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Today (Monday 2/17 spring training practice observations)

1) There were about 300 fans today instead of 100 so it was a little tighter to keep my space and I didn't move around a lot.

2) Tommy Pham shows up today and faces Braxton Ashcraft this morning. First at bat Pham hits one over the 380 foot mark for a homer. The fans cheered as he tried to keep a serious game face on, but actually let a smirk slip out. He was one of the gracious autograph signers today and just said thank you a lot.

3) Termarr who I think looked smooth at short yesterday looked really good at second base at the double play drills. Konnor Griffin at short and Termarr at second.... we can only hope.

4) Henry Davis who is usually stand-offish with the fans heard a kid call his name, so he went over to talk to him. Pretty cool. Maybe Henry has figured out he is not the man anymore. Maybe this will help, assuming he felt pressure before.

5) One of the fans that knows a lot about the Pirates told me he has Phillie fans and asked them about Darick Hall. They both told him they liked Hall that was stuck behind Hoskins, then Harper. Hall hurt his wrist which put him out for some time. That being said, I initially figured he would just take over the Jake Lamb role from last year. However, since he has been practicing with the big dog group that makes me wonder. Last year Lamb practiced with the prospects.

6) Nick Solak looks fine, but doesn't stand out. He has been practicing with the prospects.

7) In a very small sample, Alika Williams and Peguero looked good against live pitching and pretty rusty in the field with their throws.

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Melkel's avatar

Yorke's brother is sending him a firstbasemens glove.

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