Jameson Taillon thought he could explain the early symptoms.
The occasional groin pain this offseason might have been from lifting too much on leg day, or maybe a minor re-aggravation of a hernia injury he had two years earlier. Taillon, 25, alerted the Pirates training staff to his migraine headaches in spring training, but those went away in time.
The strangest part was the way sleep started disrupting his deliberate morning routine. Taillon typically rises around 8 a.m. to make breakfast and brew coffee. A few times in April, though, Taillon told teammates he had slept 10 or 11 hours the previous night and still was exhausted.