PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Corey Dickerson didn't join his new team on Friday. Nor was he with his old team, the Rays, at Charlotte Sports Park. Around the time on Thursday that Dickerson learned he'd been traded to the Pirates, his wife gave birth to a baby boy in Mississippi.
The Bucs are excited about the newest member of their family, too.
Pirates trade for Dickerson "We're a better team," manager Clint Hurdle said. "It makes everybody a little bit better.