While the Pirates took off to Houston, a couple of their players stayed behind in Bradenton. Joe Musgrove threw six innings against, more or less, the AAA team. Musgrove got hit hard much of the time. Cole Tucker had two home runs and a single, while Jason Martin had a long triple and a single in the two at-bats I saw.
Meanwhile, Elias Diaz took a turn in the batting cage.
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The afternoon’s games involved lower level guys taking on the Blue Jays. A lot of the players who’ll make up the Bradenton and Greensboro rosters weren’t there, so it was an assortment of players who may be on class A rosters and some who’ll probably go to short season ball.