Entering the offseason, the Pittsburgh Pirates needed to add two starting pitchers. Their 2017 starting rotation will have Gerrit Cole and Jameson Taillon at the top and Chad Kuhl as their fifth starter. However, they needed two pitchers to slot in between them.
Well, one of these two slots have been filled. That happened when the Pirates re-signed Ivan Nova to a new three-year contract. The team still needs to add another starting pitcher, and, in my opinion, Royals’ starting pitcher Yordano Ventura is a pitcher Neal Huntington should target.