Cole makes his first Major League start for the Pirates tonight. The first overall pick in the 2011 draft is taking the rotation spot of Wandy Rodriguez. but if he is as good as advertised, he will probably be up for good, especially with Jeanmar Gomez also injured. Cole has a 99 MPH fastball, but he didn't make the Pirates out of spring training because of command issues, and that has continued at AAA where he had 28 walks vs. just 47 strikeouts in 68 innings. He did get better as the year went on though and he tossed 14 scoreless innings in his last two minor league starts while allowing a total of only five hits, with eight strikeouts vs. two walks.