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Neil Walker and Brian Bixler were both sent back to minor league camp this morning. They're expected to begin at AA and AAA respectively. They actually both had pretty good springs with the big club. Andrew McCutchen is still in camp. If that lasts much longer, people are going to start mentioning him as a darkhorse to make the team, even though Dave Littlefield has said otherwise. That's the first time I've heard him mentioned in conjunction with AAA though.

Also, the Pirates have banned smoking completely from PNC Park this season.

The Stats Geek writes again this week and even drops a blogger mention into his column, mentioning the Bucs Dugout for being "meticulously fricasseed" by Charlie. Of course, that's what we're here for. His column this week goes further into what the Bucs have to do if they're planning on winning this year.