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First Pitch: The First Overall Pick, Two Pitchers, and Other Pirates News

The winter meetings didn’t bring a big splash to the 2023 Pittsburgh Pirates, but it did bring the number one overall pick in 2023, a few additions to the bullpen, and a few minor league Rule 5 losses.

With so much happening last week, I wanted to use First Pitch as a recap. We had a few of our biggest traffic days in years last week — including the second biggest traffic day of the paywall era (2015-2022) on Wednesday. There were also a lot of articles, and I know that some things were missed.

**The most exciting update was that the Pirates won the first overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft lottery.