Juan Nicasio is getting a lot of press lately. In case you haven’t heard, he’s pitched 15 scoreless innings this spring. And everybody’s talking about it. See the Tribune Review story here. The Post-Gazette here, DK Pittsburgh Sports. Pirates Prospects.
Unfortunately for Nicasio, despite his top notch pitching he is still a long shot to make the starting rotation.
In typical Pirates (read: controversial) fashion. General Manager Neal Huntington says the worst performing starting pitcher of spring training is the safest. Of course, I mean Jon Niese.