2023 Opening Day has come and gone for the Pittsburgh Pirates and they left Great American Ballpark with a 5-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. On today's show, host Ethan Smith recaps what he liked, what he didn't like and highlights some impressive performances from Oneil Cruz, Ji-hwan Bae and others as well as contributions that may not have appeared on the stat sheet.

Mitch Keller also got his first Opening Day starting nod and we breakdown his start. Finally, some news and notes from yesterday's matchup on an off-day Friday. All of that and more on today's episode of Locked On Pirates.

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