Pittsburgh Pirates’ pitchers and catchers will report to Bradenton for the start of Spring Training in just 36 days. However, Pirate fans do not need to wait until then to get their baseball fix.
Yesterday, the team began their yearly winter mini camp in Bradenton. It was a beautiful sight to see pictures/videos from Pirate City flooding Twitter timelines yesterday. The best of all was getting to hear the heavenly sound of the crack of a bat again.
— Rob Biertempfel (@RobBiertempfel) January 7, 2019
While there will never be much news to come from these mini camps, there is some worthwhile developments from day 1 of mini camp for the Pirates.