The final score didn’t end up in their favor, but in the bigger scope of things, what started on Tuesday night at PNC Park may be more important.
Over the last couple of days we have finally started to see the churn of the big league roster to make space for the first wave of prospects that the Pirates have been stockpiling within the system.
Roansy Contreras rejoined the team, this time in the rotation, and was exactly what everyone had hoped that he’d be, pitching five shutout innings while striking out five. Although he got the no-decision it was the kind of shutdown performance from a starter they have been looking for outside of Jose Quintana for the entire season.