SEASON FORECASTS AND FUTURES PICKS

The Pirates are not contenders to win the championship at 200/1, 0.5%. They have no chance to win the championship. They are not a good value to win the NL either at 100/1, 1%. The Pirates are averaging 66.7 wins per sim so we recommend betting them to come under 72.5 wins. At +500 the Pirates are not a good value to make the playoffs with a 0.9% chance. They have less than 1% chance to win the division. Their average wins per simulation puts them at #14 in the NL.

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REGULAR SEASON RECAP AND UPCOMING GAMES

They were expected to win 44% of their games last season so their 69-93 met expectations. Putting a 100 units on them to win every game would have cost you -1346 units. They were not good against the spread going 76-86 (-2736 loss). They went over 92 times and came in under 63 times. In their next game vs the Rays they are only winning 30% of the simulations. The table below shows their upcoming games, their simulation based win percentage and their recent head to head record (WL, ATS, OU).

TEAM STATISTICAL STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

Since last season their average run differential is -0.94 which ranks #14 in the NL, which is the same as how they rank in win percentage. They are the #13 ranked team in run differential (based on all teams' road stats). This is the same ranking they have among home teams.

TEAM STATS PER GAME (League Rank):

ALLOWED TO OPPOSING TEAMS (Lower # is Better):

TEAM FANTASY LEADERS

The table below show the most valuable fantasy players on the team led by Josh Bell who is projected to be the #11 first baseman / DH. The Better Option column shows the player directly above him and the Better Than column shows the player directly below him in the projected position rankings.