The Pittsburgh Pirates announced their minor league Spring Training schedule and report dates yesterday. Early camp players report Sunday, while regular camp players report on March 5th. The first full workout will be March 7th. The schedule begins on March 14th with a camp day, then games start the following day. The schedule includes a total of five camp days and 52 games over 13 dates, all starting at 1:00 PM. The games wrap up on March 31st. All games at Pirate City are free and open to the public.
The games are split up evenly between home and road, with the Triple-A and Double-A teams always together, while the A-ball teams are also always together. When the upper level teams are at home, the two lower level clubs go on the road and vice versa. Camp days usually include intrasquad games at Pirate City. When that happens, those days are the best for fans to see as many prospects as possible because at least two games will be going on at the same time.
For the second year in a row, the Pirates are having some of their Extended Spring Training players report later. After the minor league teams leave for their respective cities on April 1st, a new group of players will report on April 3rd and will include players set for the GCL, Bristol and Morgantown. The Extended Spring Training schedule will be released at a later date.
