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To put it mildly, the Pirates are not going to be good this year. So why not take advantage of some “early season pricing” and back the Reds here? Cincy opened with St. Louis. After losing the season opener, they bounced back to win two straight and it was 12-1 on Sunday. Run scoring was not an issue in that first series as the Reds put 27 on the board in the three games. Pittsburgh’s pitching staff performed adequately in its first series, but the team still dropped two of three to the Cubs. That probably speaks to how poor the offense is going to be in 2021. Making matters more depressing is that Ke’Bryan Hayes, thought to be the next star of the franchise, is already on the 10-day DL. JT Brubaker starts today for the Bucs. He gave up four home runs in Spring Training, not good considering the Reds hit six HRs in the St. Louis series. Jose De Leon gets the nod for the home team. He actually hasn’t started a MLB game in almost five years (he’s been a reliever), but if there was ever a time to make your return to a starting role it would be against the Pirates, who have scored only nine runs so far. Play on CINCINNATI

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