One of the biggest lingering questions as we head into the final week of draft prep season has been George Kirby's status. He was shut down a few weeks ago with shoulder soreness, but we received painfully few details at the time,

T he Pittsburgh Pirates announced that Jared Jones has been shut down for the rest of Spring Training, and will miss his last scheduled start of the pre-season. At this point, the

Todd Tomczyk, the Pirates' senior director of sports medicine, told reporters the team awaits a second opinion on Jones.