Let’s face it, the Pittsburgh Pirates have had a lot of bad luck with injuries this year. While this should not be used as an excuse, as all teams have injuries, the Bucs have seemed to have an enormous amount of bad luck with it. However, the team did do a decent job this offseason of bringing in enough veteran depth on minor league contracts to be able to fall back on.
This was the idea when the Pittsburgh Pirates brought in Tyler Lyons. Lyons signed with the Bucs this past offseason on a minor league deal with an invite to Spring Training.