"Manager Clint Hurdle said yesterday his number one priority is finding more offense from the third base position. The Pirates big bat, Pedro Alvarez is still in Bradenton, Fla., rehabbing from a right quad strain.

Hurdle said this afternoon that Alvarez has suffered yet another set back, but this time it isn’t his quad giving him the trouble.

'He was supposed to start playing games yesterday, had a little neck setback. I think he’s gearing up getting ready to start playing again. We’ll take it one day at a time.'

'He’ll get here when he gets here,' Hurdle said. 'I don’t have a set date.'"