The 2018 Major League Baseball regular season is almost here. On Thursday, the Pittsburgh Pirates will do battle with the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit to start a three-game season opening series.
2018 will be a season of change for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The 137th edition of the Pittsburgh Baseball Club will be without superstar centerfielder, and face of the franchise, Andrew McCutchen for the first time since 2008 after an offseason trade that sent him to the San Francisco Giants. Furthermore, former ace Gerrit Cole is now a Houston Astro after a separate offseason trade.