P ITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates made an outfield change ahead of their second game of a weekend series vs. the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park. Tommy Pham takes over in left field for the Pirates, replacing Adam Frazier who started the series opener, and will bat seventh.

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The Pirates are in a pretty terrible place as a franchise because they have an ownership group that completely refuses to invest in the team. The presence of Paul Skenes on their roster and a handful of other promising pitching prospects coming through the pipeline should be the opening of a competitive window,