Most of the potential in the lower levels of the Pirates' system will reside in the GCL this summer. That'll be doubly true (well, roughly) if they sign two or three more of their prep draftees. Still unsigned are competitive round pick Nick Lodolo, a LHP, and three later round picks who figure to require above-slot money. These are RHPs Max Kranick (11th round) and Austin Shields (33rd round) and third baseman Austin Bodrato (24th round). The most likely outcome is probably the Pirates signing Lodolo and Kranick. WIth less than $400,000 left in above-slot money (unless they can save some in signing Lodolo, whose slot as the 41st pick in the draft is $1,576,000), it's hard to see them signing more than two of the remaining prep players.
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