At 64-67, the Pittsburgh Pirates are nobody’s idea of a special team. Although they harbored some aspirations of contending before the season — and even held a half-game lead over the NL Central as late as May 17 — Pittsburgh has been pretty mediocre for most of the 2018 campaign, even after inexplicably picking up […]
In honor of the 2017 Major League Baseball season, which starts April 2, FiveThirtyEight is assembling some of our favorite baseball writers to chat about what’s ahead. Today, we focus on the National League Central with FanGraphs writer Craig Edwards and FiveThirtyEight editor-in-chief Nate Silver. The transcript below has been edited. EXPECTED NUMBER OF WINS […]
In honor of the 2017 Major League Baseball season, which starts April 2, FiveThirtyEight is assembling some of our favorite baseball writers to chat about what’s ahead. Today, we focus on the National League Central with FanGraphs writer Craig Edwards and FiveThirtyEight editor-in-chief Nate Silver. The transcript below has been edited. EXPECTED NUMBER OF WINS […]
For Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen, this weekend was one of highs and lows. McCutchen launched a pair of home runs off of Dodgers starter Kenta Maeda during Saturday’s 6-1 Pittsburgh win; he also, well, take a look for yourself at what happened Sunday: On the 2016 season, McCutchen has had more lows than highs. Going […]
For Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen, this weekend was one of highs and lows. McCutchen launched a pair of home runs off of Dodgers starter Kenta Maeda during Saturday’s 6-1 Pittsburgh win; he also, well, take a look for yourself at what happened Sunday: On the 2016 season, McCutchen has had more lows than highs. Going […]
