The starters have a planned-out routine, even building up before they get to spring training to get them on track for where they’re going to be in the rotation during the season. Everyone knows exactly how much time they’re going to have to prepare and build up. “When you come into spring training, there’s certain teams that have a significant advantage. It plays into our favor, a shortened season,” Pirates right-hander Joe Musgrove said. Why not the Bucs?: The Pirates believe both their youth and the enthusiasm of new manager Derek Shelton and his coaching staff will work to their advantage. Somehow, the Pirates remain optimistic that a shortened season could be to their benefit.Ĥ. The Pirates don’t play the only other team on their schedule with a worse record than they had last season, the Royals (59-103), until Sept. The Pirates will have played 13 games before the Tigers, who had MLB’s worst record at 47-114, visit PNC Park on Aug. Rough start: The schedule makers did the Pirates no favors, as three of their first four opponents - Cardinals (91-71), Brewers (89-73) and Twins (101-61) - made the 2019 playoffs. Not that they have to worry about traffic. at Heinz Field, the Pirates play host to the Cardinals that Sunday at a time to be determined at PNC Park. While the Steelers play the Broncos at 1 p.m. There’s a potential scheduling conflict on the North Shore with the Steelers on Sept. Brewers) and three on Sundays (1:35 p.m., Aug. Day dreamers: The Pirates also play seven day games at PNC Park - two on Thursdays (1:35 p.m., Aug. They repeat the two days off in a four-day span again a week later, then finish with 17 consecutive games to end the season.Ģ. 17, then have two in a four-day span on Aug. They go 17 days without another day off, on Aug. Louis followed by the home opener and two others against Milwaukee - before their first day off. The Pirates play six games - three at St. The Pirates don’t play the Cubs and White Sox on the same road trip, instead going from Chicago to Minnesota and Milwaukee. Trippin’: The travel doesn’t make much sense. If you’re looking for rhyme and reason, look elsewhere. They split six games with Cleveland, play four against both the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota, and three each against Detroit (all home) and Kansas City (all away). Louis and six at PNC Park against Milwaukee, seven games at Cincinnati and seven home games against the Chicago Cubs. In between, the Pirates will play an even 40 games against the NL Central - 10 each against all four division opponents - and 20 games against the AL Central, 30 games at home and 30 games on the road. Louis on July 24 and ends at Cleveland on Sept. The Pittsburgh Pirates have known which teams they are playing and how many games there will be in MLB’s shortened season, but Monday night marked the unveiling of their 60-game schedule.Īs if finishing in last place in 2019 wasn’t punishment enough, MLB Network’s MLB Tonight: Schedule Release show just straight skipped the poor Pirates while previewing the NL Central team schedules.
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