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Pittsburgh Pirates Elias Diaz (32) rounds third against the Colorado Rockies Wednesday, April 18, 2018, in Pittsburgh. (Pirates Prospects/David Hague)

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The Pittsburgh Pirates (30-31) take on the Milwaukee Brewers (35-28) for three games at Miller Park this weekend. The Pirates will send out Rookie Davis in the opener for his first Major League start since 2017. He has made four appearances for the Pirates, giving up five runs over 7.2 innings, on eight hits (two homers), with three walks and eight strikeouts. The Brewers will counter with 26-year-old right-hander Brandon Woodruff, who has a 3.82 ERA in 68.1 innings, with 80 strikeouts and a 1.20 WHIP. His last start was in Pittsburgh six days ago when he served up six runs on ten hits over four innings. His prior start was one-hit ball over eight innings, with no walks and ten strikeouts.

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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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