Pirates draft recap

Here is the list of all 50 draft picks selected by the Pirates

Pirates 2008 draft list
Round Player Pos. Ht. Wt. School
1 Pedro Alvarez 3B 6-2 212 Vanderbilt
NOTE: Show him the money.
2 Tanner Scheppers RHP 6-4 195 Fresno State
NOTE: That's right, you bet they'd take a Tanner.
3 Jordy Mercer SS 6-3 190 Oklahoma State
4 Chase d’Arnaud 3B 6-2 200 Pepperdine
5 Justin Wilson LHP 6-2 210 Fresno State
NOTE: Two-fifths of the way to drafting the school's entire rotation.
6 Robert Grossman OF 6-0 200 Cypress-Fairbanks H.S. (Tx.)
7 Benjamin Gonzalez SS 5-11 160 Puerto Rico BB Academy H.S.
8 Jeremy Farrell 3B 6-3 200 Virginia
9 Matthew Hague 3B 6-3 225 Oklahoma State
10 Andrew Gagnon RHP 6-3 180 Liberty Union H.S. (Calif.)
11 David Rubinstein CF 6-2 190 Appalachian State
12 Calvin Anderson 1B 6-7 240 Southern
13 Robert Gardner RF 6-3 185 Highland Park H.S. (Tx.)
14 Michael Colla RHP 6-2 220 Arizona
15 Christopher Aure LHP 6-0 180 North Pole H.S. (Alaska)
NOTE: I wonder if Aure knows Santa Claus?
16 Wesley Freeman CF 6-4 215 All Saint Academy (Fla.)
17 Jaron Shepherd CF 6-1 175 Navarro College (Tx.)
18 Jarek Cunningham SS 6-1 185 Mt. Spokane H.S. (Wash.)
19 Jason Haniger C 6-2 215 Georgia Tech
NOTE: No, Pittsburgh was supposed to take the catcher from Georgia Tech last year.
20 Robert Miller RHP 6-1 185 Shawnee H.S. (N.J.)
21 Brent Klinger RHP 6-4 185 Glendale C.C. (Ariz.)
22 Patrick Palmiero 3B 6-3 210 Heritage H.S. (Tx.)
NOTE: Son of former major leaguer Rafael Palmiero
23 Austtin Wright LHP 6-3 220 James B. Conant H.S. (Ill.)
24 Brian Litwin 3B 6-3 195 St. Stephens H.S. (N.C.)
25 Brian Leach RHP 6-3 195 Southern Mississippi
26 Zachary Wilson 3B 6-1 190 Woodrow Wilson H.S. (Calif.)
27 Edwin Roman CF 5-10 160 Puerto Rico BB Academy H.S.
28 Kyle Saukko RHP 5-11 175 Sierra Junior College (Calif.)
29 Kevin Komstadius 1B 6-4 205 East Valley H.S. (Wash.)
30 Daniel Martin RHP 6-9 265 Panola Junior College (Tx.)
NOTE: Wow, I guess they do grow 'em big in Texas
31 Ryan Hinson LHP 6-3 220 Clemson
32 Anthony Forrest RHP 6-0 175 Bossier Parrish C.C. (La.)
33 Mark Carver C 6-2 195 UNC-Wilmington
34 Matthew Payne 3B 6-1 200 North Carolina State
35 Tyler Cox LHP 6-3 200 Illinois State
36 Kyle Morgan OF 6-1 220 San Francisco
37 Matthew Curry 1B 6-2 235 Howard
38 Alan Knotts RHP 6-4 210 Louisiana Tech
39 Albert Fagan RHP 6-4 205 No school (From New York)
NOTE: Interesting to get a guy from parts unknown
40 Beau Didier 3B 6-2 Bellarmine Prep
41 Chris Simmons C 5-11 205 U.S. Military Academy
42 Cole White OF 6-2 200 U.S. Military Academy
NOTE: Nice to see the Pirates supporting the military with consecutive picks
43 Johnny Gunter RHP 6-3 230 Chattahoochee Valley C.C.
44 Mike Williams LHP 6-5 235 Mt. Olive College (S.C.)
NOTE: Better hope this Mike Williams is better than the former Pirates' closer
45 Allen Ponder RHP 6-4 230 Auburn-Montgomery
NOTE: I wonder how long it took to Ponder this selection?
46 Scott McGough SS 6-0 150 Plum
NOTE: Only local player drafted by the Pirates.
47 Jordan Craft OF 6-1 182 Kennesaw Mountain H.S.
48 Owen Brolsma RHP 6-1 210 Texas Tech
49 Zachary Foster RHP 6-4 220 Pitt-Bradford
NOTE: Finally, a player taken from that baseball factory Pitt-Bradford.
50 Craig Parry LF 6-1 195 South Dakota State
NOTE: Mr. Irrelevant.