Spring Training is less than a month away, yay! Pitches and catchers will report to Bradenton in 23 days. For the Pittsburgh Pirates, four of their five starting pitchers are pretty set in stone. But that leaves one spot up for competition.
Gerrit Cole, Jameson Taillon, and Ivan Nova are locks to make the Pirate rotation in 2017. Most likely, Chad Kuhl is as well. However, the fifth spot remains up in the air. And there are a few different ways the Pirates could go about filling this position.
The Pittsburgh Pirates could look to fill internally, add a pitcher through a trade, or add a pitcher via free agency.