Through ten games this year, the Pirates’ longest outing by a starter has been a five and a third-inning marathon by Jose Quintana. Last night’s start by JT Brubaker was the only other game where a starter managed five innings.
It’s worked out sort-of OK, though, because Wil Crowe and Dillon Peters have been lights-out in middle relief. So far, they’ve worked 16.2 scoreless innings. There was also a strong outing by Roansy Contreras that earned him his first win. The Bucs have played a very weak schedule so far, making it premature to declare success of any sort, but it’s encouraging.