A.J. Day
A.J. Burnett will make the final regular season start of his career tonight, as the Pirates look to lock up home field for Wednesday's Wild Card game.
Burnett and the Pirates forged a beneficial symbiotic relationship over his three years with the franchise. After posting a 5-plus ERA in consecutive seasons with the Yankees, the right-hander arrived in Pittsburgh in 2012 looking like a veteran approaching the downside of his career. But with the assistance of the Pirates' pitching philosophy, which he embraced, and defensive shifts, which he initially resisted, Burnett's gone on to post a 3.