The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Termarr Johnson with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft in hopes of him being part of the team’s core for the future.
That future is dangerously close to becoming now.
CBS Sports writer R.J. Anderson believes Johnson could reach the Pirates’ major league club as early as this season.
Johnson, the fourth pick in the 2022 draft, hasn’t blazed through the minors as quickly as classmate Jackson Holliday — nor has he lived up to draft night expectations that he would develop a plus-plus hit tool.