MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Tyler Glasnow wiped the sweat off his face with his jersey after walking a batter to load the bases in the second inning of his rehab start Friday night. It was the inaugural game for the West Virginia Black Bears, the Pirates’ short-season single-A team in the New York-Penn League, and the right-hander’s appearance in front of a sellout crowd was his first in more than a month.
Glasnow, the Pirates’ top prospect and the 16th-best in baseball according to Baseball America, was slated to pitch three innings in his first outing since spraining his ankle while sliding into second base during a start for the Altoona Curve on May 6.