After taking yesterday off, the Braves are right back on the exhibition grind today as they travel to Bradenton, FL to get their first look at the Pittsburgh Pirates this Spring.
Fortunately, the Braves are the first team to encounter Andrew McCutchen, who will clearly be weakened since he no longer has his signature dreadlocks. This should be good news for Wandy Rodriguez, who will be continuing his battle for the 5th spot in the Braves rotation as he pitches against the team who employed him for the past 3 seasons.
Here are the lineups:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Braves?src=hash">#Braves</a> lineup at PIT: Young 8, Peterson 4, Callaspo 5, Gomes 7, Bcourt 2, K Johnson 9, C Johnson 3, Simmons 6, Wandy 1</p>— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) <a href="https://twitter.com/DOBrienAJC/status/581101550841495552">March 26, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/pirates?src=hash">#pirates</a> lineup today v <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/braves?src=hash">#braves</a> <a href="http://t.co/sLGJzrzhvi">pic.twitter.com/sLGJzrzhvi</a></p>— Rob Biertempfel (@BiertempfelTrib) <a href="https://twitter.com/BiertempfelTrib/status/581069066867228672">March 26, 2015</a></blockquote>
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We've all been a little spoiled by the television coverage of Spring ball lately, which makes it even more painful to let you guys know that this won't be televised. However, you can still catch it over the air on 1340 AM radio or on MLB.com's Gameday audio.