The Pirates have begun the 2018 season well and as we begin this three-game set, they are in first place in the N.L. Central and lead the Cubs by two games.
I asked Eli Nellis, manager of our SB Nation Pirates site Bucs Dugout, to tell us a little about his team.
The Pirates are off to a 7-2 start, which has come in stark contrast to a dreary offseason that saw the trades of Andrew McCutchen and Gerrit Cole . It’s going to take a lot more winning to capture the vocal faction of fans disillusioned by ownership to the point of a boycott, but this isn’t entirely a fluke, either. There’s a shell of a decent team here. Cole will be missed, but the MVP McCutchen whose loss people are mourning is…
