BRADENTON, Fla. -- It's been a while since I heard the word "opportunity" around the Pirates. It was such a buzzword these past couple years with the club, but this winter, it was seldom spoken when brass was made available.
And it's something that I really didn't notice until Derek Shelton brought it up Wednesday at Pirate City after the Pirates had completed their first pitcher and catcher workouts.
"We’re going to have competition," Shelton said. "This is going to be a camp that we’ve talked about before, where we have opportunities for guys.