Spring Training Gameday 29: Martin Perez makes last start of the Spring

Martin Perez on the hill for the Pirates against the Yankees

Mar 24, 2024

A late three-run home run by Edward Olivares helped propel the Pirates to a 4-1 win over the Boston Red Sox.

Jared Jones made his final case to make the Opening Day rotation, pitching five innings without giving up an earned run. He pitched 16.1 innings this Spring without allowing an earned run.

With two games left in the Spring schedule, the newly acquired lefties are projected to start. Martin Perez, who has had a fantastic Spring to date, will start against the Yankees.

Marco Gonzales, who has struggled, will start the finale against the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Yankees will send Marcus Stroman to the mound on Sunday. The game is expected to start around 1:05 pm ET.

Pirates Lineup

SS - Oneil Cruz

RF - Andrew McCutchen

3B - Ke’Bryan Hayes

DH - Jack Suwinski

C - Henry Davis

1B - Rowdy Tellez

CF - Michael A. Taylor

LF - Edward Olivares

2B - Jared Triolo

Expected Pitchers

Martin Perez

Yesterday’s Feature

Sean Sullivan was a bit of a surprise when he was invited to big league camp. He had a solid 2023 season and showed a little bit of added velocity in Spring while throwing shorter outings. How best could the Pirates use the righty? I take a look here.

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The Pittsburgh Pirates perhaps have the best stable of pitching prospects in all of baseball, with five different players finding their way on some sort of top-100 list. While they don’t nearly have the kind of impact bats in the system, they also saw some of their better ones graduate over the past few seasons…

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