PT TOMORROW: NL Central—Getting ready to sell in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Pirates

Corey Dickerson (OF, PIT) made his season debut for the Pirates on Saturday, potentially forcing a full-blown rotation for two spots in the outfield between himself, Gregory Polanco (OF, PIT), Bryan Reynolds (OF, PIT), and Melky Cabrera (OF, PIT). While the short term certainly presents a convoluted mess of playing time (covered in PT Today), the long-term solution to the division of playing time could be dictated by the Pirates play on the field. Through Sunday’s action, the Pirates are 30-34, seven games out of first place in the division and 5.5 games out of a wild card spot. While that’s not insurmountable, they are just 17-29 against teams with a record above .500, and their Pythagorean record is 25-38. That...

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