Pittsburgh Pirates Draft: Potential Selections at Pick #4

In about a month, the Pittsburgh Pirates will be taking part in the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft.  Who are some potential prospects they could select?

The 2021 Major League Baseball Draft was an exciting one for the Pittsburgh Pirates.  The team had the top overall selection which obviously put them in the limelight of the event.  Furthermore, they had the largest bonus pool to spend meaning the Front Office could be aggressive.

With that being said, no one really knew who the Pittsburgh Pirates were looking at with the top pick.  Several names were in play including Jack Leiter, Marcelo Mayer, Jordan Lawlar, and Henry Davis. Of course, the early hype was around pitcher Kumar Rocker.

Leading into Draft night I was convinced that the team would be selecting shortstop Marcelo Mayer.  Mayer was gaining a lot of traction as the top talent in the Draft.  Without having a consensus number one prospect, Mayer emerging toward the end seemed to indicate that the Pittsburgh Pirates were leaning that way.

Instead, the team had a much bigger picture plan than just the #1 overall pick.  Henry Davis ended up being the pick at #1, the best college hitter.  The Pittsburgh Pirates ended up putting together an outstanding Draft class and Henry Davis has already shown his potential to be a big bat.  So who could the Pittsburgh Pirates take this year with pick #4? For the purpose of this article, Brooks Lee is off the Draft board, it seems likely he could in the top 3.