Bucs in Bradenton -- Day 3

Players took the field for the morning stretch and long-toss throwing program at 10:00 under cloudy skies and temps in the 50’s. The final 30 minutes of the workout included a few drops of rain.

Today was the second bullpen session for the following pitchers (Ross Ohlendorf, Paul Maholm, Kevin Hart, D.J. Carrasco, Jeff Karstens, Jack Taschner, Steven Jackson, Bryan Morris, Brad Lincoln, Donnie Veal, Chris Jakubauskas, Justin Thomas, Anthony Claggett and Virgil Vasquez). Those 14 pitchers threw between 40-45 pitches during their session.

The workout was much of the same as yesterday.


Pitchers participated in fielding and bunting drills. Those who didn’t throw, conditioned and were off the fields by 11:45.

All pitchers were finished by 12:05.

After their throwing program and catching bullpens, the catchers took batting practice, conditioned and were done by 12:25.
Various position players took batting practice from 10:45 to 11:45 (four groups/15 minutes each) and were off the fields by 12:10.

Infielder/Outfielder Delwyn Young reported to camp today and participated in drills with the rest of the position players, which also included infielder Aki Iwamura and outfielder Ryan Church for the first time.

A total of 60 of the 66 players have already reported – three days prior to the first official full-squad workout - which is scheduled for Tuesday.


In the photos, courtesy of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Manager John Russell throws a round of BP and catchers Ryan Doumit and Tony Sanchez await their time in the cage.