They started winning games early hanging in the toughest division in baseball. They had some obvious weaknesses like their defense. Despite leading the league assists the outfield still sucked at feilding. Plus the Pedro “The Bull” Alveraz had a surprisingly good offensive season, but he still couldn't play the field to save his life. Luckily the pitching was fantastic all year lead by ace Gerrit Cole. Francisco Liriano and Aj Burnett also had very strong years. The offense wasn’t to bad either lead by a young outfield of solid hitters and former MVP Andrew Mccutchen. The Pirates had made some genius moves this year to help them get the second best record in baseball. They acquired pitcher J.A Happ who helped the heavily down the road in the season. They also added Michael Morse who hit over .300 with the team. Reliever Jokiam Soria was another addition that proved to valuable. These additions to what was already in place combined with strong coaching from Clint Hurdle made more a great Bucco regular
They started winning games early hanging in the toughest division in baseball. They had some obvious weaknesses like their defense. Despite leading the league assists the outfield still sucked at feilding. Plus the Pedro “The Bull” Alveraz had a surprisingly good offensive season, but he still couldn't play the field to save his life. Luckily the pitching was fantastic all year lead by ace Gerrit Cole. Francisco Liriano and Aj Burnett also had very strong years. The offense wasn’t to bad either lead by a young outfield of solid hitters and former MVP Andrew Mccutchen. The Pirates had made some genius moves this year to help them get the second best record in baseball. They acquired pitcher J.A Happ who helped the heavily down the road in the season. They also added Michael Morse who hit over .300 with the team. Reliever Jokiam Soria was another addition that proved to valuable. These additions to what was already in place combined with strong coaching from Clint Hurdle made more a great Bucco regular