![]() ![]() ![]() Key subtractions: RHP Ivan Nova, SS Jordy Mercer, 2B Josh Harrison, OF Jordan Luplow How are they going to score runs? Key additions: OF Lonnie Chisenhall, RHP Jordan Lyles, IF Erik Gonzalez, LHP Francisco Liriano While the front office has been up to this monumental challenge in recent years, they are facing a few too many obstacles to truly turn the Pirates into a contender this season. Now, after an offseason in which all four of their division rivals loaded up for the 2019 season, the Pirates are once again hoping that they can combine homegrown (cheap) talent with under-the-radar (cheap) signings to create a team that wins far more games than projected (with little financial backing at the trade deadline if this does happen). This list also doesn’t include all of the draft busts, mismanagement, and other tomfoolery that happened in the dugout and the front office over the years. Multiple cost-cutting trades, including one that saw the franchise’s best player this century unceremoniously shipped out of town last winter. ![]() Meanwhile, their owner says payroll is not “controllable.” The Pirates have never opened the season with a payroll north of $100 million. One of the lowest payrolls in baseball.A 20-year playoff drought, one that saw them finish in last place nine times.The Bucs haven’t appeared in the Fall Classic since the “We Are Family” Pirates brought home the franchise’s second title that decade. A World Series drought that will hit 40 years in 2019.Meanwhile, let’s see what this fanbase has endured. Sure, they technically made three consecutive playoff appearances from 2013 to 2015, but were twice blanked by opposing aces in the NL Wild Card Game, and did not win the lone Divisional Series they played in. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.They may “only” rank seventh on The Athletic’s recently released MLB misery index, but I would argue that Pittsburgh Pirates fans are the most jaded fanbase in all of baseball. Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display.Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page. Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest.Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically. Click again to reverse the original sort. Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column.Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again.Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column.Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. ![]()
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