the first few picks so they will wait and see how the first round unfolds, but General Manager Neal Huntington does have a strategy.

"We really do subscribe to the best-player philosophy," Huntington told Pirates.com. "Playing in other variables with the Draft, but it's not ever a Draft for need in baseball, from our standpoint."

Huntington didn't talk about any of the players the Pirates have been linked to in recent mock drafts, but he did mention that this is a talented bunch and that he's confident with the preparation the Pirates have put in so far.

"There's a ton of gray at the top of the Draft," Huntington said. "There's going to be really good players that come out of this Draft. Probably this year, of any year, that player has a good chance to be in the teens or in the 20s. Hopefully it's 19 -- and maybe again at 32.

"Our [scouts] are out putting us in position to make sure we get another talented Draft class to add. You talk about that first-15 talent, that's typically what carries the weight of a Draft. But there are guys beyond 15 that we like and we like a lot, and we're hoping get to us at 19, 32 and the second round, third round."

(h/t Pirates.com)
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