By Athlon Sports Here’s our expert look at the 2022 Pittsburgh Pirates’ preseason predictions, along with team analysis, scouting reports, and a roster for the season ahead. The Pittsburgh Pirates head into the second year of a major rebuild that has produced plenty of losses at the major league level. Ben Cherington took over as general manager in November 2019 and watched the Pirates go 19–41 during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season for the worst record in the major leagues. He began tearing apart the roster that winter and into last season, when the Pirates were 61–101. They finished last …