On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Pirates series preview

The Cubs, by the time they complete this series, will have played nine of their first 36 games against the Pirates. Then they won’t face them again until the end of June, follow that with two games in July (the last Cubs/Bucs games at Wrigley), then not till September.

Thanks, schedule-makers.

For more on the Pirates, here’s Jeremy Brener, an editor at our SB Nation Pirates site Bucs Dugout.

Now that the April dust has settled, we are starting to see the real Pirates emerge. That’s been evidenced by their struggles against the league-worst Cincinnati Reds. Despite not performing well against the Reds, the Pirates were able to beat the Dodgers in a three-game set last week. Beyond bizarre.

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