Thursday: Phils Visit, Lineup & Pitchers, Notes

Game: The Phils come to Bradenton for a 1:05 match, with the game on AT&T SportsNet and MLB Gameday. MLB Network has the game on tape delay at 11PM.

Lineup: Adam Frazier 2B, Starling Marte CF, Corey Dickerson DH, Josh Bell 1B, Fran Cervelli C, Lonnie Chisenhall RF, Melky Cabrera LF, Colin Moran 3B, Kevin Newman SS (Trevor Williams P). Round two will consist of Kevin Kramer, JB Shuck, Jake Stallings, Will Craig, Pat Kivlehan, Jose Osuna, Ke’Bryan Hayes and Pablo Reyes.

Colin and Jung Ho are looking like a hot corner platoon 2019 Topps

Pitchers: Trevor Williams v, with Francisco Liriano, Nick Burdi, Clay Holmes and Brandon Maurer also scheduled to work. Maurer will be interesting to watch; he's only pitched twice and been out of action for three weeks with a bum knee.

Notes:

• The Bucs were off, but not the kids. The AAA Pirates whupped the Phils pups, 6-2, playing in Clearwater at Philly's Carpenter Complex. Recent additions from the big league camp tossed strong ball as JT Brubaker allowed one run over three innings and Dario Agrazal spun three shutout frames. 
• Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin and GM Kevin Colbert paid a visit to the Bucs on Tuesday, no doubt figuring Bradenon a safe haven for any AB fallout. Actually, they stop in camp every year; the local pro teams have a pretty good relationship with one other and Tomlin got to speak to the troops.
• We'll miss ya, Richard - Dick Groat called his last Pitt basketball game last night. The 88-year-old spent 40 years as a Panther radio voice.
• Per MLB Trade Rumors, the MLB and MLBPA are playing nice so far in negotiating a new CBA. They've agreed to make July 31st the final trade deadline, starting this year. Beginning in 2020, the active roster will be 26 players (with a 13-pitcher maximum) while September rosters are whittled from 40 to 28 (with a 14-pitcher max). The two sides have also agreed to begin talks now on free agency, service time and the luxury tax, even though the current CBA runs through 2021. They'll also have data collected on the different experiments run in both the minor and indie leagues, from pace-of-play stuff to robo-umps, to chew over.