Yesterday, the Pittsburgh Pirates lost a close game to the Minnesota Twins to start off their Spring Training. They lost by a score of 2-1 but saw some positives come from the game including a solid first two innings from Mitch Keller. Today the Pittsburgh Pirates will have two games going with their first split-squad action of the Spring.
What is great about split-squad games is it usually allows teams to get some of their top prospects involved in the games. Today, the Pittsburgh Pirates will take advantage of have two games and will give Oneil Cruz his first start of the Spring.