The 2020 Major League Baseball Draft is going to look and feel strange. Like the 2020 NFL Draft before it, MLB will employ an online-only, virtual format for its draft, slated to begin Wednesday, June 10.
When the festivities begin, the Pirates will take the cyber-stage for the first time at No. 7 overall, a position that can bring a Hall of Fame-level boom or a historic bust.
In his latest 2020 MLB Mock Draft, ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDanielhas the Pirates making a selection that could potentially bolster their lineup with raw power in 21-year-old, 6-foot-3, 200-pound outfielder Heston Kjerstad.