CLEARWATER, Fla. — Pittsburgh Pirates General Manager Neal Huntington does not have a time frame to decide on his final starting pitcher, receiver, and bench players, saying Sunday that the process could go up until opening day in Boston.
But Huntington did have a lot to say about those decisions, particularly the fifth starter battle. Manager Clint Hurdle said on Saturday that there isn’t much separation between the four players battling for the open start, and Huntington agreed with that assessment.
“You always want the players to make the decisions for you,” he said. “You always want someone to step up, grab ahold of a job, take it and run with it.