What is wrong with this picture:

— Pirates average draft position since 2002 = 7.75
— Yankees average draft position since 2002 = 34.50

— January 2006: Baseball America tanks the Pirates farm ranking to 19th best in MLB and the Yankee’s pass us.. as did the Tigers and Orioles (notoriously poor drafting teams).

The 2006 BA Pirate ranking is the worst since 2002 — David Littlefield’s first full year as General Manager.

No need to go any further.. ’nuff said.