Notes: Bucs v Braves; Pinstripers Pound Pirates; Camp Battles & Kids 'R' Us.

Today: The Bucs entertain the Braves at LECOM Field, first pitch at 1:05. Jameson Taillon will start for Pittsburgh, with Josh Smoker and Tyler Eppler also booked. It's the big boy lineup today as the season approaches. The game will be aired by AT&T SportsNet and MLB Network with audio coverage via MLB.com (via Pirates.com).

Yesterday: Joe Musgrove showed his good and bad in his first outing. He gave up a first inning run on a walk/double combo, struck out the side in the second (he had five whiffs), then walked two-of-three to open the third (he walked three during the outing), earning a pitch count hook. Brett McKinney came in and a bopped batter/homer later, the Yankees were off and running. They piled it on Felipe Rivero in the next frame; he was given the hook after three walks (one forcing in a run) and an error; Sean Keselica was beat around a little more as NY jumped up 8-3 on the way to a 9-5 win. Kyle Crick (two IP) and Kevin Siegrist shut the door; Dovy Neverauskas gave up a ninth inning homer. It was four errors Wednesday followed by nine walks yesterday, not a great look with the season approaching. Cervy and Jose Osuna smacked two-run, two-out homers for the Pirates, who only had six hits.

Notes:

• William Boor of MLB.com picks out 25 prospects who have impressed him this spring - the Bucs have Colin Moran in the "break camp" category and Austin Meadows part of the "ETA - later this year" group.
• The camp battles to date are shaking out some, per WTM of Bucs Dugout. 
• How young is the Pirates pitching staff? All these guys were born in 1991 or later - Steven Brault, Kyle Crick, Michael Feliz, Tyler Glasnow, Chad Kuhl, Joe Musgrove, Felipe Rivero, Jameson Taillon and Trevor Williams, along with eight other pitchers currently on the 40-man roster. The only pitchers born in the eighties are Ivan Nova, George Kontos, AJ Schugel and Josh Smoker.  Among the bubble NRI's only Bo Schultz ('85) has some gray - Kevin Siegrist, Tyler Jones and John Stilson were 1989-90 babies. The 40-man position players are split a little more evenly, with 10 from the nineties and nine from the eighties.