Pittsburgh Pirates Preview

The Pittsburgh Pirates enjoyed their first winning season since 1992 last year, and made the postseason for the first time since the alignment of 1994 that introduced the current divisional format. Pittsburgh topped it off by treating the home wins to a wild-card win and stretching the eventual National League Champion St. Louis Cardinals to a deciding fifth game in the Division Series. Is there an encore ahead? Let’s take a look at the Notebook Nine, our key talking points about the Buccos for the coming year…