There isn't much to get excited about with the Pittsburgh Pirates right now, but Paul Skenes certainly is a player on their team worth praising. Skenes is not o

The Pittsburgh Pirates have now used their top two draft picks on high school pitchers from California. After taking Seth Hernandez in round one, the Pirates took fellow right-hander Angel Cervantes from Warren High School with the 50th pick.

The Pirates selected a pitcher with the No. 6 pick in the 2025 MLB draft, taking highly touted right-hander Seth Hernandez out of Corona High School in California. Hernandez was heralded as one of the best players in the draft, and he's already drawing some comparisons to another standout pitcher in Pittsburgh; Paul Skenes.

Seth Hernandez could join an elite young Pirates rotation in a few years, after Pittsburgh took him sixth overall in the 2025 MLB Draft.

Washington Nationals (38-58) | OF Dylan Crews | Although still a lot left to prove at the MLB level, the LSU product is by far the Nationals’ best draft choice of the last decade. Crews is currently on the injured list, having batted just .196 with seven homers and 15 RBI in 45 games. -- Lauren Amour

The Pittsburgh Pirates made their first significant mid-season trade with implications to the big-league roster Wednesday, shipping infielder/outfielder Adam Frazier to Kansas City for Royals prospect Cam Devanney.

This isn’t Justin Horowitz’s first rodeo running the Pirates’ Draft room, but it is the first time the director of amateur scouting has been at the helm for the entire Draft process. It’s a year-long journey,