The Pittsburgh Pirates are noted as a team that invests a lot of draft picks into high upside prep arms. They did this in 2014 when they drafted Mitch Keller in the second round. Keller received a well above average bonus to forgo his commitment to the University of North Carolina. Meanwhile, in 2016 they once again heavily invested in the prep pitching market. They drafted three high upside prep pitchers, one being Braeden Ogle in the fourth round. Both were on the mound yesterday in the Pittsburgh Pirates minor league system.
Mitch Keller made his second start of the 2018 campaign.