2010 Draft Review: Pittsburgh Pirates
By John Klima
September 6, 2010
This was the year to dream big and spend big on high school right-handed starting pitching.
Baseball Beginnings
Scouting professional prospects and identifying future major leaguers
Q&A with Nick Kingham, RHP (Pirates 4th round, 2010 Draft, Oregon commit)
By John Klima
July 18, 2010
Right-hander Nick Kingham is part of the Pittsburgh Pirates draft of 2010 which, for the Pirates, might be best remembered as the year of the right-handed high school starting pitcher. After drafting Taillon and Allie in the first and second rounds, the Pirates missed on A.J. Cole, then went to Kingham, who pitched his way into a ride to Oregon and onto the national radar with a good spring that showed velocity and physicality more in tune with what you draft for in your major league starting right-handers. No matter which way Kingham goes, it’ll be because of the development over the past year. That was the main topic of our conversation for this Baseball Beginnings Q&A.
On a side note, Kingham is a funny kid. Nice guy. He became the second guy in the history of Beginnings (following Angelo Gumbs) to ask me to redo his shot. Kingham picked game face. I said, OK. But I reserve the right to harmlessly give him a hard time for it.
Scouting Video: Drew Maggi, SS, ASU (15th round, Pittsburgh Pirates)
By John Klima
June 26, 2010
I probably liked ASU shortstop Drew Maggi a little bit better than the 15th round, where the Pittsburgh Pirates took him in the 2010 draft. I’ve had two looks at Maggi, one last summer with wood and one this spring with metal. I’m not saying I had him in the first round, but I certainly saw a guy who had enough tools to make a run at the big leagues in the coming years, and not just an organizational filler, so long as he made some adjustments and gained some strength. Here’s a look, and then we’ll break him down a bit.
Baseball Beginnings on Stetson Allie, No. #52 overall, (Pittsburgh Pirates)
By Jen Marder
June 8, 2010
Today the Pittsburgh Pirates selected Stetson Allie in the second round (#52 overall) in the 2010 MLB Draft. Baseball Beginnings has been scouting Allie from the start of the draft cycle. Enjoy links to the content we have published on Stetson Allie through the year.
Watch Stetson Allie Video
Watch Stetson Allie vs. Brian Ragira
Watch more Stetson Allie Video
Read Stetson Allie Scouting Report
Baseball Beginnings on Jameson Taillon, No. 2, (Pittsburgh Pirates)
By Jen Marder
June 7, 2010
Today the Pittsburgh Pirates selected Jameson Taillon in the first round (#2overall) in the 2010 MLB Draft. Baseball Beginnings has been scouting Taillon from the start of the draft cycle. Enjoy links to the content we have published on him through the year.
Watch Jameson Taillon Video
Watch Jameson Taillon October video
Read Jameson Taillon Scouting Report
