The Pittsburgh Pirates are narrowing the list of players they will consider with the No. 1 overall pick next month.

"I think I can say that we've gotten it down to single digits," general manager Ben Cherington said.

Pittsburgh has been linked to California high school shortstop Marcelo Mayer in recent mock drafts.

"I think the way we would look at it is we're going to use all the time that we have," Cherington said. "We need to get this right. It's really important. Let's take all the time we have to get this right."