Hey guys. Welcome to Double Shot of Pirates here on D.K. Pittsburgh Sports. My name is Chris Halle.

Joining me from Bradenton, Florida, Pirates beatwriter Jose Negeran. Nobody's backup down in Florida.

Nobody's backup of them.

We're talking pirates.

I'm only,

I'm only your backup, Chris.

I'll be nobody else's backup here.

Like I said,

you know,

I'm starter Nick Foles.

So happy to be here.

Well, I'll say, obviously I want to check in with you from Bradenton.

What's the latest out of Pirates Spring training this morning?

Yeah, not a great, not a great one here in Braenton in terms of just the score,

8 to 1 in favor of the visiting

Houston Astros. Mitch Keller went today. Went four innings. He did get five ups, did that thing

where he leaves in an inning and then comes back to start the next inning, which you can do

during spring training. But through 85 pitches, walked four, gave up two homers he did generate 14

swing and misses you know the sweeper was kind of hit or miss you know he got a couple

strikeouts with it but also gave up the two homers with it so kind of a little bit of both for him

you know he kind of even said that you know just a good slash bad day. But at this point, you know, you know what you're going to get from Mitch Keller. You know, by the end of spring training, you want Mitch Keller to have a good feel for his pitches. He was working on some things here today. Just try to get ready for the season. You know, we're a week out from, you know, opening day, so week plus. So I'm just trying to feel like he's in a good spot.

It seems like he is in a good spot from what I can kind of gather.

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