Essentially, we’re two-thirds of the way through spring training, as the Pirates played their 19th game Sunday, a 9-4 win over the Boston Red Sox. So far, the Bucs have won nine of those 19, and they have nine games remaining.
As we’ve mentioned before, it’s difficult to discern exactly what, if anything, you can take from spring training competition. Adam Frazier, while a solid player, is not going to hit .577 with a 1.477 OPS this season, despite doing so in his first 26 spring training at-bats. And let’s hope that Brian Goodwin – if he makes the team – can do better than .