Pittsburgh Pirates: 1997-2007; 10+ Years of Draft Blunders

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From 1997 through 2007, in my opinion, the Pirates made the correct choice 4 times, and the wrong choice 7 times.  However in 2008 and 2009 I feel the Pirates made good choices with Pedro Alvarez and Tony Sanchez. 

I will now list the players they drafted as well as the players selected instead, as well as the 2009 Pirates Opening Day Roster.

1997: J.J. Davis/Lance Berkman

1998: Clint Johnson/C.C. Sabathia

1999: Bobby Bradley/Ben Sheets

2000: Sean Burnett/Adam Wainwright

2001: John Van Benschoten

2002: Bryan Bullington/B.J. Upton

2003: Paul Maholm

2004: Neil Walker

2005: Andrew McCutchen

2006: Brad Lincoln/Tim Lincecum

2007: Daniel Moskos/Matt Weiters

C: Matt Weiters

1B: John Van Benschoten

2B: Freddy Sanchez

3B: Andy LaRoche

SS: B.J. Upton

LF: Lance Berkman

CF: Andrew McCutchen

RF: Ryan Doumit

Bench: Nate McLouth, Adam LaRoche, Jack Wilson

SP: C.C. Sabathia, Tim Lincecum, Ben Sheets, Paul Maholm, Adam Wainwright

Bullpen: Matt Capps, John Grabow, Zach Duke

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