By Garett Mansfield
AltoonaCurve.com
This will also be a landmark event for the new Pirates front office. The Bucs hold the seventh and 31st picks in the first round and look to add to the crop of young talent in the system. The draft picks over the next two days look to follow the footsteps of homegrown talent on the current MLB roster.
Since the Curve have been Pittsburgh’s Double-A affiliate (1999), the Curve have produced 170 MLB alumni, including 75 that debuted with the Pirates.
Including MLB rehab assignments and players with MLB experience before playing in Altoona, a total of 279 Curve players have played in at least one Major League Baseball game.
Of that total, 104 were Pirates draft picks that went on to play in the Majors and 81 of them made their debut with the Pirates.
Additionally, 49 total players have been chosen in the first round before playing for the Curve.
Here is the breakdown by round of the 81 Pirates draft picks to play for the Curve and reached the Majors:
- Round 1 = 18
- Round 2 = 7
- Round 3 = 4
- Round 4 = 4
- Round 5 = 4
- Round 6 = 2
- Round 7 = 3
- Round 8 = 3
- Round 9 = 7
- Round 10 = 3
- Rounds 11-19 = 6
- Rounds 20-29 = 11
- Rounds 30-39 = 5
- Rounds 40+ = 4
- Shane Youman (43rd Round)
- Marc Wilkins (47th Round)
- Adrian Brown (48th Round)
- Rob Mackowiak (53rd Round)
Among current Pirates, 13 players are homegrown talent that reached the Majors after being drafted by Pittsburgh.
Josh Bell – 2nd Round, 2011 Draft
2014-15 Curve – MLB Debut: July 8, 2016
Montana DuRapau – 32nd Round, 2014 Draft
2015-18 Curve – MLB Debut: May 9, 2019
Adam Frazier – 6th Round, 2013 Draft
2015 Curve – MLB Debut: June 24, 2016
Geoff Hartlieb – 29th Round, 2016 Draft
2018 Curve – MLB Debut: May 18, 2019
Clay Holmes – 9th Round, 2011 Draft
2016, 19* Curve – MLB Debut: April 6, 2018
Mitch Keller – 2nd Round, 2014 Draft
2017-18 Curve – MLB Debut: May 27, 2019
Kevin Kramer – 2nd Round, 2015 Draft
2017 Curve – MLB Debut: September 5, 2018
Chad Kuhl – 9th Round, 2013 Draft
2015 Curve – MLB Debut: June 26, 2016
James Marvel – 36th Round, 2016 Draft
2018-19 Curve – MLB Debut: September 8, 2019
Kevin Newman – 1st Round, 2015 Draft
2016-17 Curve – MLB Debut: August 16, 2018
Jacob Stallings – 7th Round, 2012 Draft
2012, 15 Curve – MLB Debut: June 19, 2016
Jameson Taillon – 1st Round, 2010 Draft
2012-13, 17* Curve – MLB Debut: June 8, 2016
Cole Tucker – 1st Round, 2014 Draft
2017-18 Curve – MLB Debut: April 20, 2019
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