The Pirates continued with their trend of college juniors by selecting their third straight in this year's draft – Oklahoma State's Jordy Mercer – in the third round.
Mercer, a 6-3, 190-pounder, batted .330 with 14 home runs and 60 RBI this season for the Cowboys, earning his third All-Big 12 selection.
Mercer started all 62 games for Oklahoma State this season and also had a .542 slugging percentage and .915 OPS. He was also a member of the USA Baseball National Team in 2007.
Mercer was rated the 64th-best player by Baseball America and the sixth-best shortstop. He was also a closer at Oklahoma State and had a fastball in the 91-94 mph range. He was also a perfect 5-for-5 stealing bases this season for Oklahoma State.
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