The Pittsburgh Pirates today signed the following players from the 2022 First-Year Player Draft. The announcement was made by Joe DelliCarri, Pirates Senior Director of Amateur Scouting. 

Round     Name         Position         Height/Weight     School            Affiliate Assignment

5             Tres Gonzalez    OF                   6-0/185                      Georgia Tech          Florida Complex League

Batted .339 with five home runs and 57 RBI in 60 games in 2022 with Georgia Tech while striking out 27 times in 230 at-bats...Was ranked No. 138 on the Top 250 draft prospects list by MLB Pipeline...Earned second-team All-ACC honors in 2022...Hit .313 in 129 games during his three-year career at Georgia Tech with 142 hits, 32 doubles, two triples, eight home runs, 87 RBI, a .442 OBP and .446 slugging percentage...Was signed by Pirates scout Cam Murphy.

Round     Name         Position         Height/Weight     School            Affiliate Assignment

6             Derek Diamond  RHP                6-2/200                      University of Mississippi                Florida Complex League

Went 4-4 with a 6.89 ERA (65.1ip/50er) and 57 strikeouts in 2022 for a University of Mississippi team that won its first-ever national championship in program history...Was named a 2018 Under Armour All-American and was a three-year letterwinner at Ramona (CA) High School...Was signed by Pirates scout Darren Mazeroski.

Round     Name         Position         Height/Weight     School            Affiliate Assignment

7             JP Massey         RHP                6-5/205                      University of Minnesota                Florida Complex League

Was named a top-10 Big Ten pitching prospect by D1Baseball prior to the 2022 season...Went 2-8 with a 6.52 ERA (59.1ip/43er) and 63 strikeouts in 2022 with the University of Minnesota...Was a two-time team captain at Gwendolyn Brooks College (IL) Prepatory School prior to graduating in 2018...Was signed by Pirates scout Anthony Wycklendt.

Round     Name         Position         Height/Weight     School            Affiliate Assignment

9             Mike Walsh        RHP                6-2/195                      Yale University     Florida Complex League

Was Yale’s No. 1 starter throughout the Ivy League season in 2022...Earned honorable mention All-Ivy League recognition in 2022...Became the first player from the Ivy League selected in the 2022 draft...Struck out 57 batters in Ivy League play; the second-best total in the league...Became one of nine players in Yale history to be selected within the first 10 rounds of the draft...Was signed by Pirates scout Eddie Charles.

Round     Name         Position         Height/Weight     School            Affiliate Assignment

11           Dominic Perachi LHP                 6-4/195                      Salve Regina University                Florida Complex League

Was named the ABCA/Rawlings DIII Pitcher-of-the-Year in 2022 for Salve Regina University...Was named the Commonwealth Conference Pitcher-of-the-Year in 2022 and a first-team All-CCC in 2022...Went 9-1 with one complete game, a 1.00 ERA (71.2ip/8er) and 20 strikeouts while surrendering just two home runs in 2022...Was signed by Pirates scout Eddie Charles.

Round     Name         Position         Height/Weight     School            Affiliate Assignment

20           Josh Loeschorn  RHP                6-3/215                      Long Island University                Florida Complex League

Was the Northeast Conference Pitcher-of-the-Year and a first-team All-NEC selection in 2022...Was named an ABCA first-team All-Northeast Region selection in 2022...Recorded 11 wins during the 2022 campaign, which were the second-most in a single season in LIU history...Led the nation with a 0.74 WHIP while finishing with the second-best ERA (1.34) in 2019 with LIU Post...Was signed by Pirates scout Eddie Charles.

 The Pirates have now signed 10 players from this year’s draft.