Prospect Tucker talks about playing through torn ligament

The Pirates knew Cole Tucker was good. That is why they made the Phoenix shortstop their top pick in last summer’s First-Year Player Draft. Now the Bucs know Tucker is also gutsy, a real gamer. He played his last 37 games with the Gulf Coast Pirates with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left thumb — which he had surgically repaired on Oct. 1.