Yeah, the Pirates took a guy they knew was going to be hard for them to get. That's their own doing. They WILL get a free supplemental 1st or 2nd rounder here in a few days with the lottery. That still DOES give them an advantage over major clubs, with the new draft format. Gives them a bigger creativity level, once that money is added to their draft pool. Bottom line though, is if the draft wouldn't have changed, Appel wouldn't have made it to them anyway. In the end, the extra 1st next year could be a blessing in the end, we just don't know yet.