Worth noting

By Tom Singer

July 5, 2013

• The Bucs' rotation remains intact following A.J. Burnett's Sunday comeback start: Jeff Locke, Gerrit Cole and Francisco Liriano are lined up to face American League West-leading Oakland on Monday-Wednesday at PNC Park.

• Reese McGuire's professional career has nowhere to go but down? The 14th overall selection in the June First-Year Player Draft made his debut with the Gulf Coast League Pirates on Thursday -- and went 4-for-5 with a pair of doubles and three RBIs.

Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer.