Saturday: Anderson v Arrieta; Alternate Camp Roster Released

Today's Game: Round two begins at 2:20 at Wrigley Field. It'll be carried by AT&T SportsNet PIT 2 and 93.7 The Fan. It should be baseball weather, with a forecast in the mid-to-upper 60's and sunny.

Lineup: Adam Frazier 2B; Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B; Bryan Reynolds LF; Colin Moran 1B; Kevin Newman SS; Gregory Polanco RF; Jake Stallings C; Dustin Fowler CF; Tyler Anderson P. Tony Alford sits for Fowler against the righty Arrieta.

Pitchers: The Pirates send LHP Tyler Anderson to duel RHP Jake Arrietta. Tyler is making his first Pirates start while Jake is returning to Chicago after a three-year stint in Philly. Anderson has spent his career in the NL West, so has faced the Cubs just three times with a 2-0/4.05 line. In his 11 seasons, Arrieta has tamed the Bucs pretty well; he's 12-6/2.93 in 23 trips to the bump.

Tyler Anderson gets his first Pirates start - image 2021 Pirates

Notes:

• Shelty said that Kyle Crick could return to the roster tomorrow, so the team is already facing a roster move when he's cleared.
• Chris Archer is scheduled to pitch for Tampa Bay today; he's slated to piggyback on Rich Hill's start.
• The MLB announced it's relocating this year's All Star Game & draft from Atlanta to parts unknown; Pittsburgh is showing interest in hosting the events, led by State Senators Jay Costa and Wayne Fontana.

Alternate Camp: The Pirates announced their roster for the alternate training camp, based in Pittsburgh for the first month of the season before the minor league season starts - P Tyler Bashlor, Chase De Jong, Gandel Justave, Geoff Hartlieb*, Max Kranick, James Marvel, Nick Mears, Braedon Ogle, Sean Poppen, Edgar Santana, Chasen Shreve*, Shea Spitzbarth, Blake Weimann, Steven Wright & Miguel Yajure; C Jason Delay, Joe Hudson, Christian Kelley & Andrew Susac*; IF Ji-Wan Bae, Rodolfo Castro, Will Craig, Oneill Cruz, Wilmer Difo, Todd Frazier* & Connor Kaiser; OF Brian Goodwin*, Hunter Owen, Chris Sharpe, Troy Stokes & Travis Swaggerty. Five guys will form a taxi squad (*) for road games while the others will work out. They'll all be available for call up for home games and will also compete against other alternate camp teams. Brian Esposito (Indy manager), Joel Hanrahan (Indy pitching coach), Gary Green (Altoona bench coach) and David Newhan (Altoona hitting coach) will coach them. Three members of the 40-man roster were excluded: Cole Tucker, Jared Oliva and Roansy Contreras. Tuck and Jared are in Florida for developmental work and are expected to join the camp later. 

Tomorrow's Game: RHP Mitch Keller takes on RHP Zach Davies. The game starts at 2:20 and will be on AT&T SportsNet & 93.7 The Fan.