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Pirates Sign Anthony Solometo

By Steve Adams | July 20, 2021 at 9:51am CDT

9:51am: MLB.com’s Jim Callis tweets that Solometo’s bonus is $2.8MM, so he took home a bit more than $800K over slot.

9:44am: The Pirates announced this morning that they’ve signed left-hander Anthony Solometo, who was their second-round pick in the 2021 amateur draft. The team unsurprisingly didn’t include bonus details, but Solometo’s No. 37 slot comes with a $1.999MM value.

Solometo, 18, was ranked as one of the top high school arms in this year’s draft but slipped to the second round. As such, signing Solometo away from his commitment to North Carolina may require the Bucs to go over that $2MM slot value. They’ll have the resources to do just that after top pick Henry Davis’ signing bonus checked in roughly $1.9MM under slot, however.

Heading into the draft Solometo was ranked 17th on MLB.com’s list of draft prospects, 20th at The Athletic, 28th at Baseball America, 34th at FanGraphs and 35th at ESPN. He earns praise for a fastball that’s reached 94-95 mph — though it currently sits lower than that — and a slider that grades out as a potential plus offering as well. MLB.com and FanGraphs note that Solometo’s delivery draws comparisons to that of Madison Bumgarner.

Solometo was the second of four highly touted players the Pirates secured at the top of their draft class. While Davis was at least a moderate surprise with the top overall pick — he was expected to go somewhere in the top five or so picks regardless — that selection might’ve helped the Bucs save enough to go over slot on their next three picks. Each of Solometo, Lonnie White Jr. and Bubba Chandler were high school players with first- or second-round potential, and Pittsburgh has drawn a good bit of praise for maneuvering to land that trio and Davis with the team’s top four selections.

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  1. Ghost of past pirates

    12 months ago

    great signing great pirates draft the rebuild is starting to look good

    Reply
  2. ronnsnow

    12 months ago

    From the video I’ve seen on Solometo, his delivery is more Dontrelle Willis than Bumgarner.

    Reply
    • jaash5

      12 months ago

      weird, from what i saw its almost dead on to MadBum

      Reply
    • pittsburghbob69

      12 months ago

      ???

      It’s actually exactly like Bumgarner.

      Go down to the comparison video. There was a ton of comparison videos and they have exactly the same arm angle and everything.

      https://www.bucsdugout.com/2021/7/15/22579207/what-we-learned-about-the-pittsburgh-pirates-future-after-2021-draft-henry-davis-ben-cherington

      Reply
  3. keysox

    12 months ago

    Not a big fan of high school kids, but they got Davis and if one of the four HS pan out, it’s a good draft.

    Reply
    • jaash5

      12 months ago

      true, i am not a big fan of HS arms as your high number 1 pick,. look at the astros and cubs, rebuilt through the drasft with impact bats (Bryant, correa, springer, bregman, schwarber….) now if you can get impact bats like Pittsburgh has (Henry/Gonzalez) then put pitchers inj behind him…. then you have the makings of a truly good farm system

      Reply
  4. formerdraftpick

    12 months ago

    Great news, but have they signed 13th round pick, Owen Sharts?

    Reply
    • shafe4141

      12 months ago

      That situation is probably a bit more fluid

      Reply
  5. hiflew

    12 months ago

    O Solometo
    Sta nfronte a te

    Reply
    • Captain Dunsel

      12 months ago

      Bravo!

      Reply
  6. hogansgoat

    12 months ago

    Those have to be the ugliest unis ever.

    Reply
    • gbs42

      12 months ago

      Are you referring to the ASG unis?

      Reply
    • alwaysgo4two

      12 months ago

      Agree….ugly but just like the Vanderbilt road uni.

      Reply
  7. bobtillman

    12 months ago

    Now let’s see if they can sign (have enough sheckles for) Bubba Chandler, 3rd round mega-athlete. Allowing that it’s all a bit of a crapshoot, if they can sign Chandler also, it could very well be a franchise building draft.

    Actually might be if just 2 of the 3 work out (likely). Either way, pretty nice job for the Bucs.

