Pirates RF Polanco to skip Canada trip with shoulder issue (Yahoo Sports)

Pirates outfielder Gregory Polanco will not travel with the team when it heads north on Thursday for two exhibition games in Montreal. Polanco, projected to be the Pirates' starting left fielder, has played in just one spring training game since returning from his run with the Dominican Republic team in the World Baseball Classic, where he hit .579 in five games. General manager Neal Huntington also said the team has not yet received Polanco's visa to travel to Canada, which made it an easy decision to keep him behind.