Despite posting baseball’s second-best regular-season record and hosting their third consecutive National League Wild Card Game, the Pittsburgh Pirates are heading home after a 4-0 loss at the hands of Jake Arrieta and the Chicago Cubs.
It’s another disappointing end to a season for a team that, if it played in any other division, would have been able to avoid the one-game playoff altogether. Changes are certainly coming to PNC Park, but a massive overhaul probably isn’t in the cards.
What follows is an overview of some of the decisions the team is going to have to make—and some of the players they may look to in order to bolster the roster.