As if the start of the 2024 season couldn’t get any better for the Pittsburgh Pirates, MLB one-upped that thought Monday morning by placing them ninth in its latest Power Rankings.
At 11-5 through their first 16 games, the Pirates are turning heads by posting the league’s seventh-best team batting average (.259) and RBI total (82). They’ve also drawn the second-most walks in the league (74), falling 10 shy of the New York Yankees.
On the mound, the Pirates have the sixth-best ERA in baseball and the best in the National League (3.