BRADENTON, Fla. -- There are several pieces of vital information posted on the bulletin board as you enter the Pirates' clubhouse at LECOM Park. Pitching schedules for the week ahead. Reminders for certain players to take care of internal housekeeping.
And a colored chart of what each pitcher's strike percentage is.
"It was on individual reports, what yours was," Chase De Jong told me, saying that the information was usually sent on an individual basis on a phone or at a player's locker. "Promptly displayed on the bulletin board? I don't think it was [there last year].