Bailey Falter

Falter got through four scoreless frames before the Marlins brought a run in to score on a double and a sacrifice fly in the fifth. A pair of doubles tied the game in the sixth to saddle Falter with a no-decision despite the quality start. He struck out four, tossing 56-of-87 pitches for strikes and generating nine whiffs. The 27-year-old left-hander lines up for a start against the Yankees in Pittsburgh on Friday.

Keller, Bailey Falter and Andrew Heaney will close out the remainder of a four-game series against the Marlins after ace Paul Skenes takes the ball for his first-career Opening Day start. We're assuming fifth starter Carmen Mlodzinski will make his season debut on Monday against the Rays, but that hasn't been finalized.

Falter dealt with a little fatigue earlier this month, but things seem back to normal now. He ends the spring with a 5.25 ERA in four starts. If all goes well, he'll be something close to a league-average starter for the Pirates.

Falter missed his last start with some general soreness, and his velocity was down a little today, though not enough to be especially concerning. He found a home at the back of the Pirates rotation while going 8-9 with a 4.43 ERA last season.

The Pirates have not said which part of Falter's arm is not recovering well, but they did say that removing him from the scheduled start was "out of an abundance of precaution." At this point, it seems unlikely the left-hander will miss any time, but if this injury were to progress, it could open the door for Bubba Chandler to push his way into the Pirates' rotation.