The Pittsburgh Pirates are holding their annual winter mini-camp at Pirate City this week. The four-day event is voluntary for any player on the 40-man roster and also includes non-roster invites to Spring Training. Tim Williams is providing live coverage of the camp. A total of 26 players have shown up, though it’s possible more could arrive.
Today is day three of the camp. You can read about day one and two in the links below, which include videos and pictures. There will be more information coming from mini-camp in the form of articles over the next five weeks, leading up to the beginning of Spring Training (pitchers and catchers report on February 12th). Here are the previous links, along with the players highlighted each day:
Day One – Cole Tucker, Kevin Newman and Ke’Bryan Hayes
Day Two – Jason Martin, Bryan Reynolds, Patrick Kivlehan. Full list of players at camp is included in this link.
We will update this post with any news from the day, plus videos and pictures throughout the morning and early afternoon. Players hit the fields at 10 AM for stretches, before starting baseball activities.
First photo from the day.
Chris Archer and Assistant Pitching Coach Justin Meccage
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsaz9t_BQsg
Stan Lyles, pitching coach for Indianapolis, addresses a group of pitchers, including JT Brubaker, Geoff Hartlieb, Luis Escobar, Brandon Waddell and Alex McRae…videos up shortly.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsa1hd4hgCq
First video is Geoff Hartlieb, who was featured here during the Arizona Fall League season. He’s one of the hardest throwers in the system, hitting 100 MPH multiple times this past year and at least once in 2017.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsa1l_LB2yo
Here’s another AFL participant and one of the top left-handed pitching prospects in the system, Blake Weiman
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsa105ShM5o
Here’s a photo of Chris Archer throwing, with Ray Searage watching. Video to follow…
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsa2j5TBIAP
Here’s a video I’m sure everyone will be happy to see after he had surgery earlier this off-season. Chris Archer throwing off flat ground.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsa2m19B7LE
How about some hitting videos for today? We have three infielders taking swings. We start with Cole Tucker from the left side.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsa4gKwhGQ_
Here’s some from Kevin Newman
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsa4p5ch7PH
Followed by a first look at Will Craig
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsa4vDWhFVk
