James Marvel Experiencing the Tough Road Back From Tommy John

MORGANTOWN, WV - If you follow me on Twitter, you get a lot of baseball talk, and then a lot of comic book talk, mostly centered around Marvel Comics and their movies and shows. So when the Pirates drafted James Marvel in the 36th round of the 2015 draft, it only took me about three seconds to make my first comic book reference. Fortunately, Marvel seems to be on board with the play on his name.

"My Twitter handle actually has that whole Marvel thing in the background," he said. "It's pretty cool. People doing the play on my name. It's fun. My first outing this year [in Morgantown] was on superhero night. I wore the Captain America jersey. I thought that was pretty special, first start in…