SEATTLE -- So the Pirates ended up taking an LSU player first overall in the draft after all.
Hard to argue against that choice, especially when the word "generational" keeps popping up when television analysts keep talking about him.
Faced with one of the most pivotal decisions in his tenure as Pirates general manager, Ben Cherington and the draft team went with the highest graded pitching prospect in years. That would be Paul Skenes, taking the flame-throwing right-hander who has a chance to be on of the best pitchers on the Pirates sooner rather than later.