The Pirates have selected high school catcher Reese McGuire with the fourteenth overall pick in the 2013 MLB Draft.
Here's my scouting report for McGuire from my draft preview:
11) Reese McGuire--C--L/R--6'1--190--HS
McGuire is a defensive first catcher who has the best arm from behind the plate in the draft. He has incredible pop times to go along with that 70-80 arm (on the 20-80 scale), and has improved his receiving skills since last season. His bat is questionable, and doesn't have the upside of other high school catchers in this class, but he could hit for a decent-good average with moderate power. Regardless, he will remain a defensive first catcher who can really control the running game.
McGuire is really a defense first catcher with a decent chance of being a good hitter, and his plus arm is the tool that stands out the most. Personally, I would have taken Braden Shipley with this pick, as he was the number nine guy on my board, compared to McGuire at number eleven. With two first round picks, I would've gone one high school player and one college player, but the Pirates went with two high school guys. That being said, the Pirates wanted McGuire at the number nine pick before Meadows fell, and McGuire was far from a bad pick at number fourteen.
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