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The Pittsburgh Pirates (46-51) take on the Philadelphia Phillies (51-48) for three games this weekend at PNC Park. The Pirates will send out Dario Agrazal for the series finale this afternoon. He has thrown six innings in each of his last three starts, allowing a total of four runs. In his lone home start with the Pirates, Agrazal gave up two runs over six innings against the Milwaukee Brewers. The Phillies are countering with lefty Drew Smyly, who was just signed as a free agent, making his debut today. He pitched three games in the minors for the Milwaukee Brewers before being released on Tuesday. Prior to that he was with the Texas Rangers, where he had an 8.42 ERA in 51.1 innings.

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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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