The Pirates today signed six more draft picks, all from the late rounds, to raise their total of signed picks to nine.

The ones signed today are 33rd-round catcher Mark Carver of the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, 34th-round third baseman Matthew Payne of North Carolina State University, 38th-round right-handed reliever Allan Knotts of Louisiana Tech, 44th-round left-handed starter Michael Williams of Mount Olive College, 45th-round first baseman Allen Ponder of Auburn University-Montgomery, and 49th-round right-handed starter Zachary Foster of Pitt-Bradford.

Foster, who attended Bradford High School, was 3-1 with a 5.40 ERA in 10 appearances as a junior at Pitt-Bradford.