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The Pittsburgh Pirates (8-6) take on the St Louis Cardinals (6-8) in the third game of a four-game series on Saturday afternoon at Busch Stadium.

The Pirates are sending out Roansy Contreras (1-1, 8.00) for his third start. He will be going up against veteran lefty Steven Matz (0-2, 8.18) in his third start.

First pitch is 2:15 PM. Lineups are posted below.

**One day after being scratched from the lineup due to ankle discomfort, Ji-Man Choi had landed on the Injured List.

**Our Pirates Prospects Daily takes a look at the positives that could come out of Bubba Chandler’s second start of the season, which did not go well

**I did a mid-season reevaluation of the draft-eligible players we cover each Monday, to see if anyone should be added to the list of possible #1 overall picks. Dylan Crews is still #1.

**In case you missed last night’s Prospect Watch, here’s the link. Enmanuel Terrero, who received a $600,000 bonus from the Pirates at 16 years old, had a career day for Bradenton. The 20-year-old put up an .890 OPS in the Florida Complex League last year, but he was off to a slow start this year until yesterday.

Today’s Prospect Watch is up early due to an early afternoon start time for Altoona.

**The Pirates have released DSL players Lewys Guzman and Dioris Valdez. Guzman saw very limited action due to major control issues over his two seasons, leading to 34 walks and 11 hit batters in 29 innings. Valdez has tremendous raw power, but major contact issues. The Pirates tried him as a pitcher last year with poor results. His plus power and strong arm could get the 20-year-old outfielder a second chance somewhere, but he’s very raw.

**Jack Brannigan landed on the Injured List today. The third round pick from 2022 has been doing well early on for Bradenton.

**If any other news pops up during the game today, we will post it here.

UMPIRE SCORECARD

Another rough game for the home plate umpire in this series yesterday. Those are below average percentages

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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