Pirates pull off dazzler

Cole was obviously going to sign — was only a matter of how much and when ($8 million and midnight). The bigger question was Bell, who told every team not to draft him. The Pirates did anyways. They offered him $5 million — he’s now a Pirate.

Tremendous work once again by Neal Huntington and the Pirates front office. That’s almost $50 million spent on the draft during their regime. Unreal.