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Baseball Prospectus Predicts 79 Wins For the Pirates

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Baseball Prospectus has released their pre-season playoff odds and predictions, and have the Pittsburgh Pirates projected for a 79-83 record. The odds give the Pirates a 17% chance of making the playoffs, which is made up of a 6.8% chance of winning the division, and a 10.2% chance of winning a Wild Card spot.

Pat Lackey wrote about this earlier today, pointing out that this shouldn’t be cause for celebration, but that it is good to see the Pirates projected to finish around .500. There have been a few similar projections coming out recently, such as the Vegas over/under odds being placed at 79 wins. Obviously you’d like to see the Pirates projected with a winning record, but somewhere around .500 isn’t horrible. In previous years the Pirates would have needed a lot of things to go right to even have a shot at contending. If you’re projected to finish near .500, you obviously don’t need the perfect storm of events to occur in order to make that jump to a contender.

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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