    Reply
    • James 2

      12 months ago

      Bubba Chandler has already said he’s signing. A deal is lined up, and I believe he is in Pittsburgh for a physical and then to sign today or tomorrow. Of the big guys, the only question mark is Lonnie White Jr.

      Reply
      • jaash5

        12 months ago

        if they get Whit Jr signed its instantly (on paper) the best draft of the last how many years for the bucs…. definitly better than anything NH did…. or how many 1st round pics of cole tucker, tony sanchez, connor joe were there

        Reply
        • forwhomjoshbelltolled

          12 months ago

          DEFINITELY better than anything NH did?

          This must be a good draft if it’s definitely better than Gerrit Cole, Josh Bell, Tyler Glasnow and Trea Turner (yeah, look it up) in 2011.

        • tstats

          12 months ago

          Turner didn’t sign, he doesn’t count

        • jaash5

          12 months ago

          turner doesnt count as he didnt sign, and if the players dont pan out for the Bucs, it kind of dampens the trade value…. now all the good work NH did with that draft…. he kind of shot him self in the foot with with the trading Cole and Glasnow…. literally the return on the pirates right now for both of them is Colin Moran and whatever the return on Musgrove turns out to me (althought BC did that not NH)…. how insanely awful is that….. i mean yes there were other pieces but they were pretty terrible…. overall… NH got lucky with some stuff as the bucs had that 3 year window, but overall he was very below average on a good number of things….

        • NuckBobFutting

          12 months ago

          Turner was picked in the 20th round and didnt sign, why is he even mentioned?

        • forwhomjoshbelltolled

          12 months ago

          The original statement referenced the draft, not the signings, and the 20th round is part of the draft. Mostly.

        • PiratesFan1981

          12 months ago

          On paper, this draft is just as good as Bell, Jacoby Jones, and others in that year. I think that year they drafted Mark Appeal who decline to sign and went back to college. Or was that Gerrit Cole year? After that the MLB cracked down on large slot spending like the Pirates did with NH for 3 years straight. NH did alright in the drafts and only traded badly with Archer. That is what set the organization behind 4-5 years

        • PiratesFan1981

          12 months ago

          4-5 years after Archer left Pittsburgh.

    • alwaysgo4two

      12 months ago

      Chandler has previously stated that he plans on signing but planning isn’t the same as doing it. He will.

      Reply
  8. madmanTX

    12 months ago

    Was he in jail or something? That uni…

    Reply
  9. forwhomjoshbelltolled

    12 months ago

    Cherington is doing such a good job on this rebuild, Nutting is going to let him do the next two, as well.

    Reply
    • KermitJagger

      12 months ago

      Nuttings gonna stop him now.

      Reply
      • Ghost of past pirates

        12 months ago

        kermit…… youve been with miss piggy too long…. messing up your reasoning to post crap

        Reply
  10. JoeBrady

    12 months ago

    Good year so far for Pitt, and Detroit as well, imo.

    Reply
  11. Buccrazy

    12 months ago

    sign white and it will be a good draft

    but that’s all it is until they produce at the major league level, a paper championship

    Reply
  12. pittsburghbob69

    12 months ago

    Pirates 14 round pick B.Bishop was the 94th ranked prospect and said he now wants to get his pro career started, instead of waiting 3 years to become Draft Eligible again. He said he wanted 500K, Pirates offered him 300K. Said they will meet in the middle. But he dropped b/c of signability too.

    Hes super athlete, lefty swing with loft. Has ridiculous ball speeds coming off his bat. He’s gonna be good. They stole him as well.

    https://youtu.be/gx73SN5CUqA

    Reply
    • pittsburghbob69

      12 months ago

      !!!

      Reply
  13. Ghost of past pirates

    12 months ago

    Time will tell about the draft. Looks good

    Reply
    • brucebochyisthemarlboroman

      12 months ago

      I was hoping the Phillies took Solometo. I live like 5 minutes from Bishop Eustace Prep where he went to school. Saw a couple games where he was on the hill. Kid is absolutely legit at this point. Hope he does well for himself in the bigs. Pirates got a real solid arm.

      Reply

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