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Pirates Discussion: Brew Crew in Town

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The Milwaukee Brewers are coming to town with the Pittsburgh Pirates in the midst of a seven game skid.

The Brewers currently lead the NL Division and have the numbers to back it up. Their offense is 7th in MLB and 3rd in the NL with a .737 OPS. Meanwhile their pitching staff is 11th in the MLB and 7th in the NL with a 3.85 ERA.

Earlier on Monday the Brewers traded a very familiar name in closer Josh Hader to the Padres. It was a trade that shocked a lot of people, but they likely won’t miss a step with Devin Williams likely to take over the closer role.

The Pirates themselves made a move late Monday in trading Jose Quintana and Chris Stratton to division rival St. Louis Cardinals. The trade brought back Malcom Nunez and Johan Oviedo. The good news is that Quintana is a free agent after this year so we won’t have to worry about him as a former Bucco tormenting them for long.

Trade Deadline will be over by game time — deadline is 6 PM EST — and it’s tough to say how many more players may be moved. The Quintana trade didn’t have many rumors leading up to it, so it’s possible there are some more quiet discussions going on. Ben Cherington had said that there should be roster turnover after the deadline, but my guess is if there aren’t many trades then the majority of moves would likely come after this series.

Brewers @ Pirates

Time: 7:05 PM EST

Pirates Starter:  Bryse Wilson (1-6, 6.31)

Brewers Starter: Corbin Burnes (8-4, 2.31)

Wilson Notes: In his last four starts covering 22 innings, Bryse Wilson has giving up only eight earned runs for a 3.27 ERA. In those four starts he isn’t striking out many batters with only a K% of 14% but his BB% is only 2.2%. Groundball rate is sitting just below 50% at 48%. Bryse has been one of the starters looking like he may have turned a corner and will be tested against the Brewers (no jinx. no jinx. no jinx).

LINEUPS (tentative as the trade deadline is 6 PM today):

Pirates

Brewers

Christian Yelich LF
Willy Adames SS
Rowdy Tellez 1B
Andrew McCutchen DH
Kolten Wong 2B
Hunter Renfroe RF
Luis Urías 3B
Victor Caratini C
Tyrone Taylor CF

Bucs'N'Pucks (Jeff Reed)
Bucs'N'Pucks (Jeff Reed)
Raised in Cranberry Twp, PA, Jeff attended Kent State University and worked in Cleveland and Pittsburgh, before moving to New Orleans in September of 2012. His background is as an Engineering Designer, but he has always had a near unhealthy passion for Pittsburgh sports. Hockey and Baseball are his 1A and 1B, combined with his mathematical background, it's led to Jeff's desire in diving into analytics. Jeff is known as Bucs'N'Pucks in the comments, and began writing for Pirates Prospects in 2022 after contributing so many useful bits of information in the comment section.

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