LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Without specifically saying that Tyler Glasnow would open the season in the Pirates bullpen, general manager Neal Huntington on Tuesday alluded to the possibility.
“I don't want to single him out, but we are more open to one, maybe two young starters being in the bullpen to start the season, with the idea in the long term we believe they're starting pitchers,” Huntington said on the second day of the winter meetings at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort.
In a world where the Pirates don’t trade Gerrit Cole, the starting rotation will probably contain him, Jameson Taillon, Ivan Nova, Chad Kuhl and Trevor Williams.