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In 2021, the Milwaukee Brewers won first place in the NL Central, despite having the 19th best wOBA and the 23rd best wRC+ in baseball. They were eliminated by the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS in...
The Pittsburgh Pirates look like they need a day off. Fortunately for Pirates fans, Thursday's action will feature top prospects Paul Skenes and Bubba Chandler on the mound. That might take the sting off the series sweep...

Pirates and Ohlendorf Exchange Figures

After signing Joel Hanrahan to a one year deal earlier today, the Pittsburgh Pirates are left with one arbitration eligible player who is without...

The Market for McCutchen is Set

I've talked a lot about Andrew McCutchen this off-season, both in terms of the possibility that he could be a Super Two player following...

The 40-60-80 Arbitration Rule

Over the last few days I've been looking at the possible benefit of being a Super Two eligible player.  It started when I noticed...

The Benefit of Being a Super Two

On Friday the list of Super Two players came out, with an unprecedented low cut-off of two years and 122 days used to determine...

A Possible Wrench in the Extension Hopes for McCutchen

Wondering why the Pittsburgh Pirates took so long to promote Pedro Alvarez to the majors this year?  Perhaps it was due to the new...