The Pittsburgh Pirates gave some medical updates to the local media via Todd Tomczyk, who is the director of sports medicine.
Andrew McCutchen is dealing with minor elbow soreness and won’t be playing for a few days. We still have exactly two weeks until Opening Day, so if there’s no setbacks here, he should be ready to go with no issue.
Jarlin Garcia has a nerve injury in his left upper arm, and won’t be throwing for the next 4-5 weeks, before being reevaluated. So his possible return is still up in the air.
Dariel Lopez dislocated his knee, which is going to cost him the entire season. He’s a top 20 prospect in the system for most sources, who hit .286/.329/.476 with Greensboro in 2022. The hitter-friendly Greensboro park led to a huge home/road split, with a .915 OPS in 51 home games, and a .692 OPS in 51 road games.
Robert Stephenson threw a live BP. He will likely do another one of those before getting into a game.
