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Pittsburgh Pirates Prospects: Brandon Waddell Continues to Shine

In 2015, the Pittsburgh Pirates invested a fifth round pick in a left-handed pitcher from the University fo Virginia. Lefty Brandon Waddell was in the middle of a NCAA World Series run with the Cavaliers. He eventually turned into the game winning pitcher of the clinching game. Meanwhile, many scouts and reporters called the pick a great value pick for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the fifth round. The Bucs signed him to a signing bonus of $315,000, and he was one of the last signings of the draft class.

Since then however, Waddell has slowly established himself as one of the better left-handed pitching prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates system.