Like many of you, no doubt. I enjoyed watching all the videos of Bryce Harper's bombs last year. The kid is a freak talent-wise, but apparently he has a poor attitude. This video shows that.

First, some background though. Harper was hit by a pitch in the prior game, which caused him to be taken out. However, he handles it completely inappropriately.

In this video, he rocks a pitch over the right field fence (an excellent response to being hit), but then after he rounds third, he blows a kiss to the pitcher. He also turns back again as though he wants to do something else. I can't blame the opposing team for giving him some chin music later in the game. Well, here is the clip from TV 3 Winchester.

Disclaimer before you read this:
I am doing this for fun.  It is the off-season and as a Pirates fan, there is not a whole lot to talk about right now.  I wanted to take a look ahead at 2013 and see what the line-up may potentially look like.  I am assuming the Pirates will draft Anthony Rendon.  I have used only Rendon + players already in the system.  I expect that some people will disagree with this and that's okay.  This is meant for a discussion starter.

LF Jose Tabata
CF Andrew McCutchen
3B Anthony Rendon
1B Pedro Alvarez
RF Andrew Lambo
2B Neil Walker
C Tony Sanchez
SS Chase D'Arnaud

Bench:
OF Starling Marte
OF Alex Presley/Gorkys Hernandez
C Eric Fryer
IF Pedro Ciriaco/Jordy Mercer
IF/OF Matthew Hague

1   Jameson Taillon (R)
2   Brad Lincoln (R)
3   Donnie Veal (L)
4   Bryan Morris (R)
5   Rudy Owens(L)

LR       Jeff Locke (L)
MR      Mike Crotta (R)
MR      Kevin Hart (R)
LOOGY   Anthony Watson (L)
SU      Daniel Moskos (L)
SU      Victor Black (R)
CL      Evan Meek (R)

Other noteworthy pitchers who may make an appearance in 2013:
Justin Wilson (L), Nathan Baker (L), Stetson Allie (R), , Diego Moreno (R)



Looking forward to the comments.  Don't bash, just give your opinions please.

Many assume that when the Pirates make their pick in the draft, it will be Anthony Rendon.  However, it has also been said that Rendon is surely not a consensus #1 pick.  It is a shame that we get the #1 pick when there is no one at the level of Strasburg or Harper, but we need to make the best of it.  My question is, what other options are there?  Who is worthy of being drafted number one if the Pirates don't choose Rendon.  Don't get me wrong, I think/hope the Pirates choose him.  I am just curious to know of the other potential number one picks.

Anyone know anything about the two guys we picked up in the AAA portion of the Rule 5 draft.  Obviously nothing to get too excited about, but hoping for a little upside maybe.  We took Bradley Chalk and Travis Scott.

I found some stuff on Brad Chalk, an OF, who was with the SD Padres.  He seems to have absolutely no power (2 HRs since he was drafted in 2007 in the second round).  However, he does seem to have some speed and the ability to hit for average.  His best season seems to have been in 2009 at A+.  In 525 ABs, he hit .301 and had 33 SBs.  Here is what the SD brass had to say when they drafted him in the second round of the 2007 draft: "Bradley Chalk (No. 87 overall in the second round). His game could be electric. Every year, we seem to ask ourselves, 'How do we get a legitimate leadoff hitter?' I don't know if he'll develop power, but in college (Clemson) he was an amazing singles, walks, on-base-percentage guy. He could play center field in the major leagues right now. Chalk reminds me of Steve Finley in every aspect except power."  I know that we have two guys in the outfield right now who are potential lead-off type guys with mediocre power (ok, cutch has some power), but this guy seems like he has the potential to at least compete for lead-off at bats in a few years.

Again, all I know about Travis Scott is what I found in the past hour.  He is a catcher who comes to us from the Angels.  He doesn't seem like anything special.  From what I read, he reminds me a little of David Ross.  He'll never be a legit producer at the ML level, but his bat has some pop.

Anyway, I was hoping to get some insight on these guys.