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I absolutely expect them to try to protect Rendon, and for whomever might draft him to look very carefully at the medical charts.
But Rendon broke his one ankle by stepping in a hole on a terribly maintained warning track, and broke his other in a freak run-down injury.
He strained his shoulder stretching.  That sounds the fragility alarm a little, but it's never happened to him before.
After his first ankle injury he came back at full speed and strength, and he's at full speed again - his lower body is working fine.
I don't believe his power shortage this year is because of his shoulder, I believe it's because he can't get anything to hit.  The steroid version of Barry Bonds might be able to see one pitch an at bat that's within a foot of the plate and hit it for a HR, but college-age mortals with power-deadening bats can't do that.
I am not worried about Rendon at all...but it's not my 10 million in bonus money that we're talking about.  I think Rendon's gonna be in the Wright/Zimmerman/Longoria class of hitter, with a chance to surpass even that. 
Longoria hit 11 HRs with metal bats in his best college season. 
Zimmerman hit 6 in HIS best season.
Rendon hit 26 with the same bats.
I'm not worried about his power shortage with the new bats and the shoulder tweak any more than I was worried Longoria wouldn't hit for good enough power.
I'm hoping the Pirates are worried though.  Be VERY afraid, Pittsburgh, don't take the risk.
~G