One of the biggest developments that happened while I was off being depressed and frustrated with the state of the big league club was the signing of several draft picks.  The Pirates signed the 4-6-8 hat trick of projectable high school arms to bonuses totaling around 3 Million.  Eight round pick Colton Cain, a southpaw from Texas, singed for a bonus rumored to be $1.15MM.  Sixth rounder Zach Von Rosenberg, a lefty from Louisiana with a commitment to LSU, was brought into the fold for a bonus of $1.2MM and Fourth Rounder Zach Dodson, a Texas lefty, was signed for $600K.

In addition to those 3 signings last week, today it was announced that the Bucs have come to terms with two more high picks, 12th rounder Jeffrey Inman and 10th rounder Joey Schoenfeld.  All told, the Pirates have now signed their top 14 picks and 23 of the 51 players they drafted to bonuses totaling over $8MM.