The Pirates’ rotation has gone from a strength to a major concern. Mitch Keller is out, Paul Skenes is being handled carefully, and Jared Jones, Bubba Chandler and Braxton Ashcraft all face workload questions. Carmen Mlodzinski has struggled as a starter, while the trades of Mike Burrows and Johan Oviedo thinned the depth even further. Alex Stumpf examines how Pittsburgh gets through the rest of 2026 and why not adding another starter now looms large.