Spring training was just starting for the Pittsburgh Pirates under a splendid Florida sky. It was the time of year when any team can feel optimistic, but on this morning, the team was still coming to terms with an offseason shake-up. Stars Andrew McCutchen and Gerrit Cole had been traded, and Josh Harrison — one of the team’s top remaining players — was talking through his concerns with reporters.
“You just want to know where we stand as a team, where you stand as a player — what’s expected of you, what’s expected of the team. Sometimes that gets lost in translation, the human side of this game,” Harrison said.