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The Pittsburgh Pirates (46-56) take on the New York Mets (47-55) for three games at Citi Field this weekend. The Pirates will send out Dario Agrazal for his sixth start in the opener. In each of his last two starts, he has allowed one run over six innings, once at home against the Philadelphia Phillies and the other time on the road versus the Cardinals. The Mets are countering with veteran right-hander Zack Wheeler, who has a 4.69 ERA in 119 innings, with 130 strikeouts and a 1.28 WHIP. He faced the Phillies in his last start back on July 7th and gave up six runs in five innings. He has been out due to a shoulder impingement, but returns today on a somewhat limited (75-85) pitch count.

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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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