It’s pretty common to find summaries, or grades, for teams’ draft classes, but for some reason I never see that for international signing classes. Maybe it’s because there’s no source that simply lists each team’s signing class, while there are quite a few for the draft.
I thought I’d provide a quick rundown here of the Pirates’ international signing classes since Neil Huntington became general manager. It gets a lot easier around 2012, when PiratesProspects.com started doing an international signing tracker. In Part 1, I’m covering the signing classes through 2011-12. Keep in mind throughout, especially the early years, that I’ve probably missed a player or two.