Yesterday: The Bucs were pretty much crickets in a 9-3 behind-the-woodshed whipping by the Rays. Ivan Nova gave up three runs in five innings, Nick Kingham was slapped around, and George Kontas & Casey Sadler were each touched for a run while Michael Feliz was the only Pirate pitcher to post a zero in a clean inning. Four errors don't help the cause; the Pirates haven't been very tight with the leather so far this spring and with two weeks to go before the opening gun, that's a concern. J-Bell had two hits for the Pirates and Eric Wood went long.
Notes:
- Tyler Glasnow, out recently with the flu, will throw a bullpen today while AJ Schugel, who's missed all of camp with a sore shoulder, will begin light tossing.
- Ivan Nova isn't all that concerned with results yet; with a guaranteed roster spot, he can spend time on the finer points of his game. Adam Berry of MLB.com notes that he's working on his change and using the inside half of the plate during the spring to better combat lefties and batters sitting on the outside edge against him.
- Cut list: P Yeudy Garcia, 2B Kevin Kramer, P Alex McRae & IF Kevin Newman have been reassigned to minor league camp after respectable spring showings. Pirates City will be hummin' like a bee hive now that the roster is shrinking & the minor league spring schedule has kicked off.
- Sights you never thought you'd see - Neil Walker in a Yankee uni taking balls at first base.
- This season, the minors are beginning what IMO is the dumbest "pace of play" rule ever written - starting extra innings with a runner on second. Why don't they just have a home run derby in the 10th? Too much vid game tinkering by MLB HQ.
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