With Tuesday’s trade of Ivan Nova to the Chicago White Sox, the Pirates have four clear-cut rotation pieces in place in Jameson Taillon, Chris Archer, Trevor Williams and Joe Musgrove – assuming that all will be healthy when the first bit of chalk lines the field in 2019. Conventional baseball wisdom says that is one short of a standard rotation. But what if it wasn’t? According to Neal Huntington andThe Athletic Pirates beat writer Rob Biertempel, the Pirates could entertain the idea of having strictly bullpen pieces comprise their fifth and final piece in the rotation. An “opener” if you will.

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