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Prospect Highlights: Andrew Lambo Breaks Homerless Drought

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Back in late September, Andrew Lambo homered for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Cincinnati Reds. He then had a couple a-bats with the Pirates, went to Winter ball, took part in Spring Training and played 21 games with Indianapolis without hitting another homer. That all changed on Tuesday afternoon and as you will see in the video below, the highlight might be the relief on his face. He was still having a very good season without hitting any homers, but it’s obviously a good sign to see.

Also from Tuesday, Chris McGuiness hits a two-run homer, which put Indianapolis in the lead and they won by that same 3-2 score. He is a forgotten player over at first base, but he has an .828 OPS so far.

One highlight from Altoona. Nick Kingham didn’t have a strong start yesterday, it was in fact pretty bad. He had just one strikeout, although that punch out made for an interesting highlight, which was seeing the movement on his pitch.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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