MILWAUKEE -- Over the winter, a lot of different words were tossed around to describe the Pirates' potential goals for the 2018 season:
Rebuild. Retool. Develop young talent.
Six weeks into the season, though, there's only one word to describe what the Pirates have actually done: Win.
After taking two of three at Milwaukee over the weekend, the Pirates enjoyed a day off in Chicago ahead of their two-game Interleague set with the White Sox on Tuesday. If any of them happened to glance at the standings, they'd notice that at 19-16, the Bucs have just one victory fewer than the front-running Cardinals, who hold a 2 1/2-game lead over Pittsburgh in a slow-to-develop National League Central race.