For the last time on my trip, I’ll be at Pirate City taking in some minor league action. Competitive Balance pick in 2024 LeviSterling is scheduled to pitch today against the Orioles.
According to the schedule, it’ll be Low and High-A players here at Pirate City, and the upper-level guys over in Sarasota. Game starts at 10 am.
Update: Talked to a security person and they said KonnorGriffin is supposed to be playing shortstop.
They had three games going on at once, two against the Orioles and the last an intrasquad. Sterling pitched in the latter, tossing two innings. His fastball got up to 95, but was mostly 90-91. We saw his entire mix of pitches, including the slider, curveball, and change-up.
He struggled with his control that second inning, but you could see the promise with the stuff.
Griffin was playing on another field, so didn't see much of him except for a walk. Second round pick in 2024, Wyatt Sanford, hit a double and then advanced to third on an error. He's shown some good speed this week.
He also made a fantastic bare-handed play on a slow roller to short and fired it to first to get the out.
Braxton Ashcraft and Eddy Yean made appearances, with the latter hitting 97 according to the laptop monitoring that field.
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Anthony Murphy
1:17 pm - 03.16.2025Bradenton, FlaLast leg of the trip
For the last time on my trip, I’ll be at Pirate City taking in some minor league action. Competitive Balance pick in 2024 Levi Sterling is scheduled to pitch today against the Orioles.
According to the schedule, it’ll be Low and High-A players here at Pirate City, and the upper-level guys over in Sarasota. Game starts at 10 am.
Update: Talked to a security person and they said Konnor Griffin is supposed to be playing shortstop.
They had three games going on at once, two against the Orioles and the last an intrasquad. Sterling pitched in the latter, tossing two innings. His fastball got up to 95, but was mostly 90-91. We saw his entire mix of pitches, including the slider, curveball, and change-up.
He struggled with his control that second inning, but you could see the promise with the stuff.
Griffin was playing on another field, so didn't see much of him except for a walk. Second round pick in 2024, Wyatt Sanford, hit a double and then advanced to third on an error. He's shown some good speed this week.
He also made a fantastic bare-handed play on a slow roller to short and fired it to first to get the out.
Braxton Ashcraft and Eddy Yean made appearances, with the latter hitting 97 according to the laptop monitoring that field.
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