Harrison went 1-for-3 with his first homer of the season Friday.

EDGE Analysis

The opposite-field dinger was his first since May 15, 2015. Harrison also made a sparkling play defensively -- he's started all 23 games of the season at second for the Bucs. He's 5-for-23 with a pair of doubles and two stolen bases against Saturday starter Alfredo Simon.

Harrison is out of the lineup Sunday against the Diamondbacks, Stephen J. Nesbitt of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

EDGE Analysis

Sunday will mark the first day off of the season for Harrison, who has started each of Pittsburgh's first 18 games at second base. The utility infielder is now working on a three-game hit streak, over which he has collected six base knocks and raised his batting average to .324. After missing much of 2015, Harrison is starting to pay dividends to fantasy owners who bought low on the 28-year-old.

Harrison went 3-for-4 with two runs, and RBI and a pair of doubles Friday at the Diamondbacks.

EDGE Analysis

Harrison scored both the first and last runs in a game the Pirates needed every run they could get as they barely squeaked by the Diamondbacks. He's now collected multiple hats in five of his last six games and is hitting a scorching.458 during that span.

Harrison is batting fifth in the order against southpaw Patrick Corbin on Friday in Arizona.

EDGE Analysis

The second baseman raised his batting average to .302 after going 2-for-4 Thursday. Harrison, who's batted almost exclusively in the seventh spot, stole his fourth base in as many attempts. He was successful in 10 of 18 chances in 2015.

Harrison went 2-for-4 with two RBI, a run and a triple Saturday against the Brewers.

EDGE Analysis

Harrison's triple was part of a three-run fourth inning that gave the Pirates plenty of offense in a shutout win. He's started to pick things up over the last three games, as he's posted his first three steals of the year to go along with three of his four RBI.

Harrison went 0-for-2 with a pair of walks and two stolen bases Friday.

EDGE Analysis

He hasn't looked out of place starting all 11 games at second base and has slashed .256/.298/.279 in 48 plate appearances. Harrison is hitting lower in the order (6th or 7th) after primarily batting leadoff in 2015. He's driven in only four runs, however, leaving a total of 30 runners on base (in 48 plate appearances) through 11 tilts. Harrison hasn't come up with the big hits in the early going on a team which has been unable to deliver the clutch hit.

Harrison went 1-for-4 with a strikeout and an error in Tuesday's 8-2 loss against the Tigers.

EDGE Analysis

The newly-turned second baseman is off to a solid, but quiet, start to the 2016 season. Harrison is batting .281/.294/.313 but only has one extra base hit across his nine hits for the year. He's been the Pirates' six or seven hitter in all of their games thus far and will more than likely continue to be in that role as the season progresses.

Harrison doubled and tripled Tuesday against the Yankees and is batting .292 in 48 spring at-bats.

EDGE Analysis

Harrison will finally get to play his original position (second base) on a full-time basis in 2016. The fact he's legging out extra-base hits bodes well for him, given that he suffered an ankle injury during spring training last year and seemed hampered by the ailment for the first month of the season. He could be on tap for a nice rebound campaign.

Harrison went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles in Sunday's win over the Tigers.

EDGE Analysis

He was credited with a hustling double on a simple grounder back up the middle -- the type of play Pittsburgh will look for from the versatile fielder. Harrison is set to serve as the team's everyday second baseman. He's made just 99 career appearances at second but came up through the minors as a second baseman.

Pirates GM Neal Huntington recently stated that Josh Harrison will take over starting second baseman duties following the departure of Neil Walker, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports.

EDGE Analysis

Harrison compiled a career year in 2014 (.315/.347/.490 ) as a super utilityman, but fell off last year (.287/.327/.390) when he primarily played third base. The 28-year-old began his pro career as a second baseman in the Cubs organization but has made only 67 of his 333 big-league starts there. Harrison's new-found positional stabilty helps ensure regular playing time but he'll have to field well -- he made 17 errors in 2015 -- to keep his full-time gig. Prospect Alen Hanson looms on the horizon.