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P2Daily: The Opener

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The Pirates took the next step in their pitching strategy last night, employing an opener for the first time this year.

Dillon Peters, who has been lights out in a multiple-inning relief role, started off with two scoreless innings.

Bryse Wilson, who has struggled in the rotation so far this year, followed with four shutout innings.

The downside was that Wil Crowe, who had yet to give up a run prior to last night, finally fell back to Earth with a rough outing.

The biggest standout here was Wilson. This was his best outing of the year, working about the same amount as his previous three starts, but with much better results. It’s too early to say if that’s due to the opener strategy. However, this is worth trying again to try and replicate the results.

Even with Crowe’s struggles on this night, the overall results from Crowe and Peters so far have been positive. If the Pirates can get the same result from Wilson, that will only boost this pitching staff. We have now confirmed that Crowe is human, and I fear we’ll probably discover the same thing about Peters eventually. I just think it would be nice to give those two a break from time to time, and if Wilson joins that trio, you can accomplish that.

Of course, the team does need real, traditional starting pitchers. That’s a topic I’ll focus on later today.

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Tim is the owner, producer, editor, and lead writer of PiratesProspects.com. He has been running Pirates Prospects since 2009, becoming the first new media reporter and outlet covering the Pirates at the MLB level in 2011 and 2012. His work can also be found in Baseball America, where he has been a contributor since 2014 and the Pirates' correspondent since 2019.

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