The Pittsburgh Pirates will begin their 30 game Spring Training schedule this week.
The team will kick off that schedule on Monday at noon, when they host their annual Black and Gold intersquad scrimmage. Then on Tuesday, the Pirates will play the Detroit Tigers on the road at their camp. Tuesday’s game will be the first of 30 games that will be played over the course of 33 days.
As for the 2016 regular season, the countdown to Opening Day (which is Sunday, April 3rd) is 35 days.