The big three continued

Maybe the Pirates aren't the team with the worst luck. Let's go back to last year's draft. Washington had the number 1 pick and the Pirates had number 2. There was this pitcher named Strasburg. He was unanimously the best player available in the draft. The guy was a phenom. He had all the pitches and could hit the 100 mph mark. The unlucky Pirates couldn't even lose enough games to be able to draft this guy. That indistinction fell to the Washington Nationals, one of the few teams worse than the Pirates. The Nationals went on to draft and sign the phenom, and we all know what he did to the Buccos in his major league debut. There was talk of adding him to the All Star roster with only a handful of starts in his career. Fast Forward to a few weeks ago. The Nationals did everything they could to insure that this future of their team would stay healthy. Limited activity at every stop, constant monitoring, pitch counts. Well, that was all for naught. The number 1 pick last year injured his arm, and will probably need Tommy John surgery and months of rehabilitation. It will be a year to 18 months before we see him again. Hopefully he'll recover and continue his promising career. But, back to the luck thing. The Pirates could have picked number 1, invested all that money on him, and been the one to lose him for the year. Maybe I'm reaching for straws, but it's something, right?