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Ask Bucs Dugout: February Edition

As spring training gets firmly underway and the first exhibition game inches closer with each chilly February day, the Pirates find themselves progressing through the early stages of a regime change in the organization. With a new manager, general manager, team president, and countless changes to the coaching staff, the 2020 season will be a testing ground for new strategies both on and off the field. General manager Ben Cherington has all but secured the team’s opening day roster with the acquisition of center fielder Jarrod Dyson, but the prospect of adding more starting-pitching depth and the emergence of a position battle or two could leave much to be decided by manager Derek Shelton.