It’s really easy to get excited about Pittsburgh Pirates first overall pick, LSU right-hander Paul Skenes. I wrote in detail on Monday what makes him such an elite talent, and a rare find in the draft.
The cost of drafting a top-end talent like Skenes, at least for fans, is that those middle rounds don’t seem as exciting. In previous years, the over-slot prep players in the middle rounds were one of the biggest draws of the draft, simply because there was no one like Skenes at the top.
This year, with an elite talent secured in the first round, the Pirates leaned on their scouting department for the rest of the top ten rounds.