BRADENTON, Fla. — Corey Dickerson made his spring training debut Saturday afternoon, batting second and playing left field against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Dickerson and his wife, Beth Anne, had their second son on Feb. 22, the day the Pirates acquired him from the Tampa Bay Rays.
“Definitely felt like a little bit,” he said. “It was nice to have that kind of focus again. It’s different when you have live [batting practice], you can’t think along with the pitcher. I felt like that’s what I was starting to do today is think along with what may be coming, the situation, stuff like that.