Pirates sign three players from 2023 Draft

The Pittsburgh Pirates today signed the following players from the 2023 First-Year Player Draft. The announcement was made by Joe DelliCarri, Pirates Senior Director of Amateur Scouting.

Round: 3
Name: Garret Forrester
Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 6-1/208
School: Oregon State
University Affiliate Assignment: Florida Complex League

Took home All-Pac-12 first-team honors in both 2022 and 2023 at Oregon State...Became the ninth player all-time from Oregon State to be drafted by the Pirates (first since Michael Gretler in 2018)...Was a three-year letterwinner at Oregon State... Hit .326 with 31 doubles, one triple, 26 home runs and 144 RBI in 177 games (173 starts) in his career at Oregon State... Tied Adley Rutschman for the most career walks (156) in Oregon State history... Hit .341 (79-for-232) with 12 doubles, 10 home runs, 52 RBI and a team-high tying 59 walks in 61 games (61 starts) in 2023 for Oregon State...Was named to the Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament team in 2023...Reached base safely in each of his last 60 games to end the 2023 season...Was named the MVP of the 2022 Pac-12 Tournament...His dad, Gary, played in the California Angels and Los Angeles Dodgers farm systems from 1989-91...Was signed by Pirates scout Brett Evert.

Round: 8
Name: Austin Strickland
Position: RHP
Height/Weight: 6-2/210
School: University of Kentucky
Affiliate Assignment: Florida Complex League

Went 4-2 with a 5.04 ERA (55.1ip/31er) and 58 strikeouts in 20 appearances (three starts) in 2023 with the University of Kentucky....Tossed a career-high 6.2 innings and punched out a career-high seven batters in his May 20, 2023 start against Florida... Spent the 2022 summer with the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod League, where he had a 4.05 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 26.2 innings...Pitched 18.0 innings and struck out 21 batters over five starts with the Kalamazoo Growlers of the Northwoods League in the summer of 2021...Went 1-1 with a 4.24 ERA, 34 strikeouts and a .221 batting average against in 16 appearances (one start) during the 2021 season with Kentucky...Was signed by Pirates scout Adam Bourassa.

Round: 13
Name: Charles McAdoo
Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 6-2/210
School: San Jose State University
Affiliate Assignment: Florida Complex League

Was a first-team National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association pre-season All-American first-team selection in 2023... Took home first-team All-Mountain West honors in both 2022 and 2023...Hit .325 (76-for-234) with 19 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs, 47 RBI, .409 OBP and .543 slugging percentage in 58 games in 2023...Hit .345 (79-for-229) with 23 doubles, three triples, 12 home runs, 63 RBI, .406 OBP and a .629 slugging percentage in 56 games in 2022 at San Jose State... Recorded a San Jose State record 44-game on-base streak in 2022...Was a Perfect Game pre-season All-American at De La Salle (CA) High School...His cousin, James Michael McAdoo, won two NBA titles as a member of the Golden State Warriors in 2015 and 2017...His cousin, Bob McAdoo, won two NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1982 and 1985...Was signed by Pirates scout Mike Sansoe.

The Pirates have now signed seven players from the 2023 draft.