The Pittsburgh Pirates are holding their annual winter mini-camp, which will run from today until Wednesday. Some players use this as the beginning of their Spring Training and will stay in Bradenton getting ready for the upcoming season. Tim Williams will be covering the action there until Wednesday, but for now we will open up a discussion thread for anything on your mind.
Here are some notes from the first day:
**The first bit of news was Daniel Bard at camp. The Pirates signed the flame-throwing reliever to a minor league deal last week. More on him in this article.