The Pittsburgh Pirates visit the Toronto Blue Jays today in exhibition baseball. The Bucs are 2-1 after losing to Baltimore 8-3 Sunday. Tyler Glasnow pitched two innings against Baltimore and struck out the side in both innings. Andrew McCutchen has doubles in both of his opening games. Reliever Jared Hughes took the loss, allowing four earned runs in one inning of work.
The Pirates announced Gerrit Cole will be the club’s opening day starter in Boston April 3rd. It will be Cole’s first opening-day start.