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Top draft picks Pedro Alvarez and Eric Hosmer are free to start working out with their new teams after Major League Baseball and the players' union reached agreement Tuesday on their status.

Gerrit Cole sat on a stool in the cramped locker room at the Pittsburgh Pirates minor league complex in Bradenton, Fla., in late February and thought for a moment.

The Astros' decision to make Puerto Rico's Carlos Correa the top pick in Monday night's draft sent Stanford's Mark Appel tumbling to the Pirates at No. 8.

UCLA pitcher Gerrit Cole and the Pittsburgh Pirates have agreed to a minor league contract with an $8 million signing bonus.

Pedro Alvarez, the Pirates' top draft pick from 2008, is getting another chance with the team.

UCLA junior pitchers Gerrit Cole and Trevor Bauer were selected first and third overall, respectively, in the Major League Baseball first-year player draft on Monday.

The Pittsburgh Pirates made infielder Josh Rodriguez the top pick in the Rule 5 draft at the baseball winter meetings.

Bryce Harper is fine with the Nationals making him a full-time right fielder.

The Baltimore Orioles and top draft pick Brian Matusz agreed to Friday to a four-year contract that guarantees him $3,472,500, making the left-hander the first selection this year to receive a major league deal.

Right-hander Brad Lincoln, the Pittsburgh Pirates' top draft pick last year and a former star at the University of Houston, had reconstructive elbow surgery Tuesday and will miss this season.

Right-hander Brad Lincoln, the No. 4 pick in this month's major league draft, reached terms Wednesday with the Pittsburgh Pirates and will get a $2.75 million signing bonus.

Which No. 1 overall picks have done the best, and worst, over the last 25 years -- the NFL's, the NBA's, or MLB's? Jim Baker takes a look back.

Bryan Bullington was taken by the Pittsburgh Pirates with the No. 1 pick in Tuesday's baseball draft.

In a draft short on top talent, all eyes will be fixed on what Pittsburgh does with its top pick.