Three weeks form today, pitchers and catchers will report to Bradenton for the Pittsburgh Pirates. A few days later, the rest of the team will show up for the first full squad workout. With this, Spring Training 2019 will be underway for the Bucs.
With the start of Spring Training looming, the team still needs a new shortstop. In house options Erik Gonzalez and Kevin Newman remain not good enough to play every day for a team looking to compete for a postseason spot. This makes shortstop a position general manager Neal Huntington needs to address.