Welcome back to Locked On Pirates!

On today's episode, the Pirates had their first nationally televised game of the season against the Royals Monday night, but the team fell 7-3 in Kansas City in Chad Kuhl's return to the mound and host Ethan Smith has the recap.

Following that, both Colin Moran and Phillip Evans are slated to return soon and both will start their rehab assignments, adding to the list of players that are returning to the Pirates in the coming weeks.

Finally, with all of the returns coming, how will the rotation shape out over the next couple of weeks and for the rest of the season with trades expected and other moves to come?

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