Anyone? I'm jumping on the Pittsburgh Pirates bandwagon--to finish .500 or better. Well...lets just say they have a shot.
They rank ninth in the NL in OPS+ and eleventh in the NL in ERA+. Neither is gaudy. But they do have a +1 run differential. They're probably missing some pitching and some hitting to be true contenders--they would ideally need like a Beckett or something at the top of their rotation and a slugging outfielder or two...which is ironic because they could have kept McClouth and Bay and picked up a pitcher and they'd be scary good right now. Brandon Moss (.297 OBP .354 SLG) and Jack Wilson (.282 OBP .378 SLG) are black holes at the moment. I mean, seriously. They're like one or two average players away from being seriously competitive in the NL Central. If they could just get like one more league average starter...I mean, seriously.
Lets do it.
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