The Pirates aren’t a good baseball team. They’re 32-53, the second-worst mark in the Senior Circuit and third-worst in baseball. Their run differential of -105 is also second-worst in the NL and third-worst in the majors. They are in fifth place this year, the same place they finished the last two years; they were in fourth place the two years previous, and haven’t finished above fourth since a third-place finish in 2016.
It has been a long time since Andrew McCutchen led the team to three straight Wild Card appearances from 2013-2015.
Of course, the team has not actually finished in first place since 1992.