Brad has to continue to improve as he has in the minors. Specifically, he needs a better understanding of the strike zone, needs to make more contact and needs to improve his defense.
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Jack has done a fine job for the club during his time in a Pittsburgh uniform. Not only are the Pirates happy to have him for three more years, the organization is elated to have him and second baseman Jose Castillo playing defense up the middle for years to come.
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Generally you see this irritation situation as a result of guys trying to get started too quickly and do too much too soon. I think that's likely in this situation.
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You hate to send a guy to the minors who has performed as well as he has. The good news is I'm sure he'll be back soon.
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In a perfect world, you'd like to have everybody (in spring training), pitching normal pitch counts. But that's part of the adjustment that every major-league team has to make.
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We've got a better pitching staff than we've had in years past and there's a lot more competition. Some of the results do count. So far, we just haven't had enough strikes.
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