The Pirates are looking for more swing and miss from their pitchers. That's easier said than done.
While the pitching staff did take a step forward in 2021, they did not get enough strikeouts and whiffs to Ben Cherington and Derek Shelton's liking.
"So much of it comes down to the type of fastball that a guy uses," Cherington said at his end of season media availability. "Toward the end of the year, when [David] Bednar was out, we had good pitchers in the bullpen but a little bit more contact oriented, probably, even with the velocity.