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P2Live: Pirates’ Offensive Woes and Losing Streak Continue

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This has been a rough stretch for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The team has a seven game losing streak, which is their second such streak of the season.

The first one came from April 30th to May 7th. The Pirates won on May 8th, then lost the next four games. The Pirates had a six game winning streak in between their two long losing streaks. In total, they are 14-29 since April 30th, which is not good. Even if you remove the current losing streak, this is a team that has been playing well below .500 for almost two months.

I do think this team will improve and gain consistency. We saw Henry Davis arrive yesterday, which will provide a boost to the offense. There are other prospects who could arrive, headlined by Endy Rodriguez and Quinn Priester. No individual or group of prospects could have changed what we saw over the last seven-plus weeks.

During this time, the Pirates have been more of a middle of the pack team. They rank in 17th in WAR (6.7), 18th in ERA (4.37), and 12th in FIP (4.16) on the pitching side during this stretch. The offense ranks 19th in average (.244), 15th in OBP (.323), and 18th in slugging (.398).

Johan Oviedo takes the mound today, as the Pirates look to avoid their fifth loss in a row against the Cubs, and their eighth loss of the current losing streak.

In transaction news, the Pirates recalled outfield Cal Mitchell and optioned struggling reliever Yohan Ramirez.  Despite some dubious reports to the contrary, Bryan Reynolds officially is not going on the injured list.

PIRATES GAME PREVIEWS

PIRATES (34-37) VS CUBS

Game Time: 7:05 PM EST
Pirates Starter: Johan Oviedo, RHP (3-6, 4.40)
Cubs Starter: Marcus Stroman, RHP (8-4, 2.45)
Pirates Lineup:

Tim Williams
Tim Williams
Tim is the owner, producer, editor, and lead writer of PiratesProspects.com. He has been running Pirates Prospects since 2009, becoming the first new media reporter and outlet covering the Pirates at the MLB level in 2011 and 2012. His work can also be found in Baseball America, where he has been a contributor since 2014 and the Pirates' correspondent since 2019.

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