Niese's scheduled start Monday against the Mets has been rained out and he will instead start Tuesday, Bill Brink of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

EDGE Analysis

The Pirates will skip Juan Nicasio's scheduled start Tuesday and go with Francisco Liriano on Wednesday to close out the series. Niese has just a 4.36 ERA but has been the hot hand of late with four straight starts of two runs or less. That makes him an easy choice over Nicasio, who is coming off a quality start but recorded an awful 6.75 ERA in May.