Spring Training Gameday 11: Jared Jones gets the start against the Blue Jays

Jones starts his first game of the Spring, will face the Toronto Blue Jays

Mar 05, 2024

The Pittsburgh Pirates will roll with prospect Jared Jones on the mound, starting against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Coming off a win against the Rays that saw them go yard three times, the Pirates will face an AL East team for the third straight game.

This will be the second time they’ve played the Blue Jays, losing 8-4 despite a pair of home runs by Termarr Johnson.

Take Spring Training statistics with a grain of salt, but the Pirates do currently lead all of baseball in home runs with 18, one more than the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Henry Davis is one of 11 players to have three home runs so far, along with names like Juan Soto, Wyatt Langford, and Colton Cowser.

First pitch is expected to be around 1:05 pm ET.

Pirates Lineup

SS - Oneil Cruz

LF - Bryan Reynolds

DH - Andrew McCutchen

3B - Ke’Bryan Hayes

1B - Rowdy Tellez

RF - Connor Joe

CF - Edward Olivares

2B - Ji-Hwan Bae

C - Jason Delay

Expected Pitchers

Jared Jones

Quinn Priester

Bailey Falter

Jose Hernandez

Brent Honeywell Jr.

Sean Sullivan

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Lee Young: Who wins the 4th and 5th spots among Roansy, Ortiz, Priester, Falter, Wolf, Fleming, Opener (like we did end of last year)? If I left any suspects out, feel free to add them. I know they said Fleming would get a chance to start, but I think he begins the year in the bullpen as the long-man…

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