Starter Wandy Rodriguez will make his Pirates debut Saturday against his former team the Houston Astros. With Rodriguez in the fold, the Pirates are officially moving Kevin Correia to the bullpen and their rotation over the next five games sets up like this:
Thursday vs Houston: A.J. Burnett (11-3)
Friday vs Houston: Jeff Karstens (3-2)
Saturday vs Houston: Wandy Rodriguez (7-9)
Sunday vs Houston: James McDonald (10-4)
Monday vs Chicago: Erik Bedard (5-11)