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Live Discussion: Pirates vs Marlins, 1:05 PM

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The Pittsburgh Pirates (70-71) play host to the Miami Marlins (56-85) for three games this weekend. Game two is this afternoon with Ivan Nova taking on Miami starter Wei-Yin Chen.

Depending on how long the Pirates game takes and also the weather in both Pittsburgh and Altoona, we may post a live discussion for the Curve playoff game at 4 PM today. Game four of their series, which is a must win game for Altoona, will have Dario Agrazal on the mound. If this Pirates game doesn’t run late and the weather holds out in both place (right now it says 40% chance of rain throughout the Altoona game, 50% for Pirates), I’ll be watching that game and adding updates every half inning.

Of note in this game, Jordan Luplow is getting the start, just two at-bats away from losing his prospect status. Assuming that happens, we will have an article on Monday with the new player on our top 50 prospects list.

Here are the lineups:

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John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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